Remember waterbeds? If you’re of a certain age, you’ll recall all the excitement about sleeping on a giant Baggie full of water, it’s therapeutic values far outweighing its… well, weight on your bedroom floor. An entire retail channel of distribution […]
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Walmart recently announced their intention to focus on millennials in the apparel category at the Raymond James 37th institutional investors’ conference. With 4500 stores across the U.S. (accessible within 10 minutes of 90 percent of the population) and a growing
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“That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.” Adlai Stevenson I\’ve never been one to use traditional demographics in my product or marketing. I acknowledge it, but don’t rely on
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Bring It to Me, Just for Me, New, Now & More Often Listen to this. And, listen with great attention to what I’m about to say. The bar has been fundamentally raised on consumers’ expectations in this transformational century. Not
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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
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Roughly 10 days ago, after returning home from a lengthy trip across the Pond, I reluctantly eyeballed a sizeable pile of mail (junk and legit), as well as several boxes bearing beauty products for review. “Do I deal with all
Suppose a company that has long been in flux and owns a comparatively promising retailing asset decides to spin it off. Is this a good move for the owners, or a sign of desperation — buying time before something bad
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In 2012, JC Penney’s new CEO, Ron Johnson, made a huge bet. With a grand strategy to fundamentally transform JC Penney’s business model, his opening salvo on day one was to totally eliminate the myriad of Penney’s promotional pricing gimmicks
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RIP: Rest in Pieces Flash Sale Sites Born 2007 – Died 2016 In the history of retailing channels of distribution, perhaps no single format has had a shorter lifespan than the catalog showroom. Rightfully so, most people would say, since
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What’s old is new again. It’s back to the future. Mobile phones are the new stores. These and many other metaphors reflect how the technology age is taking us back in time to century-old retail models. Living with technology on
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