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In Nabbing IT Cosmetics, L’Oréal Luxe Just Bought a 21st Century Seat at the Direct-Sales Table

Roughly 10 days ago, after returning home from a lengthy trip across the Pond, I reluctantly eyeballed a sizeable pile of mail (junk and legit), ...
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Debt Load Sinks Fairway. Who’s Next?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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