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Starbucks Wuhan Success Story
Pam Danziger
March 30, 2020
The United States has hit the pause button on the economy literally. On March 16 President Trump asked Americans to call a halt to their ...
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Retail Love in The Time of Coronavirus
Chris Walton
March 25, 2020
Coronavirus coverage is everywhere. One cannot turn on the TV, scroll through social media, or shout at his or her neighbor from more than six ...
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COVID-19: Short-Term Opportunity, Long-Term Problem
Robin Lewis
March 17, 2020
To overstate the obvious, in this understated war against COVID-19 we are trying to hide from an enemy we can\’t even see, smell, touch or ...
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Earth Fare Gone
David Merrefield
February 26, 2020
Earth Fare, the chain of 50 natural and organic supermarkets, is as good as gone. The company has filed for Chapter 11 and announced that ...
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2019 Retailing: The Best and Worst of Times
Mark Cohen
February 2, 2020
A Tale of Two Cities Shamelessly taking a cue from the opening lines of Charles Dickens\’ \”A Tale of Two Cities,\” 2019 was the best ...
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Walmart and Jet.com Failed “Marketing 101”
Robin Lewis
January 29, 2020
The leadership team at Walmart failed to develop a positioning strategy for the two brands. It appeared that the strategy was simply to operate the ...
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The Art and Science of Retail
Deborah Patton
January 27, 2020
If you were to distill what consumers want from any retail transaction down to two factors, it would be convenience and experience. And these two ...
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How Quaint: Stores Are Back in Vogue
Robin Lewis
January 21, 2020
Whenever expert sources float out a major lemming-like prediction, there are three sequential reactions. The followers react in exaggerated ways, going to the extreme opposite ...
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