Retail

Are Big-Box Stores Crumbling?

Time | CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Online Retail, Big Box Stores, Best Buy Sales, Brian Dunn, Retail, Online Shopping, Big Box Stores Decline, E-Commerce, Amazon, Best Buy, Business News

Best Buy released its first-quarter 2012 earnings this week, and though the numbers beat Wall Street expectations, net income took a tumble — fallin...

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The Retail Revolution

Yuchun Lee | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Ibm, Smarter Ideas, Urban Outfitters, Revolution, Hertz Car Rental, Retail, Hertz, Technology, Supply-Chain-Management, Retail Revolution, Video, Bblog-Ibm22, Technology News
Yuchun Lee

All of us have a front-row seat to watch the biggest revolution in retail shopping since department stores were first built a century ago in the center of cities. Because we, the consumers, are leading the revolution.

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Nate C. Hindman

Fab Pivots From Gay Social Network To Online Retail Phenom

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Fab, Small Business, Internet Retail, Online Retail, Gilt Groupe, Retail, One Kings Lane, Slideexpand, Fab.com, New York, Amazon, Etsy, Video, Startup, Startups, Technology, Small Business News

NEW YORK -- In December 2010, Jason Goldberg gave his investors the bad news first. Fabulis, the gay men's social network he started one year earlier ...

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Retail 2.0: Back to the Basics?

Vivian Weng | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Warby Parker, Bonobos, E-Commerce, Everlane, Fashion Startups, Retail 2.0., Style News, Retail, Business News
Vivian Weng

Why are so many companies chasing Retail 2.0 problems, when there are still plenty of Retail 1.0 problems to solve?

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In Sales -- and in Life -- Be a Go-Giver, Not Just a Go-Getter

BJ Gallagher | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Sales Training, Small Business, Sales, Bob Burg, Selling, Retail, Entrepreneurs, Zig Ziglar, Women in Business, Entrepreneurship, Business, Customer Service, Business News
BJ Gallagher

I'd never heard the term "Go-Giver" before and it intrigued meso I got in touch with Bob Burg, who coined the term in his book, The Go Giver. I found Burg on Twitter and asked if I could interview him to find our more.

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Radical Retail 2.0

Paul Kedrosky | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Online Commerce, Retail Entrepreneurship, Retail, Online Shopping, Entrepreneurship, Retail Technology, Mobile, Small Business America, Small Business News
Paul Kedrosky

The ways in which products and services are sliced and sold are changing, aided and abetted by online technology.

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Major Retailer To Launch New Line Of Stores

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Retailers, Retail News, Video, Quarterly Earnings, Retail Sales, H&M, H&m Quarterly Earnings, Reuters, Business News, Retail, Business News

* Pretax profit 3.7 bln crowns vs forecast 4.2 bln * March 1-27 sales up 22 percent * To open new line of stores next ye...

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Mexico To Get Its Own Clothing Sizes

The Huffington Post | Michelle Manetti | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Mexico Clothing Sizes, Retail, Video, Mexican Clothing, Mexican Clothing Manufacturing, Mexican Molde, Fashion Group International, Style News

Isn't it the worst when you just can't find a pair of jeans that fit right? Well, according to a new survey that's exactly what men and women of Mexic...

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WATCH: You Won't Believe These Crazy Walmart Product Ideas

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Inventors, Walmart, Under the Weather, Small Business, Scrats, Invention, Frostybowlz, Consumers, Retail, ABC News, Cnnmoney, Get It on the Shelf, Products, Business News

Walmart's latest must-have item may be chosen by shoppers like you. Walmart's "Get It On The Shelf" campaign, a competition allowing anyone from am...

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The Great American Ovary Debate: 2012's Super Wedge Issue

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Women's Rights, Women's Issues, U.S. Bishops, Elections 2012, Retail, Democratic Party, Political News, Catholic Church, Politics, Politics News, The Pill, Conservatives, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 2012 Election, Religious Right, Marketing, Contraception, Poltical-Strategy, Tea Party, Republican Party, Political Marketing, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Political Ads, Democrats, Planned Parenthood, Barack Obama, Women's Sexuality, Birth Control Pill, Religion, Women's Health, Religion and Politics, Birth Control, Obama Contraception, Republicans, Politics News
Sarah O'Leary

Conservative groups in particular found power and leverage with so-called wedge issues such as abortion and gay marriage in the past. With contraception, however, they've awoken the sleeping giant voting majority who don't want their ovaries to be debated.

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The Top Five Employers Of Twentysomethings

Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: College Students, Walmart, Military, College Employees, Employment, Starbucks, Top Employers, Twentysomethings, Target, Retail, Twenty Something, Young People, Slidepollajax, Young Employees, Best Buy, College News

It's no secret that it is hard to find a job in this economy, especially if you are a millennial. However, if you are a young person and lucky enou...

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart Expands Into South Africa

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Walmart, South Africa, Labor, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Retail Sales, Unemployment Rate, Walmart Massmart Deal, Massmart, Jobs, Retail, Ufcw, Business, Labor Unions, Business News

A South African appeals court issued a decision last week that greenlights a merger between Massmart, one of the largest retailers in the country, and...

