Eight months into his job as CEO of Lowe’s, Marvin Ellison is remaking the home improvement chain, reconstructing parts of the business, deconstructing others. It’s
Eddie & The Feds
You’ll never guess who was Eddie Lampert’s college roommate? You’ll never guess who the Treasury Secretary bunked with in college? You’ll never guess who sits
Penney Wise…or Penney Stupid?
Another change in merchandising direction at the very troubled J.C. Penney Co. This one makes sense, to be clear, but this is a retailer that
EDDIE LIVES!!!!!
There’s stupid and then there’s Stupid. I just don’t know any other way to put it: https://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenshoulberg/2019/02/07/eddie-lives-what-happens-next-after-court-approves-lampert-deal-for-sears-or-whats-left-of-it/#79e8df207c3b
Thanks Kip and Sharon…
Very few retailers get the credit for truly inventing a store type but Kip and Sharon Tindell, along with Garrett Boone and John Mullen, are
Disruption? Maybe not so much…
The direct-to-consumer model was supposed to be the wave of the future in retailing as vendors went straight to the customer, bypassing traditional physical retailers.