To Go “Down With The Ship?” Or Just Another Abracadabra Strategy? I just got all twitchy and excited when I heard the news. “Fast Buck Eddie” just hasn’t given me anything really fun to write about for a long time. […]
Learn more about the Eddie Lampert Kmart saga and how the decline resulted in the end of a once-prominent retail legacy.
In April 2014 I wrote, Walmart Can Crush Amazon. I focused on all of the competitive advantages Walmart has over Amazon. and if leveraged, implementing the right strategies, over time, (and given the time), they could beat Amazon at its […]
The leadership team at Walmart failed to develop a positioning strategy for the two brands. It appeared that the strategy was simply to operate the two brands separately on the front end (the consumer facing functions), while integrating the back-end […]
“One day, we will eventually see Amazon.com in the physical world, either with stores or kiosks,” I wrote that in my book Amazon.com: Get Big Fast in 2000. At the time, that proposition sounded crazy. I wrote, “But stranger things […]
The ‘fat lady’ is getting ready to sing. I don’t know if Eddie Lampert’s recent quote in The New York Times was intended to be a tutorial on business or if he was just whining about his long and ongoing […]
It may not be as bad as it seems. Despite the painful passing and decline of retail industry stalwarts including Linens \’n Things, RadioShack, The Bon-Ton Stores, Toys R Us, Sears and Kmart, retail chains including Macy\’s, Kohl\’s, Walmart, Target […]
Pardon my ‘60s pot metaphors of late. There’s just maniacal, seemingly drug-induced behavior happening and it seems to be going viral across many industries. In particular, I think there’s a lot of legalized pot being passed around among Internet start-ups, […]
Or does he? He’s fooled us before with his abracadabra – now you see it, now you don’t, flimflammery. And at Sears Holdings’ annual meeting last week, he once again waved his wand around and tried to convince all in […]
Where can real retail find real growth? Can it? Or are we doomed to the daily lamentations, ringing of hands and rending of garments as news slouches towards us of yet another chain which has gone bump in the night. […]
