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Rank	Date	Discussion	Comments	Hot Issue
1	12/04/07	BrainTrust Query: Can a supermarket do without a weekly ad circular?	(43)	Selling Strategies
2	07/12/07	Sprint Fires Customers	(36)	Customer Service
3	02/28/08	Retail TouchPoints: New Study Reveals Sales Staff Driving Shopper Defections	(36)	Customer Service
4	01/18/08	Creating a 'Wow' Shopping Experience	(35)	Customer Service
5	07/31/07	In Search of Customer Service	(31)	Customer Service
6	11/12/07	Macy's Making Space for Groceries	(31)	Department Stores
7	02/27/08	Starbucks Trains, Rivals Seek to Gain	(31)	Training
8	01/25/08	BrainTrust Query: Is the news media terrorizing the U.S.A. about the economy?	(30)	The Economy
9	03/31/08	Tesco Calls a Time Out in America	(30)	Global Expansion
10	03/26/08	National Macy's Tries Local Approach	(29)	Department Stores
11	06/25/07	Whole Foods Checks Out Faster Than the Competition	(29)	Customer Service
12	06/04/07	Targeting Male Grocery Shoppers	(29)	Shopper Behavior
13	03/21/08	Costco's "Diversion" Buying Strategy	(29)	Warehouse Clubs
14	04/28/08	Ahold's Strategy: Less is More	(27)	Shelf management
15	11/27/07	Supermarkets Downsizing	(27)	Store Formats
16	02/20/08	Consumers Find Greater Satisfaction Online	(27)	Customer Service
17	04/15/08	Is the Proposed Circuit City Deal a Blockbuster?	(27)	Consolidation
18	03/18/08	Walgreens Rolls Out Clothing Line	(27)	Private Label
19	07/13/07	Whole Foods' John Mackey: 'For the sheer fun of arguing'	(26)	PR Issues
20	06/26/07	Docs Want Retail Clinics Closed	(26)	Healthy Living
21	05/22/07	Consumers Look Past Wal-Mart for Clothing	(26)	Apparel Retailing
22	10/29/07	Macy's Moves Closer to Exclusive Brand Goal	(26)	Department Stores
23	06/18/07	Lands' End Seeks to Resuscitate Sears	(26)	Department Stores
24	02/04/08	Ads Anything But Super This Year	(25)	Brand Image
25	03/12/08	CSD: Five Steps to Build a Winning Corporate Culture	(25)	Management Advice
26	06/12/07	BrainTrust Query: What's Holding Back Innovation of the Supermarket?	(25)	Meal Solutions
27	12/11/07	Safeway in Me-Too Response to Tesco	(25)	Store Formats
28	07/16/07	Consumer Survey Overkill	(25)	Shopper Behavior
29	01/17/08	Circuit City Proves Penny Wise and Pound Foolish	(25)	Worker Issues
30	06/05/07	Wal-Mart Cheered for Slowing Down	(24)	Wal-Mart Phenom
31	01/04/08	Customer Reviews at Stores	(24)	Selling Strategies
32	02/26/08	Retail TouchPoints: Study Shows Circulars Still Most Impactful Ad Medium For Retail	(24)	Selling Strategies
33	12/06/07	Massacre Puts Focus on Mall Security Measures	(24)	Shrink & Security
34	01/21/08	Sears to Reorganize and Then What?	(24)	Organizational Structure
35	04/17/08	BrainTrust Query: Are frontline employees expendable?	(24)	Customer Service
36	05/31/07	Chinese Make a Brutal Point on Food and Drug Safety	(24)	Food Safety
37	10/08/07	Wal-Mart Focused on Reducing Customer Contacts	(23)	Customer Service
38	06/27/07	Switching Brands at the Speed of Shopping	(23)	Brand Management
39	11/05/07	Retailers Try to Figure Out What Older Women Want	(23)	Apparel Retailing
40	04/07/08	Sears Goes Back to Its Roots, Sort of	(23)	Online Retail
41	08/16/07	BrainTrust Query: Is a 'Made in China' backlash coming?	(23)	Toy Category
42	02/22/08	Consumers Choosing to Tough It Out with Wal-Mart	(23)	Wal-Mart Phenom
43	02/01/08	Everybody's Doing It: Cutting Jobs, Closing Stores, etc.	(22)	The Economy
44	03/07/08	Lickable Ads Arrive	(22)	Selling Strategies
45	12/03/07	Study: Online Grocers Not So Fresh	(22)	Online Retail
46	12/03/07	Facebook Riles Privacy Advocates	(22)	Privacy Issues
47	11/15/07	Study Predicts Major Share Gain for Store Brands	(22)	Private Label
48	02/05/08	How Far Will Grocers Go with Store Brands?	(22)	Private Label
49	01/07/08	The Curse of Knowledge	(22)	Management Advice
