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The New Era of Corporate Responsibility

A new era of sustainability is upon us, based on a growing awareness of our personal wellbeing and the impacts of pollution on our planet. ...
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I Want It Now

We have been reporting about the customer service experience for years – following the arc of the neighborhood store in the 50s where everyone knows ...
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April Showers Bring May Flowers — and More Customers to Buy Clothes

Have you been watching the weather recently? A foreboding-sounding weather system, a bombogenesis formed over the Atlantic Ocean that l traveled up the coast. Fortunately, ...
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The Macy’s Makeover

In New York City proper at least, it\’s becoming the norm for storied retailers like Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale\’s to spend gazillions of dollars ...
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Target’s New Business Model is Still a Work in Progress

No retail segment is more competitive than the mass segment, where retailers sell many of the same SKUs and must therefore compete based on differentiated ...
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Pickup Proliferation

The dam has burst. It\’s now evident that there\’s no stopping the proliferation of curbside pickup points being rolled out by food retailers. The most ...
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Amazon’s New Supermarket Chain

The first preview emerged a few weeks ago when Amazon acknowledged that the Whole Foods \”365\” format would no longer exist. Later, it was further ...
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Waste Not, Not Wasting Time

I think the time is right to declare a national emergency. This isn\’t about some perceived or imagined threat at the Southern border, North of ...
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