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Find below our continually updated ranking of the most relevant retail news discussion topics from the past 365 days -- judged by number of comments posted. As with all RetailWire discussions, they remain active on an on-going basis.

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Rank Date Discussion Comments Hot Issue
1 11/18/08 Cashiers Put On Timer (39) Retail Tech
2 02/16/09 Microsoft to Launch Retail Stores (38) Retail Concepts
3 02/06/09 Bummer, Kellogg Drops Phelps (36) Brand Image
4 04/14/09 Macy's CEO Seeks to Avoid Ivory Tower Syndrome (35) Management Advice
5 12/08/08 First Thing I Would Do If I Were a Retail CEO (32) Customer Service
6 09/02/08 Sears' Struggles Continue (32) Department Stores
7 01/27/09 Home Depot Closing Expo Biz, Cutting 7,000 Jobs (31) D-I-Y
8 04/14/09 CSD: Convenience Concerns (31) Customer Service
9 07/22/08 McD's Looks to Perk Up Coffee Biz (31) Coffee Retailing
10 01/19/09 Circuit City Runs Out of Fuses (29) Financial Struggles
11 11/19/08 SCDigest: Is There Anything More Pathetic Than the GM Situation? And That's a Shame (28) Financial Struggles
12 06/08/09 The Loyalty Card Conundrum (28) Loyalty Marketing
13 06/29/09 The Changing Shape of Breakfast Cereal (28) Packaging
14 03/24/09 Surveys Less Than Truthful (28) Shopper Behavior
15 06/05/09 Some Prefer to Keep Trips to Wal-Mart a Secret (28) Wal-Mart Phenom
16 07/08/08 Checkout Time Limit Around Four Minutes (27) Operational Issues
17 05/18/09 Most Loyal Customers Aren't Profitable (27) Loyalty Marketing
18 02/19/09 Malls Cutting Hours as Traffic Slows (27) Malls/shopping centers
19 07/31/08 San Francisco Bans Tobacco Sales in Drugstores (27) Government Intervention
20 12/10/08 Turning Points 2008: The Death of Print (27) Entertainment and Media
21 07/02/09 Practicing Random Acts of Retail Kindness (27) Customer Service
22 09/10/08 Marshall Field's Loyalists (Still) Want Chain Brought Back (27) Department Stores
23 07/25/08 Target Needs to Put 'Pay Less' Before 'Expect More' (27) Discount Channel
24 03/09/09 Target's Grocery Problems (27) Competitive Battlefield
25 11/06/08 Obama's Victory Offers Lessons to Marketers (27) Brand Image
26 10/01/08 Sears Wants to Be Clear About Appliances (27) Brand Image
27 02/13/09 Starbucks Rolling Out Instant Coffee (26) Coffee Retailing
28 10/23/08 BrainTrust Query: Holiday retail sales...a ticking time bomb? (26) Cash/Credit Cards
29 08/15/08 Macy's Wants to Relate Better to Shoppers (26) Customer Service
30 01/05/09 Retail's Dearly Departed (26) Financial Struggles
31 05/12/09 Target Revives Dropped Price-Matching Program (26) Pricing Practices
32 07/29/08 Survey Says Fewer Brand Decisions Made at the Shelf (26) Shopper Behavior
33 08/05/08 Stores Diversify into New Categories (26) Selling Strategies
34 01/12/09 TNS Retail Forward: Retail Malaise 'Bottoming Out'? (26) The Economy
35 01/14/09 NRF: The Sky Has Fallen (25) The Economy
36 01/26/09 Supermarkets Coping with Recession (25) The Economy
37 09/04/08 Walmart Introduces Smart Network (25) In-Store Media
38 03/31/09 Godin's Guide to Productive Meetings (25) Management Advice
39 03/02/09 Sears' Lengthy CEO Hunt (25) Management Changes
40 10/09/08 Drive-Thrus R.I.P. (25) Eating Out
41 02/02/09 Starbucks Takes on the Egg McMuffin (25) Eating Out
42 05/18/09 Retail Customer Experience: The Financial Discipline of Customer Experience (24) Customer Service
43 04/17/09 Is Best Buy Doing a Circuit City? (24) Employee Motivation
44 10/13/08 Credit Crisis Could Impact Gift Cards (24) Cash/Credit Cards
45 06/04/09 Plus-Size Women Need to Go Online to Buy Clothes (24) Apparel Retailing
46 10/17/08 RSR Research: Is 50 Years the Expected Useful Life for Any Retailer? (24) Management Advice
47 10/01/08 Loyalty Programs Suffer from One-Size-Fits-All Approach (24) Loyalty Marketing
