Advertising, particularly TV advertising, is all about the viewer relating to the people in the ad. From the Pepsi Generation to today’s smiling, beaming prescription
Author: wshoulberg
Home Retailers Have Another Bad Quarter
Anyone waiting for the home furnishings retail business to turn around is going to have to wait a little longer. The latest round of financial
Self-Contained
The Container Store has always been one of my favorite retailers, consistently ranking as one of the best places to work — I have friends
The Conn’s Job
In a year when the retail world has become one of the haves and the have-nots, there is a new have-not: Conn’s which filed for
Belk Gets a Better Balance Sheet and – Surprise! – New Owners
Ever since the big private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought the Belk department store operation in 2015 the status of the southeastern chain has been
Yes, Virginia, There Will be a Christmas This Year
Sometimes you think as business is still pretty rotten around the retail world that this doldrum will never end. Fortunately, for much of the home