Quantcast
Channel: Retail Unwrapped
Browsing all 1876 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

“Paycheck Shock” Reins in January Sales

More to Come From The Beltway? It’s President’s week, so instead of staying in Washington to work out a compromise that would avoid huge mandatory budget cuts, Congress has left town for recess. Little...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

JCP, Argo, the Golden Fleece, Odysseus, and the Sirens

There is some irony to JCP’s heavy sponsorship of the Oscars relative to Argo winning “best picture.” The fact that the mythical Greek ship Argo and its crew were searching for the elusive Golden...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Walmart’s Hire-a-Vet Program: Patriotic Gesture? Or Good for Walmart?

American veterans returning from war have had a history of finding employment at Fortune 10 companies. After the Korean War they got engineering and sales jobs at IBM and Texaco. After Vietnam they...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Hogwash

And if You Believe It, I “Have a Bridge to Sell You.” Hogwash is a great word, as I was reminded by my colleague, Judy Russell, CEO of consultancy Markethink. First used in the 15th Century, it...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Bribery, Felony or Line Item?

Are we all felons bribing our way though international commerce or victims of corruption, forced to pay the price of admission? Let’s face it. Bribery is a cottage industry in many countries—part of...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How Trader Joe’s Lures Shoppers With Quirky Products and Brands

Trader Joe’s is undoubtedly the nation’s most successful limited-assortment grocery chain; lines actually go around the block in New York City’s two outposts during the holidays. So what’s really going...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

What Your Intern is Really Thinking

I’m here to set the record straight about the Millennial work ethic, by giving you a little insight into the world of internships. They have become the popular alternative to entry-level positions, and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Why Are Handbags So Important?

Functional, Personal Statement, Self Expression, Fashion Accessory, Status Symbol? The correct answer I believe is: “All of the above.” I’m not a handbag person, per se, although I own several. I don’t...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

African Sun

My consulting practice takes me all over the world. Through my travels, I have the unique opportunity to be a student of human nature and behavior – especially when it comes to the retail marketplace....

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Penney Dividend

There’s a billion dollars of home business missing; anybody have a clue where it went? One thing is clear: Over the past 12 months, the new JC Penney/The Penney Co./JCP/Whatever has lost about $1...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Crows, Crows Everywhere, and Which Ones to Eat?

Note that the crow sitting on my shoulder is not yet on a plate waiting to be eaten. That’s because I’m trying to remember all the reasons for which I should be eating crow, and when I identify all of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Hey JCP: We Millennials Will Demand Fair and Square

Ron Johnson’s highly publicized tenure at JC Penney has ended, and perhaps with it, the potential of JC Penney to compete for the middle class Millennial. Sure, they may regain the customers they lost...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Perfect Fit at Bloomingdale’s

We all know about the problem of lousy fitting apparel, but, the percentage of women who can’t find clothes that fit is awesome: try 62%, and online, it’s the biggest barrier for trying new brands....

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Stores Blame Cold Weather, Early Easter for Season’s Slow Start

Retailing is a lot like professional sports. Both are highly competitive, both require a combination of talent and luck, and both involve big money. And sometimes, there’s so much drama taking place...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Green Marketing Act

You got rid of the landline three years ago because two-thirds of your calls were from telemarketers. Then you downgraded your cable service wondering why you were paying so much for so little. Now you...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Land Of Opportunity To Barren Wasteland

“Bubble Capitalism” Crushes the American Dream Forget the cresting, breaking and other visible economic waves we discern on the surface of our economy — all accompanied by “cyclical” blathering of the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Amazon Frightened the Behemoth And It Boomeranged

That would be the Walmart behemoth, still the one and only behemoth of its size in the world, the last I took count.  At about $61 billion in annual revenues, Amazon is still a puny contender to...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Millennials in the Workplace – True or False

We Millennials can be a little difficult to decode at work; our incessant attachment to our phones; our buddying up with senior executives; our loose understanding of office hours. Many of our...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Human Metric: Activating a Customer-Centric Organization

In my previous article, I discussed how traditional metrics—like comp sales performance—often work against retailers in their efforts to improve store performance. Continuing that conversation, we now...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Private Labels, Public Nuisances, and Captured Moments

All the recent hubbub over a certain Connecticut homemaker’s image and brand is only the tip of a major merchandising movement that is starting to consume the home furnishings field. As national brands...

View Article
Browsing all 1876 articles
Browse latest View live


Latest Images