Articles on
Management
The Indefatigable Walmart Gets a Piece of TikTok
Sarah Holbrook
September 21, 2020
In the game of musical chairs that has been the TikTok acquisition, Walmart and Oracle are still seated as the music stops although they may ...
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In the Post-Covid World, Every Retailer Needs to Find Its “Essential”
Pam Danziger
September 16, 2020
As in Dicken\’s Tale of Two Cities, when we write the story of retail in 2020 it is going to be the best of times ...
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Wayfair May Just Be Getting Started
Chris Walton
August 10, 2020
Talk about a change in fortune. A scant five months ago Wayfair was trading at a 52-week low of $21.70. Then, following its August earnings ...
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Will Beauty’s Recent Support of Racial Justice Actually Stick?
Dana Wood
August 9, 2020
When I decided to write about the explosive topic of racial justice and equality in America, and how that plays out within the beauty category, ...
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Fixing Macy\’s: Possible and Impossible Solutions
Adam Levine-Weinberg
July 21, 2020
Macy\’s was struggling even before the Covid-19 pandemic decimated fashion retailers, with profitability falling almost continuously since peaking in 2014. Earlier this year, management announced ...
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Can Bed Bath & Beyond Recover…And How Will They Do It?
Warren Shoulberg
July 19, 2020
Perhaps no American retailer\’s fall from grace has been as swift or dramatic as has Bed Bath & Beyond\’s. Legacy retailers like JC Penney and ...
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Crate & Barrel Has a New CEO
Warren Shoulberg
July 8, 2020
Here\’s a fascinating development in retailing: Replace a good merchant with another good merchant. What a concept. Crate & Barrel, the iconic lifestyle home furnishings ...
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Shoptalk Meetup: Another First from Anil Aggarwal
Robin Lewis
June 29, 2020
Shoptalk Meetup was announced less than two weeks ago and with more than 2,000 attendees from over 1,000 companies registered, it\’s already the fall\’s largest ...
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