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Will Consumers Gofer Sears Selling Groceries?
June 15, 2010
FROM RETAILWIRE:
Many have tried to make it big in the online grocery business and most have failed. That certainly hasn't stopped others from trying and the latest to give it a go is Sears Holdings. Do groceries make sense in the context of Sears Holdings' overall e-commerce strategy?
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We have blogged extensively about Sears' recent initiatives including MyGofer.
The larger implications are what have my attention--How Sears' "outside in" approaches will transform Sears' retail footprint for one thing...and how other retailers will respond. I found it interesting when Mike Duke, Walmart's CEO, stated that building the best websites (plural) will be every bit as important as getting store formats (not store environment) right. Who do you think was in the back of his mind?
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