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.
Lampertian Math
Mathematics was never my strong suit in school but apparently our old friend Eddie Lampert of Sears is a wiz at it. That’s the only
The Buck Stops Here
The Dollar Store category is seeing some serious new developments as the largest player gets challenged by the investment community while the entire channel faces
Anchors Away
If you really want to see where physical retailing is most vulnerable, look no further than the B, C and D level malls out there.
Flip of the Penney Coin
Time continues to run out for JCPenney. Sooner or later — probably sooner — the company will need to decide how it’s going to save