When consumers struggled to find access to goods that they needed and wanted during the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., toilet paper, …
Bullwhip Effects and Just-in-Case Inventory Management in COVID-Era Supply Chains
18 Monday Jul 2022
The (Perceived) Need for Speed Prompts Instacart to Offer Rapid Delivery Option
05 Tuesday Jul 2022
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
Feel like Instacart isn’t insta enough? The company is looking to change that, with a new rapid delivery option in …
Dollar General Employee Goes Viral on TikTok, Gets Fired, Starts a Movement
01 Friday Jul 2022
Mary Gundel was a celebrated Dollar General manager, at a store near Tampa. She’d received a letter from headquarters telling …
Retail Tidbit: How Barnes & Noble continues to thrive
29 Wednesday Jun 2022
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In the 1998 movie You’ve Got Mail, Tom Hanks plays the owner of a big-box bookstore, threatening to put Meg …
Birkenstock Makes Comfortable Shoes, Uncomfortable Business Demands
27 Monday Jun 2022
Posted in Chapter 13: Buying Merchandise
Birkenstock is trying to be your favorite summer sandal, even if it has to shove all the other sandal-makers out …
Panera Sets a Bold, if Far-Off, Goal: Be ‘Climate Positive’ by 2050
23 Thursday Jun 2022
Last October, McDonald’s announced a bold ambition: to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 36 percent by 2030 and to …
The Company Formerly Known as Facebook Just Opened a Physical Store
21 Tuesday Jun 2022
Posted in Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
Feel like Facebook just isn’t taking up quite enough of your time anymore? It agrees. The company now known as …
Retail Tidbit: Will JC Penny be able to Lure back Customers?
15 Wednesday Jun 2022
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Love the one you’re with, and when that doesn’t work … try to make the one who was once with …
In-Person Shopping Is Back, Baby!
13 Monday Jun 2022
Let’s go to the mall! Or the grocery store! Or Target! Or literally anywhere that isn’t in front of a …
Shein On, You Crazy Successful Cut-Price Online Clothing Company
09 Thursday Jun 2022
Posted in Chapter 06: Retail Market Strategy
Right now, the fast-fashion company Shein is selling a knot-shoulder, split-thigh, hologram slip dress for $13, and that’s one of …
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