Expect Great Things From Gen Z We’re turning the generation page. Next chapter: Gen Z. This group is cool. They are interesting and interested. This may be the team that reworks all the sociocultural constructs we’ve been flirting with—feminism, gender […]
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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You have been working hard and deserve a vacation. If you were told you would have the perfect “dream” vacation but have no memory of it afterwards, how much would you be willing to pay? Chances are, not very much.
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Second Edition Competing in the World\’s Toughest Marketplace By Robin Lewis and Michael Dart Available at Amazon Now! Retail as we once knew it is on its way out. In a marketplace saturated with choices, and customer access available 24
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Looking for a hot retail deal space for 2012? Look no further than the teen and youth lifestyle segment. While at first glance the sector may look extremely competitive, it in fact presents attractive deal and investment dynamics and opportunities.
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Is A Dead Business Model If you keep on thinking of yourself as a retailer (see “Borders Today, Barnes & Noble Tomorrow” ) and your place of business as a store or website, and your offerings for sale as products,
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Amazon on a Level Playing Field So, you big guys (and by that I mean you, Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), Best Buy (BBY), Sears (SHLD), Gap (GPS), Macy’s (M), Barnes & Noble (BKS), and a whole bunch of others) are
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Small is In After two years of declining domestic same store sales, Walmart (WMT) is finally getting it. However, it might be too late. What they finally ‘got’ is a small store strategy, that they now understand they must accelerate.
