In today’s world, where corporate responsibility, culture wars, and social progress are more or less bound to become intertwined strands of any major national discussion, Minnesota-based Target Corporation’s recent decision to move to the back or completely withdraw selected Gay […]
Target has been one of the biggest winners in the toy business since the 2018 liquidation of Toys”R”Us. The demise of the only sizable national toy chain enabled discounters (led by Walmart, Amazon, and Target) to extend their growing dominance
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If Walmart and Target are canaries in the retail coal mine, maybe there’s a third canary in the economic coal mine named Elon Musk who recently said we are already in a recession. Think what you will about Mr. Musk
Walmart and Target: Canaries in the Coal Mine? Read More »
Spoiler alert: This is a strategic perspective, not a financial review – on purpose. The current three-front perfect storm for Macy’s and Kohl’s could arguably be described as a pursuit of a post-Covid higher level of positive “normal,” managing through
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No retail segment is more competitive than the mass segment, where retailers sell many of the same SKUs and must therefore compete based on differentiated consumer perceptions of value, access, convenience and customer experience. In 2016, the Target Corporation —
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Last week I blogged about Walmart’s acquisition of Jet.com, for $3.3 billion. In one fell swoop, Walmart gained Jet’s revenues (estimated at over a billion dollars its first year, nonetheless unprofitable), several distribution centers, 12 million SKUs, a growing millennial
Presidential candidate debates. Endless campaign commercials and discussions about those commercials. Fox News coverage. CNN coverage. Cartoon Network coverage. The past month or two has been almost as bad as that most horrible time of the year when it comes
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On a recent pop by my local CVS – ostensibly to fetch new heads for my Philips Sonicare DiamondClean, the Maserati of electric toothbrushes – I decided to take a quick lap through the skincare aisle to see if there
Drugstore Skincare: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Cheaper Read More »
As the Holiday shopping calendar moves into prime time, it seems only appropriate to provide a preview of what’s in store for the next three months as we count down to that most sacred, most important event in retailing: the
Home for the Holidays Read More »
The character of the places where we live, work, and, of course, shop, have a direct effect on our thoughts and emotions — whether we are aware of it or not. Everyone is reminded of this when we enter a
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