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Imagine a vastly popular product, offering excellent quality, for which people happily pay tens of thousands of dollars, while also …
A Glut of Used Hogs Is a Drag on Harley-Davidson
03 Monday Dec 2018
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TidBit: LabCorp Deal Brings Blood Testing to Walgreens’ Pharmacies
30 Friday Nov 2018
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The battle for drugstore consumers is really heating up, as various chains add new and innovative services and products to …
Target’s Answer to Discounters Is an Even Cheaper Store Brand
27 Tuesday Nov 2018
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Store brands provide a unique means for retailers to signal their identity and strategy. Target’s most recent initiative in this …
IKEA’s Strategy in India: If We Build It, They Will Come
27 Thursday Sep 2018
Expanding internationally invariably requires some adjustments, so when IKEA began strategizing to enter the Indian market, it knew it would …
Designers Hope “Drops” Make You Shop
25 Tuesday Sep 2018
The pace of retailing is quickening, a trend that largely started in the fast-fashion sector. But the effects have spread, …
Done Chasing Millennials, J.C. Penney Tries to Win Back Moms
21 Friday Sep 2018
Long a familiar anchor store in malls across America, JC Penney more recently has floundered, cycling through three CEOs in …
More Fabric, More Money? British Retailer Is Accused of Charging “Fat Tax
17 Monday Sep 2018
Should a product that requires more materials cost more? A simple assessment might suggest such a link is logical and …
Nordstrom Opening a New York Store as Other Retailers Close Theirs
13 Thursday Sep 2018
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Frank Sinatra’s famous New York, New York song lyric, “If I can make it there, I’m gonna make it anywhere,” …
Retailers Race Against Amazon to Automate Stores
06 Thursday Sep 2018
Once a totally novel experience, being able to buy at a click is now a regular option for most consumers. …
Some Big Retailers Are Still Betting on Brick and Mortar
30 Friday Mar 2018
The competition between brick-and-mortar retailers and their electronic counterparts—especially Amazon—is long-standing, persistent, and constant. But even as many skeptics continue …
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