European Retailer Primark is Thriving With Only Brick-and-Mortar (not online) Stores
This post summarizes a video (embedded below and linked here) from the Wall Street Journal ‘s “The Economics of” series. This post summarizes the video…
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Do You Understand the Logic of ‘Girl Math’ and ‘Boy Math’?
Kids these days. Oh, am I sounding old already. But this story in the Wall Street Journal kind of surprised me (for another article on…
Chapter 12 | Product | Retailing | Video
Dick’s Sporting Goods New Strategy
Dick’s Sporting Goods has been pivoting to a new strategy. With many brick-and-mortar retailers struggling, Dick’s is making some changes. It is closing its Field…
Survey gives insight to the journey to online purchase
We teach our students that it is critical to analyze and understand customer behavior before developing marketing strategies. With all the data available tracking the…
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Mattress firms creating value (?) with financing deals…
The mattress industry is a pretty crazy (check out “The Great Mattress Conspiracy: Why Are There So Many Mattress Stores?” on Endless Thread, podcast and…
Brick-and-Mortar Retailers Turn to Scrambled Merchandising
The concept of scrambled merchandising (“carrying any product lines they think they can sell profitably) has existed in practice and in Essentials of Marketingas for…
Chapter 12 | Place | Retailing | What's Now?
What’s Now? Chapter 12 – Whole Foods opens new 365 stores
Whole Foods has seen its sales and profits decline recently. In response, the food retailer has opened some new stores under the name 365. Read…
Future of Retail? Rebecca Minkoff Stores Integrate Technology to the Buying Experience
This Fast Company video shows how Rebecca Minkoff (designer of luxury handbags, accessories, footwear and apparel) uses technology at a prototype of one of her specialty retail…