Consumer Insights From MasterCard Advisors Despite the sluggishness of the so-called recovery, industry experts are predicting a pickup in the housing market early next year. This will have broad implications for retailers of furniture, furnishings, and other home items. How […]
Imagine if you crossed a car dealership with a funeral parlor. What you’d have would be a furniture store. The retailing of furniture may not be the most archaic, antiquated and illogical form of merchandising in American business today…but it’s
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We had the opportunity to talk with Jane Elfers, CEO of The Children’s Place, the number one pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer. Here’s what she had to say about her first year at the company, the differences between the specialty
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Breaking the Information Barrier Insights from MasterCard Advisors Merchant Solutions – New Data, New Perspectives While over the past several years there has been a huge upsurge of merchants collecting and using customer data to drive retail business performance, the
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We talked with Neil Cole, CEO of Iconix Brand Group. The brand management company licenses its 27 (and growing) brands in exclusive deals with big retailers and wholesalers, allowing them national brand distribution with private label exclusivity and economics. Here’s
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Steve Sadove, CEO of Saks, Inc., answers some questions about customers, competitors, vendors, the impact of the great recession on high-end retailing, and some of the strategies he and his team are implementing to turn around the great American luxury
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High-Speed Economic Data for the Fast-Paced Ever-Changing Retail Industry Insights From MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse Retail is by nature a forward-looking business. You decide now what you’ll be selling next season; then you get ready today for tomorrow’s needs. Inventory, marketing,
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Social Media Can Lead Your Way Best Practices from Kurt Salmon Associates How can a retailer strategically leverage social media intelligence into internal decision-making? Here’s an example. Evaluate a retailer’s current market research activities. Replace many of the costly and
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New Consumer Intelligence Tools for Tough Economic Times Insights From MasterCard Advisors Merchant Solutions In this tough economic environment, every retailer knows how critical maintaining customer loyalty is to being successful. As money has gotten tighter, consumers have become increasingly
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