50	01/31/08	BrainTrust Query: Why are we missing when it comes to Hispanic marketing?	(22)	Multicultural Marketplace
51	08/27/07	BrainTrust Query: Is in-store digital media for branding, sales lift…or both?	(22)	In-Store Media
52	11/30/07	Consumers Fed Up With Lack of Service	(22)	Customer Service
53	10/11/07	FAO and Macy's Seek to Create Holiday Magic, Maybe More	(22)	Department Stores
54	05/29/07	Braintrust Query: How can we improve the ethics of HOW we get results, over getting results?	(22)	Ethics
55	06/14/07	Critics: Macy's Needs to Go to Centralized Buying	(21)	Department Stores
56	09/06/07	Name Change Not Macy's Problem	(21)	Department Stores
57	05/14/07	Macy's to Newspapers: Shape Up	(21)	Advertising Slump
58	04/04/08	Dollar General Launches In-Store TV Network	(21)	In-Store Media
59	06/21/07	BrainTrust Query: Should long-term strategic goals take precedence over short-term financial ones?	(21)	Investor Relations
60	06/25/07	New Terminal Targets Truly Captive Audience	(21)	Retail Space
61	07/20/07	DIY Becoming Shopper Mantra in Stores	(21)	Retail Tech
62	09/20/07	Study: Self-Checkout Curtails Impulse Buys	(21)	Retail Tech
63	06/29/07	High Court Rules Manufacturers Can Set Prices	(21)	Pricing Practices
64	06/28/07	Big Boxes Go for Easy Shops	(21)	Shopper Behavior
65	08/28/07	Wal-Mart's New Formats May Come Through Acquisition	(21)	Wal-Mart Phenom
66	05/18/07	Associates Who Can't Be Bothered, Bother Customers	(20)	Training
67	07/23/07	National Retailers Go Local	(20)	Shopper Behavior
68	01/22/08	The Fine Art of Haggling	(20)	Shopper Behavior
69	06/07/07	Whole Foods and Wild Oats Vow to Fight FTC in Court	(20)	The Natural Market
70	01/11/08	Salespeople Get a Bad Rap	(20)	Trade Partners
71	01/30/08	Economic Downturn? Wal-Mart to the Rescue	(20)	Pricing Practices
72	07/26/07	Study: Friendship is Fattening	(20)	Obesity
73	04/07/08	The Store is the Medium	(20)	In-Store Media
74	10/31/07	The Right Approach to In-Store Marketing	(20)	In-Store Media
75	07/02/07	Retailers Seek to Upgrade Beauty Profile	(20)	HBC Trends
76	07/24/07	Wal-Mart Apparel Exec Quits	(20)	Apparel Retailing
77	06/06/07	Young Consumers Don't Care Where It Came From	(20)	Brand Image
78	01/16/08	Customer Service Tops NRF Agenda	(20)	Customer Service
79	04/21/08	Retailer Bankruptcies Making Headlines	(20)	Financial Struggles
80	11/01/07	Packing Pink	(20)	Firearms
81	11/28/07	McD's Sticking to Breakfast Schedule	(20)	Eating Out
82	01/15/08	Satisfied Workers Generate Greater Returns	(20)	Employee Motivation
83	12/28/07	The Marketing Power of Blogs	(19)	eMarketing/spam
84	05/25/07	Dude, Wal-Mart's Selling Dells	(19)	Consumer Tech Products
85	01/15/08	Kroger and P&G in Digital Coupon Test	(19)	Coupons
86	02/12/08	Penney and Polo Ralph Lauren Launch Exclusive Line	(19)	Department Stores
87	10/12/07	HeadOn: An Annoying Ad that Works	(19)	Brand Image
88	11/21/07	Alice Walton Buying Art for Wal-Mart	(19)	Community Programs
89	01/08/08	Donald Out, Schultz Back In at Starbucks	(19)	Coffee Retailing
90	03/13/08	Martha Looks to Life After Kmart	(19)	Brand Management
91	08/06/07	Martha and Eddie: A Case of Irreconcilable Differences	(19)	Brand Support
92	01/14/08	Wal-Mart's 'Marketside' Versus Tesco's Fresh & Easy	(19)	C-Store Channel
93	06/28/07	Safeway Opens a Restaurant	(19)	Meal Solutions
94	09/17/07	Loyalty Programs on Fast Evolutionary Track	(19)	Loyalty Marketing
95	09/04/07	Americans Losing Battle of the Bulge	(19)	Obesity
96	08/03/07	Amazon Beta Tests Grocery Delivery Service	(19)	Online Retail
97	09/24/07	Mattel Apologizes to China	(19)	PR Issues
98	07/02/07	Tesco to Go Where Others Choose Not to Go	(19)	Retail Space
99	05/17/07	Federated Buys Stake in Web Mall Concept	(19)	Retail Space
100	04/14/08	Glass Half-Full, Half-Empty Scenarios on Tax Refunds and Rebate Checks	(19)	The Economy