For beauty brands, Sephora is both a blessing and a curse. For Esteé Lauder and L’Oreal for example, the cosmetic-focused …
As Sephora Adds Products, Rivalry Heats Up at Its Stores
17 Friday Feb 2017
Posted in Chapter 13: Buying Merchandise
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Is There Time for QVC in the Age of Amazon?
15 Wednesday Feb 2017
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
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Sales might have slipped at QVC, but the home shopping retailer seems largely unconcerned. The reason stems from its unique …
Does Starbucks Need to Pick Up the Pace at the Drive-Thru?
13 Monday Feb 2017
Posted in Chapter 18: Customer Service
Despite all the ways that Starbucks exemplifies the effort to provide excellent customer service, even it struggles to keep customers …
Could a ‘Breakfast Aisle’ Revitalize the Grocery Center Store
09 Thursday Feb 2017
Grocery retailers may need to redefine the seemingly straightforward concept of a product category. Conventionally, they would establish categories based …
Abercrombie & Fitch Tries on a New Attitude: Friendly
07 Tuesday Feb 2017
Where once there was dark lighting, loud music, and heavily scented interiors, there is now a friendlier, better lit, calmer …
Unilever Price Rises Herald Brexit Pain for British Consumers
03 Friday Feb 2017
In the aftermath of the Brexit vote, in which citizens of the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union, …
China’s Deteriorating Retail Distribution System
01 Wednesday Feb 2017
According to the analysis in this article, China represents a “two-speed market.” In some product categories, sales are vast and …
eBay Makes Bid for Younger Shoppers with Revamped Image
30 Monday Jan 2017
For Millennials, who never really knew a world in which they could not buy products online, easily and quickly, the …
Retail Tidbit: Macy’s to RFID Tag Everything
28 Saturday Jan 2017
Posted in Retail Tidbits
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When Macy’s first started experimenting with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, way back in 2010, vendors powerfully resisted its attempts …
Can Retailers Inspire Greater Sales Using Pinterest?
26 Thursday Jan 2017
Posted in Chapter 15: Retail Communication Mix
Visitors to Pinterest, which is more of a “catalog of ideas” than a traditional social media platform, often rely on …
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