Sam’s Club has a new strategic plan, and the changes associated with it already are evident throughout the discount chain’s …
Will Sam’s New Plan Lead to Sustainable Growth?
27 Wednesday Jan 2016
Category Archives: Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
A Case for Costco and Other Warehouse Clubs Having Transformed Retail More than Amazon
04 Friday Dec 2015
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
A recent academic study makes an interesting claim: Warehouse clubs, like Sam’s Club or Costco, have had a stronger influence …
The Favorite 50 2015
02 Wednesday Dec 2015
The ninth annual survey of consumers’ favorite online retailers revealed few differences from the rankings in previous years. The big …
Was Service Merchandise Ahead of Its Time?
07 Tuesday Jul 2015
Many readers may be too young to remember Service Merchandise, a chain of approximately 400 retail stores that disappeared around …
Convenience Can Be Emotional: Lessons from Walgreens CMO Sona Chawla
22 Monday Jun 2015
At Walgreens, convenience is key. But as Walgreens’ chief marketing officer explains, the meaning of convenience is both more expansive …
Balance of Power Shifts in Groceries
16 Tuesday Jun 2015
In the grocery supply chain, the dish has run away with the spoon, leaving the fork scrambling to match their …
Retailers Dot Fortune’s “100 Best Companies” List
04 Monday May 2015
Fortune Magazine produces a list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For every single year, though we might start …
The Challenges facing the Online Grocery Business
03 Tuesday Mar 2015
Nobody likes grocery shopping. That seems to be a universal truth that retailers have learned, and it may underlie the …
Are These Retail Stores Going Extinct?
29 Thursday Jan 2015
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
As consumption trends shift, there are always winners and losers. When people stopped wearing formal hats, most hatteries and milliners …
Retailers’ Lines Blur on Outlet Stores
23 Friday Jan 2015
The very notion of an outlet store has changed. Once, they were distant outposts where high-end retailers could send overruns, …
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