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Value is in The Eye of the Beholder…Who is Blind

There is a binary system governing value. The first “beholders”of value are its creators and sellers. The second are its consumers. Unfortunately,the first beholders have ...
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Retailers and Wholesalers: Yesterday\’s Fish Wrap

The retail and wholesale business models, separately and in conjunction with each other, are collapsing. Along with their demise, the actual terms, retail and wholesale, ...
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Amazon Finally Gets It: The Next Big Thing For All Pure Digital Players

Amazon\’s announcement of its first physical store opening on Manhattan\’s 34th Street is not a surprise to me, as I predicted it four years ago ...
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Sears: Nothing Left But its Past

Eddie “fast buck” Lampert is squeezing the proverbial turnip for more cash — as the musicians aboard the sinking “Titanic” are now truly playing “Nearer ...
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Is Alibaba Really Worth It?

On the verge of becoming the biggest initial public offering in US history, one has to wonder if it’s really worth the $187 billion some ...
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Disruption Dysfunction

The Harvard Business School may have a different answer, but here’s my definition of a Disrupter: The guy who comes into your market and screws ...
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Apple Addicts Still Mainline Steve Jobs

Excerpted from the New, New Rules of Retail By Robin Lewis and Michael Dart On January 9, 2007, on a big stage at the Macworld ...
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Whole Foods Market: Conscious Capitalism or Unconscious Greed?

So are we adding a luxury food brand to the “designer derby” of racers seeking more growth (for its own sake) by reaching down to ...
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