Even before the dreadful coronavirus pandemic, most specialty apparel retailers were already playing a dangerous game. They continued to operate their online and brick-and-mortar businesses with levels of inventory inaccuracy that were clearly ill-suited for the omnichannel era. RFID and […]
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 is the most controversial retailer of the modern era. It has become many consumers\’ guilty default for convenience purchases. In fact, 49 percent of internet searches start on Amazon and 8 out of 10 Prime members start their online […]
What a difference a year makes. Amazon recently eclipsed Walmart as the retailer with the highest apparel sales, and its growth doesn’t show signs of slowing down anytime soon. According to Wells Fargo, Amazon’s apparel and footwear sales in the […]
Amazon’s Anguish The “defining” pure-play ecommerce behemoth Amazon flourished over its first two decades, despite lacking storefronts and retail real estate. But that was then. The tailwinds that recently propelled Amazon through the pandemic have become headwinds with the cooling […]
Together, Alibaba and Amazon have about a $1.2 trillion market cap, ($483 billion for Alibaba and $720 billion for Amazon). Maybe they should unite. Not a chance for that to happen. The brilliant minds and egos of both Jack Ma […]
Branding, brand choice, brand image, brand story, brand loyalty, brand blah, blah, blah, are popular branding concepts. Brands anchor economies. And depending on the cultural mores of the time, we’ve had a series of so-called original ideas about branding that […]
I described Amazon a while ago, as “PacMan,” gobbling up everything in sight, including big chunks out of Walmart. Well, that’s about to change. Walmart can literally crush Amazon. Or at least it can put a lid on Jeff Bezos’ […]
P&G’s Tide: Just One Canary In the Mine Preposterous!!! You must be thinking: “he’s finally gone off his wheel,” when I say iconic brands like Tide, and suggesting that other P&G mega-brands, Chevrolet, Levi’s, Nike, Coca-Cola, Wheaties, Cheerios, Skippy, Ralph […]
Amazon as awesome or apocalyptic is a trick question. The answer requires a distinction of Amazon being awesome or apocalyptic to whom and why. If you were to simply answer the question at face value, the answer would be both. […]
