Archives for December 2015
Founder of Williams-Sonoma dies10 Dec 2015
The man who built a retail empire by inspiring a generation of shoppers to stock their kitchens with garlic presses... Continue Reading
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Sears connects mobile shoppers to stores10 Dec 2015
Sears Holding Corp. is trying to turn surging mobile traffic into a driver for store visits and purchases. Sears has... Continue Reading
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The remarkable rise of Mattress Firm10 Dec 2015
The combination of acquisitions, new unit expansion and same store sales growth enabled Mattress Firm to achieve record third quarter... Continue Reading
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Target and world’s favorite nanny team up for some magical marketing10 Dec 2015
Target Corp. is bringing back a beloved family film classic just in time for the holidays — and getting in... Continue Reading
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Barnes & Noble considering new format10 Dec 2015
On a day when his company reported its fifth straight quarter of sales declines, the CEO of Barnes & Noble... Continue Reading
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Top three things retailers can do when a site goes down03 Dec 2015
Several retailers, including Neiman Marcus, had site issues this past Black Friday weekend. Here is some advice from the folks... Continue Reading
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Target site overwhelmed by Cyber Monday traffic03 Dec 2015
For the second time this year, Target’s e-commerce site crashed due to exceptionally high levels of activity related to a... Continue Reading
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151 million people shopped over Black Friday weekend03 Dec 2015
There’s no doubt Black Friday is not the one-day, mall-centric mob scene that it used to be. But legions of... Continue Reading
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Retailers with the best return policies—and the worst03 Dec 2015
When it comes to return policies, Nordstrom and Forever 21 couldn’t be further apart. At least that’s according to an... Continue Reading
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Albertsons gears up for IPO, again03 Dec 2015
Albertsons Cos. filed an amended stock prospectus for an initial public offering late Tuesday, saying it hoped to raise between $1.5... Continue Reading
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