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Unified Commerce Doesn’t Guarantee Sales
Department stores have been on an inexorable slide into oblivion over the last decade. Since 2012, department store sales, excluding discount department stores, have declined ...
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For a Few Dollars More
You’re traveling through another dimension, not only of sight and sound but of mind. And that journey has taken you to Olive Hill, TN, population ...
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Walmart’s Deconstruction of Lore’s Legacy Continues with Moosejaw Sale
When Walmart purchased Marc Lore’s Jet.com online business in 2016, it was supposed to be the start of an amazing new ecommerce strategy for the ...
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Upcycling and the New ReTailor
As retail resale has evolved from Goodwill and the neighborhood thrift store to the myriad of recommerce websites, we have witnessed a watershed moment in ...
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Food for Thought
Walmart versus Target? Check. Kroger and Albertsons versus the FTC and Congress? Check. Aldi versus Lidl? Check. Dollar stores versus…well, versus all of the above? ...
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Stores Are Back. Now What?
Looking back on NRF 2023, many of us were relieved that it didn’t focus on the Metaverse and NFTs this year. CEOs on the keynote ...
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It’s a Pet’s World
We skimp a little on ourselves when times get tougher. Maybe fewer meals out, shorter vacations, and postponed purchases of big-ticket items. We’ll cut some ...
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The Zero Waste Revolution
Before the mid-1700s, new clothing wasn’t easy to come by. Garments were worn for years, enduring the repair process on more than a few occasions ...
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