Articles on
Finance
A Taxing Situation
Len Lewis
August 1, 2018
The United States Supreme Court, that bastion of jurisprudence which increasingly thinks constitutional issues are political footballs, has decided to give states permission to collect ...
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Retail’s Mid-Year Physical Exam
Chris Walton
June 19, 2018
2018 has lived up to its billing. The year promised zaniness amid the industry-wide “crack-up,” and it has not disappointed. The last six months have ...
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Stalking the Elusive Blockchain
Len Lewis
May 7, 2018
Ever since Homo Sapiens appeared some 200,000 years ago, they, or we if you prefer, have had one thing in common—a distrust of everything new ...
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I See a Perfect Storm Plus One (not Stormy)
Robin Lewis
April 11, 2018
Reminder: a perfect storm is the result of three strong weather fronts colliding together and delivering havoc on land or sea. I think I see ...
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Albertsons Goes Headlong into Health Care
David Merrefield
March 5, 2018
Albertsons’ proposed buyout of the parts of drugstore chain Rite Aid that won’t be acquired by Walgreens flings the supermarket operator into the fast-changing healthcare ...
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Retail\’s Q4 Sales Results
Chris Walton
February 7, 2018
Do we have amnesia? A mere six months ago at Shop.org in Los Angeles, I remember sitting amidst heated debates, akin to the Miller Lite ...
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Cryptocurrency – Game Changer or Disaster in Waiting?
Len Lewis
November 1, 2017
Since revisionist history seems to be taking center stage in Washington and elsewhere, let’s take a stab at our own. Were he alive today, Thomas ...
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Activist Investors Drive Change at Whole Foods
David Merrefield
May 31, 2017
We talk a lot about disruptors and how they have turned retailing upside down, challenging the very existence of entire industry sectors. So here’s another ...
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