Amazon’s brand “Accelerator” program comes with a catch – Amazon can take over the brand at a potentially big discount.
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Tag Archives: Retail
A Personal Touch In An Online Era
Retailers have the tools to provide outstanding personal service in the internet era, if they put those tools to use.
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The Liquid Side Of Sears
Time is running out on a 125-year-old retail institution. If Sears can fail, anyone can.
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Amazon Relentlessly Torments Rivals
What is the most relentless dot-com on the internet? Enter it into your browser and find out.
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Retail Magic: Malls Turn Into Theme Parks
Some of today’s most successful shopping malls are better known as theme parks, and this business model is spreading.
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AmEx Is Free To Terrorize Shopkeepers
The fees American Express charges merchants may often be steep and sometimes scary, but they are not anticompetitive.
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In Retailing, Every Idea Dies Yet Lives On
In the Darwinian realm of retailing, every concept fights to secure and hold its niche.
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Is Downtown Killing The Mall?
Reversing the trend of the post-WWII 20th century, revitalized urban cores are booming while many malls decline.
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The Amazon Before Amazon
Shop anywhere, buy practically anything – even a house – and have it shipped directly to you. Sears was Amazon before Amazon.
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Walling Off Walmart
Sales are brisk and jobs plentiful at Walmart, but you can’t access them in New York and several other big cities.
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