And Hypocrisy Over Olympic Games Apparel Oh, what an election year can cause. Not that I’m for protecting our manufacturing industries when they can’t seem ...

How Long and Deep Before Price Decimates Value The dark side of price promoting is that it has become a race to the bottom. And ...

What a day for the bears and naysayers weighing in on Michael Francis’ departure from JC Penney. Media–land has been bombarding me for comment. And, ...

“Value 101” from Professor Lewis: Value, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, defined differently and individually in every case. It is imperative ...

As Sears continues to collapse financially, and its stores increasingly look like they are victims of arrested development, (see accompanying photos),  Edward “Eddie” Lampert, CEO ...

I’ll tell you one thing. I am sick and tired of the 24/7 surround sound about Facebook. And, I certainly don’t care to hear every ...

What in the world was Best Buy thinking when they discontinued their Studio D and Escape small store concepts several years ago? Designed as neighborhood ...

There are incredible transformative events going on in retailing today. Most of them are due to the necessity for gaining competitive advantage in our over-stored, ...