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A la Biff of “Back to the Future” fame, the only sure-fire way to predict the future of retail is to skip ahead a few years and take a peek at a record of stock numbers. Failing that, proactive strategies that seek the initiative through cutting-edge...
In the fight between in-store retailers and their digital counterparts for customers’ wallets, it’s more often than not the former that sets the pace with pricing and discounts. However, Staples is taking pains to make sure that it can compete — and then some —...
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Shakespeare famously wrote that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” but that poetic sentiment doesn’t quite translate when it comes to dissimilar prices on similar products. For the most part, customers don’t want to feel like superficial differences to a product,...
A vision of employees just sitting and thinking is not a mental image that fits in well with the rest of the modern workplace, which almost prides itself on being hyper kinetic. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Right after the Christmas season comes, of course, the season of returns. With unwanted items accounting for as much as 15 percent of all holiday sales, retailers are now in the midst of handling those comebacks, employing varying degrees of difficulty for consumers.
While for the majority of merchants the holiday season is winding down — for a certain select group, things are just getting warmed up. This is the case for retailers like Michael Ringelsten, the owner of Shorewood Liquidators. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
While the gift card is a popular go-to in holiday shopping, a staggering number are left to languish in the bottom of purses, sock drawers and jewelry boxes nationwide. In 2014 alone, $750 million in gift cards went unspent, which makes firms like Cardpool (among...
