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Lowe\’s Latest Move in Its Battle with Home Depot
It’s not easy being number two. Ask Avis or Pepsi…or for that matter Gimbel’s. Second place been the retail cross that Lowe’s has had to ...
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Retail as It Was, Destroyed in One Decade
There was a meeting at FIT in the Fall of 2009 themed the CEO Roundtable. It was an urgent gathering of many of the major ...
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Off-Price is Dead-On When It Comes to Store Expansion
A funny thing happened on the way to Retailageddon: they forgot to tell some retailers. And while there’s no denying the past year has been ...
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Walmart’s $350 Billion Impossible Dream
Do the math: Walmart says that over the next decade it wants to move $350 billion of its merchandise buying activity to American-made products. Easier ...
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Is Amazon Awesome…Apocalyptic…or Disruption 2.0?
Amazon as awesome or apocalyptic is a trick question. The answer requires a distinction of Amazon being awesome or apocalyptic to whom and why. If ...
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Fulfillment: Retail’s New Loyalty Factor
Covid has forced many retailers to make dramatic shifts toward digital transformation of their business models. Many have successfully pivoted to offer services including BOPIS, ...
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What Home Buyers Want Now: 10 Post-Pandemic Priorities
The residential real estate market has been a bright spot during the pandemic-driven economic downturn that began early last year. There were initial fears that ...
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Drugs, Wellbeing and Finance
Last month the broader retail world applauded two of the nation\’s largest drugstore chains when they moved women into senior management roles. The gender divide ...
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