20 Wednesday Mar 2019
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The first acquisition IKEA ever made was one that might seem antithetical to its essential value proposition. It purchased TaskRabbit, …
14 Thursday Mar 2019
Posted in Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
The RealReal is determined to make luxury part of the circular economy. Taking in high-end fashion and accessories from their …
11 Monday Mar 2019
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A small company, thrilled to get its products listed on Amazon, might face an unpleasant and unexpected surprise following its …
08 Friday Mar 2019
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Can toys, and their retail brands, come back to life? Investors who purchased the remaining assets of Toys ’R Us …
04 Monday Mar 2019
Grocery and convenience stores without cashiers or checkout lines appear to be an unavoidable eventuality. It’s how those stores ultimately …
26 Tuesday Feb 2019
Posted in Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
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If a consumer product goods (CPG) manufacturer can get buyers to subscribe to receive periodic deliveries of its products, the …
21 Thursday Feb 2019
Posted in Chapter 08: Retail Locations
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Furniture shoppers in Manhattan cannot visit the new IKEA outpost to purchase a bureau or bed to take home. Instead, …
18 Monday Feb 2019
Retail practitioners and academics have long relied on a simple segmentation concept: For some products, consumers demand to be able …
15 Friday Feb 2019
Convenience and accessibility are key drivers of consumers’ behavior, never more so than today, when they expect to be able …
12 Tuesday Feb 2019
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In the aftermath of the unthinkable tragedies associated with gun violence in schools, people seek solutions and new ideas for …