The holiday season is already upon us, but are consumers spending? That’s the question at the heart of our two-part 2015 Holidays Webinar. Join Sarah Quinlan, SVP of Market Insights for MasterCard Advisors, as she dives into holiday spending trends. […]
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Primark’s value proposition sets the pricing bar so low that it will be almost impossible for competitors to crawl under it. And, they’ve set the experience and trendy merchandise bar so high, relative to their pricing, that competitors will find
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After 114 years, Seattle-based Nordstrom finally made it 143 miles due north to open a store in Vancouver, British Columbia on September 18.And what a store it is. As someone who has visited many Nordstrom stores in the U.S., I
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If So, Is Stefan Larsson Up to Chief Navigator? Let’s take a minute and talk about the three major storm fronts that seem to be colliding at the same time in the “House of Lauren.” In my view, these fronts
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Customer journey mapping isn’t a new concept. It’s been around for several years, but the last 12 months have seen a real increase in the impact the model is having across the retail industry and more critically, in the board
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Big Kids Want Their Own Stuff Rumor has it 20-year-old California Baby rakes in $20 million per year in Target alone, but that doesn’t mean founder Jessica Iclisoy thinks she has it all figured out. For starters, she cluelessly resisted—for
My favorite 14-year-old girl, like so many in her generation, is lost without her phone. In spite of school, sports, eating and sleeping, she spends almost eight hours a day on social media. Instagram and Snapchat are her addictions. Selfies
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Joe Spellman was a sweet, loving human being who would always find time to help, console, advise or just be a friend to anybody who reached out to him. His charisma, wrapped in warmth, a smile and a twinkle in
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Macy’s recently licensed 300-square-foot shops to Best Buy in 10 of its stores as a test. This is just one more example of how savvy retailers envision the future retail business model. The future model, using Macy’s as an example,
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We’ve entered an age when words like \”hand-crafted,\” \”artisanal\” and \”passionate\” are turning consumer heads the way \”low price\” once did. In response, ubiquitous beer brands are producing small-batch IPAs and major recording artists are releasing new albums on vinyl.
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