48 12/09/08 A&F Not Going There (Discounting That Is) (24) Pricing Practices
49 01/28/09 Kellogg Testing New Space-Saving Cereal Box (24) Packaging
50 12/01/08 Black Friday Tragedy at Walmart (24) Operational Issues
51 05/20/09 Target on the 'Up & Up' with Private Label (24) Private Label
52 10/03/08 Wegmans Testing Self-Checkouts (24) Retail Tech
53 09/18/08 Christmas Arrives at Retail (24) Seasonality
54 03/16/09 SCDigest: Are Retailers Shooting Themselves in Foot with Low Inventory Strategies? (23) Shelf management
55 06/02/09 Are Shoppers Ready to Shop? (23) The Economy
56 05/29/09 PL Buyer: Turn on the TV! (23) Private Label
57 01/20/09 Sears to Test New Online/Drive-Through Concept (23) Online Retail
58 08/22/08 Digital Ads Change Based on Shopper (23) In-Store Media
59 02/12/09 Whole Foods CEO Espouses 'Conscious Capitalism' (23) Ethics
60 02/27/09 Snooty Attitude Tones Down at Luxe Boutiques (23) Customer Service
61 03/18/09 Home Depot Invests in Customer Service (23) D-I-Y
62 01/19/09 RSR Research: 2009 - The Year of the Existing Customer (22) Customer Service
63 09/09/08 Gurus Chasing Geniuses (22) Customer Service
64 06/01/09 Big Lots Tests Upscale Prototype (22) Discount Channel
65 04/20/09 Profiting with a Purpose (22) Employee Motivation
66 06/22/09 Lee Scott's Regret: Not Promoting Retail Jobs (22) Employee Motivation
67 06/23/09 PL Buyer: Twitter - Where's the Bottom? (22) eMarketing/spam
68 01/26/09 Why Young People Should Opt for a Retail Career (22) Employee Motivation
69 04/08/09 Wanted (or not): Social Media Marketers (22) eMarketing/spam
70 04/27/09 Beer Brands That Should be Retired (22) Brand Image
71 12/12/08 Starbucks Not Taking McD's Bait (22) Coffee Retailing
72 05/08/09 Wal-Mart Ends Monthly Same-Store Sales Report (22) Investor Relations
73 08/14/08 South Los Angeles Halts Fast Food Expansion (22) Obesity
74 06/24/09 'Alice' Goes Online to Sell Toilet Paper, Other Household Items (22) Online Retail
75 05/28/09 Levi's Wears White in Support of Same-Sex Marriage (22) Political Issues
76 06/10/09 Store Brands Stall (22) Private Label
77 08/11/08 Wharton Profs Offer Strategies for Tough Times (22) The Economy
78 05/05/09 R&FF Retailer: Kroger SKU Rationalization Push Going Strong (22) Shelf management
79 03/09/09 Survival Strategy: Cutting Store Days (22) Selling Strategies
80 05/27/09 Best Buy Wants Deeper Relationship with Women (22) Women's Issues
81 11/13/08 Retailers Feeling Our Pain (21) Selling Strategies
82 10/31/08 Kmart Times Holiday Sales (21) Seasonality
83 11/19/08 Penney CEO Calls for Consumer Stimulus Package (21) The Economy
84 11/10/08 PLBuyer: Trader Joe's Remarkable Journey (21) Private Label
85 04/13/09 CompUSA Comes Back with Retail 2.0 Strategy (21) Retail Concepts
86 09/17/08 Transforming Retail with Portable Shopping Devices (21) Retail Tech
87 10/16/08 A Trader Joe's Grows in Brooklyn (21) Retail Successes
88 11/17/08 Spot the Difference or Not (21) Packaging
89 01/30/09 Amazon Takes a Pass on the Recession (21) Online Retail
90 10/21/08 P&G Tests Online Sales to Consumers (21) Online Retail
91 05/01/09 Houston, We Have a Problem (with Wal-Mart) (21) Multicultural Marketplace
92 06/22/09 SCDigest: Can - and Should - Western Manufacturing be Saved? (21) Import/export
93 07/15/08 Apple's 'Service is Marketing' Mantra (21) Customer Service
94 06/09/09 Retail Experience a Plus for Manufacturers (21) Brand Management
95 09/02/08 New Store Considered for Senior Shoppers (21) Aging Population
96 12/16/08 Retailers: Men Dressing for Success Again (21) Apparel Retailing
97 02/23/09 Employees Make it, Then Buy it (21) Employee Motivation
98 06/30/09 Redbox Threatens Netflix (21) Entertainment and Media
99 05/14/09 Other's Loss is Macy's Gain (21) Department Stores
100 08/18/08 McDonald's Tweaking Its Dollar Menu (21) Eating Out


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