Virginia Woolf famously insisted that if they wanted to write fiction, women needed “money and a room of one’s own.” …
How a Canadian Chain Is Reinventing Book Selling
05 Thursday Sep 2019
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Walgreens Profit Squeezed by Generic Drugs
02 Monday Sep 2019
Is a drugstore still a drugstore if it can’t make money by selling drugs? That’s a question facing the dominant …
Forget the Mall, Shoppers Are Buying Gucci at Airports
29 Thursday Aug 2019
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Modern travel often means getting to the airport with more than enough time, just to be safe and avoid the …
How E-Commerce Sites Manipulate You into Buying Things You May Not Want
26 Monday Aug 2019
Questions about what constitutes unethical influence tactics and what are legitimate advertising or retailing practices are impossible to answer conclusively; …
The Empty Storefront Crisis and the End of the American Dream
22 Thursday Aug 2019
American retailing has historically provided a meaningful path to prosperity for various members of the population, including immigrants and people …
The Boutique Fitness Boom
19 Monday Aug 2019
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In various retail sectors, proximity to competitors is a key strategic imperative. Drug stores, electronics chains, and restaurants have long …
FedEx Says Its Ending Express Shipping Service for Amazon
15 Thursday Aug 2019
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Amazon’s unending, seemingly inevitable growth can be both a threat and an opportunity for its supply chain partners. For FedEx, …
Walmart Is Rolling Out the Robots
26 Wednesday Jun 2019
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The expanded introduction of robots to perform in-store and logistics operations suggests both opportunities and threats to the workers who …
Department Stores Make a Bid for Relevancy
19 Wednesday Jun 2019
The introduction of a concept offering usually is associated with the automotive or fashion industries; manufacturers let their designers go …
Inside the Secretive, Long-Term Collaboration Between Sonos and Ikea
12 Wednesday Jun 2019
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Ikea designs and produces its own products to sell, basing its design initiatives on its detailed insights into what customers …