San Antonio — The Progressive Retailers Organization was at the Westin La Cantera Hill Coun
My last post was only one of many similar recently debating the role store size plays in a retailer’s financial performance. If you missed that, let me
For Best Buy, and big box retail in general, the past few weeks have been filled with “doom and gloom” comments circulating throughout the Web. While
It is fascinating that specialty stores were a leading indicator for what is now happening to Best Buy. The real issue we had was the inability to drive people into
There has been considerable banter about the imminent demise of Best Buy. Custom retailers and integrators should rue the day that this would happen.
We
A customer walks into a showroom and the TV says, “Hey, big spender. Come spend a little time with me.”
The customer replies, “Of all
Bloomberg.com recently weighed in on CE retail with an article whose title summarizes the reporter’s contentions regarding the future of Best Buy, Walmart
Competition in the consumer products and appliances industries is causing all of us to rethink how we do business and ways we can work smarter and faster. This has
There is a new word floating around in the wonderful world of retail and that is “showrooming.” In case you have not heard about it, allow me to
Since the 1980’s, the consumption of mass media in the typical American home has splintered from three broadcast networks into thousands of entertainment and
The March 3 edition of The Economist included an article describing some of the management philosophy of Amazon’s founder/CEO Jeff Bezos (

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