The Tailgating Opportunity
The football season has kicked off on the gridiron, as well as at retail and the biggest emerging trend appears to be around selling food and supplies for tailgating at the games. How would you rate the market opportunity around tailgating? What do you think retailers still have to learn about tailgaters and the tailgating experience?
Can Longs Make a Better Deal?
A number of large investors with shares in Longs Drug Stores think the chain's management made a bad deal to merge with CVS Caremark. Do you think that Longs has undervalued its real estate and that the deal between it and CVS may falter as a result? Is there a better takeover match for Longs than CVS?
Shoppers Determine Grocers' Charitable Giving
Consumers who shop at Waitrose grocery stores in the U.K. and at Whole Foods in the U.S. have a direct hand in deciding where the chains spend their charitable dollars. What do you think of the process at Waitrose and Whole Foods where shoppers get to play a role in directing the chains' community giving?