Forbes | Kohl’s Claim Of An Off-Mall Real Estate Advantage Is Pure Fantasy
Kohl’s can argue its real estate is an advantage all it wants, but nothing changes the fact that it still suffers from the same issues that plague all department stores.
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Forbes | After Her First 100 Days, The Future Looks Really Bright For Sam’s Club CEO Kath McLay
New Sam’s Club CEO Kath McLay’s first 100 days have been a baptism by a COVID-19 fire, but that hasn’t stopped her or the company from keeping its momentum of innovation going.
Forbes | Walmart’s ‘Express’ Delivery Program Could Make COVID-19 Even Harder On America’s Poor
Walmart’s Express delivery program is tone deaf and could only exacerbate the already growing concerns across the food supply chain.
Forbes | Sam’s Club’s New Concierge Shopping Service For Seniors Sets A High Bar For Retail Innovation
On March 27, Sam’s Club rolled out a new concierge service to all 600 of its stores, whereby seniors and at risk club members can shop at Sam’s Club without ever having to leave their cars. The whole concept took Sam’s Club just six days to design and rollout across its entire chain.
Forbes | Malls Should Not Reopen Until These 5 Ideas Are In Place
As easy as it is to rush to reopen, shopping malls should take the opposite approach and use the time to experiment and create a better business model for the future.
Forbes | Walmart Is Setting An Example And Now It Must Live Up To Its Promises
Walmart’s recent public messaging sets the right example, but it now needs to live up to its promises and fight even harder for the safety of its employees and customers.
Forbes | There’s A Technology Retailers Have Been Scared To Try, But Could Make Shopping Safer Immediately
The retail industry has misguidedly sat on its hands for years when it comes to scan-and-go mobile shopping technology, but now is the time to push its implementation into high gear.
3 Game Changing Ideas Walmart Should Consider In Its Battle With Amazon | Forbes
Walmart is right to focus its efforts on grocery, but make no mistake, grocery is just a bilge pump. To survive in the long-run against Amazon, Walmart needs to go back to its roots and spur more innovative ideas.
The 3 Questions Investors Should Be Asking DTC Brands In Wake Of Brandless Shutting Down | Forbes
What Brandless zealots, its celebrity investors, and SoftBank especially missed is that every new direct-to-consumer “brand” always ends up, if successful, as one of three distinctly different ideas.
Macy’s Decision To Close Its SF Office Is The Scary Last Nail In Its Own Coffin | Forbes
A new location for Macy’s tech office is just a cost savings scapegoat and a pyrrhic victory for Wall Street. If the work, the vision, and the strategy aren’t there, that is the real problem, not the location of the office, writes Forbes Contributor Chris Walton.
The Strategy Behind Amazon Getting Back Into Mall Pop-Up Stores | Forbes
Similar to the armed peasants pawns in chess are meant to represent, Amazon’s pop-ups are nothing fancy, but over time they could become a slow, tactical play to eat away at the remaining scraps upon which mall-based retail still feeds.
Walmart’s First-Ever Super Bowl Ad Ironically Highlights The Biggest Trend Retailers Missed For Decades | Forbes
High production values and the use of the less expensive Bill from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure in Walmart’s Super Bowl ad notwithstanding, order pickup is not a new idea and could be a signal that Walmart is vulnerable to other more important trends in the years ahead.
Starbucks Pickup Only Store Is A Spectacular Glimpse Into The Future Of Embedded Retail | Forbes
The Starbucks Pickup Only store in NYC looks like a Starbucks, walks like a Starbucks, even quacks like a Starbucks, but there is one big difference — customers place their orders from their mobile phones.
5 Keys To Retail Hiring Success In The Modern Age | Forbes
Chris shares his five most important criteria to consider when hiring retail employees for long-term success.
2019 Retail Awards — Lululemon Impressed, Macy’s Sputtered, & Nike Showed Its Middle Finger to Amazon | Forbes
Contributor Chris Walton serves up his awards for the highlights and lowlights of one of the best retail years in recent memory — 2019, the year retail fought back.
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