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Women of Color Take the Reins on Fashion Star

Christina S. Brown | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy's, Retailers, Reality TV, Caprice Willard, Fashion Star, H&M, Nicole Christie, Retail, Fashion, Nbc, Nicole Richie, Jessica Simpson, Hair & Beauty, Hair-Beauty-Beauty, Black Voices News
Christina S. Brown

On Tuesday night, NBC unveiled its newest reality competition Fashion Star, hosted by Elle MacPherson. Above the excitement over this new show comes the surprising and empowering fact that two of the three judges of this national competition are women of color.

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Overseas Sales Keep UK Business Afloat

Raconteur Media | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Fashion-Sales, UK Retail, Retail, Ecommerce, Retail Sales, Multichannel Marketing, Business News
Raconteur Media

As the UK economic outlook remains gloomy, retailers are venturing further afield to develop international markets. But what is the impact of going...

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Dave Jamieson

Florida GOP Tries To Kill Anti-Wage Theft Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Video, Labor, Workers, Wage Theft, Retail Sales, Gop, Retail, Florida, Miami-Dade, Miami, Republicans, Politics News

A bill moving through the Florida legislature would kill any local laws designed to help workers recover wages owed by their employers, prompting demo...

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Shop 'Til You Drop: Will the dot.com Economy Take Over the High Street?

Chris Brassington | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Retail, Retail Sales, Shopping, Mobile Commerce, Behavioral Economics, Business News
Chris Brassington

There is little doubt that multichannel commerce is being reborn. The traditional ways of describing multichannel commerce no longer work because cust...

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The SoLoMo Manifesto: A New Era in Media and Marketing

Max Gladwell | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Momentfeed, Social, Restaurants, Mobile, Local, Solomo, Marketing, Retail, Technology News
Max Gladwell

Social. Local. Mobile. These are the sweeping trends in marketing today and for the foreseeable future.

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Walmart Taps First Woman, African-American To Head One Of Its Businesses

AP | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Retailers, Walmart, Video, Sams Club Ceo, Rosalind Brewer Sams Club, Rosalind-Brewer, Sams Club, Walmart CEO, Business News, Retail, Business News

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's biggest retailer, said Friday that it has named Rosalind Brewer as CEO of Sam's Club &ndas...

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Retail Sales Spiked By The Most In A Decade Last Year

AP | By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Retail Sales 2011, U.S. Retail Sales, Retail Sales December 2011, Retail News, Video, Holiday Shopping, Retail Sales, Business News, Retail, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Retail sales barely rose in December, but the gain was enough to lift sales to a record level for 2011. It marked the largest annual inc...

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Retail Reinvented, Again

John Backus | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Tower Records, Small Business, Startup, Big Box Stores, Retail Entrepreneurship, Cds, Virgin Megastore, Retail, Entrepreneurs, Best Buy, Entrepreneur, Dvds, Amazon, Retail 2.0., Small Business America, Small Business News
John Backus

We are in the middle of another battle between brick and mortar and e-commerce. Best Buy is dying. But it is not alone. Welcome to the new world of retailing, the death of retail 2.0. So who will pick up the pieces?

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Last Year's Jobs Gains Helped Those Hit Hardest By Recession

AP | By DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: Video, U.S. Labor Department, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Great Recession, Payrolls, Jobs, Jobless, Manufacturing, Immigration, Retail, Harvard, Technology, Business News

WASHINGTON -- For many people whose job prospects faded most during the recession, 2011 brought a small dose of relief. When unemployment was surging...

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Men's Style Is Alive and Well in Iowa

Edina Sultanik | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Retail, Mens Style, Mens Fashion, Desmoines, Badowers, Style News
Edina Sultanik

With Iowa dominating the news this week, we decided to check in with the best independent menswear shop in Des Moines -- Badowers.

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Government Accounted For Nearly A Third Of All Layoffs In 2011: Report

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Financial Industry, U.S. Economy, Financial Sector, Financial Industry Layoffs, Public Debt, Retail, Challenger Gray & Christmas, Consumer Spending, Local Government, Layoffs, State Government, Retail Industry, National Debt, Unemployment, Postal Service, Wall Street, Job Cuts, Government Layoffs, Federal Government, Military Spending, Government Jobs, Defense Spending, Video, Business News

For government workers and financial sector employees, last year was a particularly bad one -- and 2012 likely won't be much better. More jobs were...

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Major Retailer To Close Underperforming Stores

AP | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Retail News, Video, Bloomingdales, Retail Sales, Macys, Business News, Retail, Macys-Store-Closing-List, Bloomingdales Closings, Macys Store Closings, Business News

CINCINNATI -- Macy's Inc. says it will close five Macy's and four Bloomingdale's stores that are underperforming. Clearance sales will begin at the s...

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Sears' Real Problems Caught on Camera by Retail Expert

Grant Cardone | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Lands Endings, S&p Downgrade, Sears, Department Stores, Retail, Sears Video, Kmart, Grant Cardone, Sears Holdings Corp, Video, Business News
Grant Cardone

Sears' failing sales is being blamed on the economy, but the reality is shoddy stores, poor customer service, no leadership and no attention to sales ...

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