Well folks, it could finally be “curtains” for my favorite piñata, Edward “Eddie” Lampert, CEO of Sears Holdings. His own personal ATM machine (Sears), which has spewed billions in cash every time he keyed in the right password, is about […]
Eddie! Eddie! You\’ve Run Out Of Passwords: Maybe Try \”L-B-O\” Read More »
I am compelled to weigh in with a different perspective than what’s been written and talked about regarding the speculation that Amazon will open what we in the old paradigm would have called a “retail store” in Seattle. And, how
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When old hippies get together, if one of them says: “I was there,” the rest automatically know the “there” was Woodstock, the three-day outdoor rock festival in upstate New York attended by 400,000 people in 1969 that defined a generation.
CEO Ron Johnson’s JC Penney Vision: Brilliant, Doable and A Game-Changer Read More »
Just like the original “Pacman” of the earliest video games, chomping through all of the pac-dots to victory, Amazon appears to be rapidly chomping its way to becoming the biggest store on earth by taking on every product and service
Amazon…From Earth’s Biggest Bookstore To The Biggest Store on Earth? Read More »
It’s a good thing for Martha (to use one of her signature phrases). It’s a good thing for JC Penney. And it’s a good thing for Macy’s, which I’ll get to in a minute. I’m writing, of course, about JC
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Before he left the planet, when he wanted to make the point that he considered something seriously chi-chi, Andy Warhol would describe it as “up-there.” And, as I recently scrolled, ever so slowly, through the stunning Tom Ford Beauty website,
Forget Bentley. The new name in prestige is…Ford? Read More »
The secret to the success of most businesses can be found in the wisdom of one of the most successful retailers of all time — the legendary Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds. He described his business and its success several
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Consumer Facts from Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle Monitor With a focus on shoring up household savings in the face of still high unemployment and renewed fears of a European recession, American consumers have become increasingly deal-driven at the registers. Once drawn
Channel-Surfing: Recession-era Quest for Deals Continues Read More »
Marty Staff has had a fascinating 30-plus-year career in the industry, including stints at Bloomingdale’s, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, JA (Joseph Abboud) Apparel and, most recently, American Apparel. We met with Marty at his regular table at the
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The world of retailing is filled with some astonishing tales of stores being reinvented, transforming themselves into entirely different species. Banana Republic started life selling safari jackets in funky jungle-like locations with jeeps crashing through the front window until it
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