Facing dwindling sales trends and ever increasing competition on various fronts, especially from Amazon, Walmart is making innovation a priority. …
Wal-Mart Looks to Grow by Getting Smaller
30 Thursday Oct 2014
Category Archives: Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
RIP Department Stores? Not Yet
16 Thursday Oct 2014
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
Why, after multiple quarters of sales losses and widespread assumptions of their demise, are department stores still a force to …
Hot 100 Retailers
10 Wednesday Sep 2014
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
Each year, Kantar Research publishes a list of the 100 “hottest” operators in the retail market. Judging from the entries …
Quirky, Cult-Like, Aspirational, but Affordable: The Rise and Rise of Trader Joe’s
20 Friday Jun 2014
The employees are wearing tropical shirts, the product labels feature puns and silly rhymes, and the manager goes by “Captain.” …
In Brazil, the Long Wait for Fast Fashion
09 Friday May 2014
The fast fashion, low-priced retailer, Forever 21 is aggressively expanding into the international market with its first store opening in …
The Next Big Thing You Missed: Online Grocery Shopping Is Back, and This Time It’ll Work
30 Wednesday Apr 2014
In the early 2000’s, Webvan tried to sell groceries online and failed miserably. But today’s tech-savvy retailers are trying again. …
Saks Outlets to Get Sloppier
14 Monday Apr 2014
Saks Fifth Avenue is planning to make its Off 5th outlet stores appeal to the bargain hunters more by looking …
Trends in Food Retailing
10 Monday Mar 2014
According to Phil Lempert, the self-proclaimed “Supermarket Guru,” there are 10 consumer trends that retailers, especially food retailers, need to …
Whole Foods’ Battle for the Organic Shopper
24 Thursday Oct 2013
Whole Foods is trying to shed its “whole paycheck” reputation by duplicating the discount efforts of traditional retailers. In addition …
Fresh Revolution: Can Supermarkets Make a Comeback?
03 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
Many supermarkets are losing market share to drug stores, dollar stores, convenience stores and warehouse clubs. Although some supermarkets are …
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