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Even When It Loses, TJX Always Wins
Off-price retail leader TJX faced a big test after the Covid-19 pandemic swept the globe in 2020. Like other discretionary retailers, it was forced to ...
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Attracting Consumers in Spite of Inflation
It’s hard to say which is a bigger topic in the daily news: inflation or the blistering weather. One thing for sure is they both ...
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The Share Buyback That Killed Bed Bath & Beyond
When Tritton took the top job in late 2019, the iconic home furnishings destination desperately needed a reinvention. The former Target chief merchant rapidly implemented ...
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A Cogent Economic Review
Christopher Waller, a senior Federal Reserve official, announced on May 30, that he supports the U.S. central bank’s main interest rate to rise to a ...
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Behind Amazon’s Thorny Profitability Problem
To nobody’s surprise, the Covid-19 pandemic gave Amazon a huge market share boost. So far, the ecommerce giant has been able to maintain most of ...
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Macy’s Beats Back Activist Attack
Last fall, investment fund Jana Partners launched an activist campaign at Macy’s. The fund aimed to double Macy’s share price by separating the department store’s ...
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Separate Is Not Equal
In a world where ecommerce has become mainstream and retailers raced to build unified commerce business models, some brands are starting to consider returning to ...
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Maybe It’s Not Inflation, but an Economic Recalibration
What if the current price increases American consumers are experiencing are not temporary, caused by inflationary pressures, but instead are signs of a once every ...
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