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Debt Load Sinks Fairway. Who’s Next?
David Merrefield
May 4, 2016
In a long-anticipated development, Fairway Market filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this week. Supermarket operator Fairway might not be well known to those outside ...
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Investment Bellwethers: Four Pivotal Brands
Marie Driscoll
November 4, 2015
Investor Headline: Slowing topline growth in tandem with increased marketing and IT spend leads to margin contraction and a disappointing bottom line. This is a ...
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Getting Defensive
David Merrefield
October 28, 2015
When you’re under assault, build a bigger fortress. That’s what supermarkets in the U.S. are doing now as they come under siege from deep-discount stores, ...
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Haggen\’s Big Buy
David Merrefield
September 7, 2015
In the brutal business world, the seemingly impossible sometimes happens: The small fish swallows the big one. This reversal of fortune usually happens when a ...
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The Case of the Missing $32 Billion
Bruce Craig
April 6, 2015
Multilevel/Pyramid Marketing Schemes Lure Unsuspecting Consumers through FTC Loophole Don’t look now, but dozens of companies, starting with Amway back in 1979, and more recently ...
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Santa Will Be Leaving Coal in Retailers\’ Stockings This Year
Judith Russell
October 17, 2014
This week the Department of Commerce published September retail sales figures, and despite all the jabber about a solid back-to-school season, sales growth slowed considerably ...
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Widening the Gap
Marie Driscoll
October 15, 2014
Having followed Gap and Gap Inc. for 25 some years, I’m intrigued with the many growth opportunities the $16+ billion company still provides. As an ...
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Bursting the Bubble on August Retail Sales
Judith Russell
September 16, 2014
Last Friday the Department of Commerce released its August retail sales figures. Total sales rose 5% compared to August of 2013. The business and economic ...
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