Hindsight may be 20/20, but an analysis of the history and current status of department stores suggests that some of …
The Macy’s Effect: How Macy’s Dismantled Everything Once Right About the Department Store
04 Tuesday Apr 2017
Will Data-Driven Checkout Get Shoppers Through the Line Faster?
09 Thursday Mar 2017
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A new option in the effort to reduce wait times in checkout lines extends on previous techniques by calculating not …
How Can the Retail Job Market Survive the AI Revolution?
07 Tuesday Mar 2017
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Usually in these abstracts, we focus on the benefits of these advanced technologies for retailing …
Retail Tidbit: Amazon Considers Floating Warehouses
05 Sunday Mar 2017
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Amazon seemingly has been sampling some of the books in its science fiction category. In a recently discovered (and approved) …
Retail Tidbit: Alibaba Looks to Bricks and Mortar with Bid for Mall Operator in China
03 Friday Mar 2017
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The dominant e-commerce retailer in China, Alibaba has been going on a bit of a buying streak itself, snapping up …
What Will Amazon Gain from its Charitable Shipping Efforts?
01 Wednesday Mar 2017
Sometimes, a solution offers up benefits for everyone involved. That seems to be the case for a recent initiative adopted …
How Can Retailers Make Online Reviews More Useful?
27 Monday Feb 2017
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Customer Relationship Management, Multichannel Retailing, Online Reviews, Retail Communication Mix
Good, clear communication is necessary in any communication channel, and that holds for review sites as much as for any …
Retail Tidbit: McDonald’s Aims to Flip China Results by Ceding Control
25 Saturday Feb 2017
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In its effort to deal with macro-environmental trends that have slowed its sales in China, McDonald’s is embracing the benefits …
What Will the Sale of Craftsman Mean for Sears and Stanley Black & Decker?
23 Thursday Feb 2017
As we have discussed elsewhere, department stores like Sears and Kmart are struggling to stay afloat. The parent company of …
Department Stores, Once Anchors at Malls, Become Millstones
21 Tuesday Feb 2017
There are a few types of malls, and in them, shoppers find a few types of stores. In high-end malls …
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