Back in the day, if you wanted to buy something—a dress, say, or some tomatoes, or a car—you had to …
Do You Like Shopping Online or in the Store? Hybrid Shoppers Say, Why Not Both?
27 Thursday Jan 2022
Posted in Chapter 05: Customer Buying Behavior
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What Are You Doing, Computer? Computer Vision Has Promising, Troubling, Retail Applications
24 Monday Jan 2022
You might not always understand your computer, but increasingly, it understands you. The specific field of artificial intelligence (AI) that …
Boots on the Bits: Timberland Launches Immersive Online Gamified Platform Exploring Shoe Brand’s Past and Future
19 Wednesday Jan 2022
Does the real world seem like a terrible place sometimes? Are you simply spending too much time struggling through it …
Retailing Tidbit: Crime Rings in Retail: Growing Concerns Over Robberies
13 Monday Dec 2021
Posted in Chapter 14: Retail Pricing
Retail shrinkage often gets attributed to relatively mild or nonviolent issues: poor inventory practices, mistaken discounts, and so forth. But …
Retailing Tidbit: Fitness Fighting: Lululemon Complains of Copycat Products by Peloton
09 Thursday Dec 2021
Posted in Retail Tidbits
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When Peloton and Lululemon broke up—that is, legally terminated their existing cobranding relationship—it seemed like a polite, conventional split between …
The Pursuit of Common Prosperity in China and its Implications for Alibaba
07 Tuesday Dec 2021
Like a lot of holidays, Singles Day was created as a marketing stunt: On November 11 (or 11/11, such that …
The Ethical Considerations of Dynamic and Personalized Pricing
01 Wednesday Dec 2021
Posted in Chapter 07: Financial Strategy
When, why, and how is it ethical to charge different prices to different customers? These questions are prominent and pressing …
A Modern Form of an Old-Fashioned Payment Method, Reimagined as a Novel Retail Appeal
29 Monday Nov 2021
Posted in Chapter 07: Financial Strategy
For retailers that aim to attract, acquire, and retain the largest pool of customers possible, a key prerequisite is making …
Retailing Tidbit: Will Meta Mean More Stores?
25 Thursday Nov 2021
Posted in Retail Tidbits, Uncategorized
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Acknowledging that the predictions are preliminary and might never come to fruition, some observers claim that the next big move …
La Niña, Hurricanes, and Snowbirds: How Various Uncontrollable Factors Combine to Drive Sales in Particular Regions
23 Tuesday Nov 2021
Posted in Chapter 05: Customer Buying Behavior
Lots of uncontrollable elements influence retail sales; lately, we’ve been focused largely on the unpredictable and vast effects of the …
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