George Anderson

Many doctor offices here already have nurse practitioners on staff so clearly MDs have realized the value of these professionals for their own businesses.

The in-store clinics we've visited locally have handled our family's minor issues professionally and much more quickly than would have happened if we had to make...

I know that age plays a significant role in how consumers use smartphones and tablets. Does ethnic descent? I don't know the answer to that question, but there are worse things than building a store for an audience and letting them know you did it with them in mind....

Edward Lampert spoke to WWD about "Lands' End-izing Sears, not Sears-izing Lands' End." Let's hope for both Lands' End and Sears, he's actually intent on making that happen.

To Bobby Martyna: If the first question is valid than so is the second. Follow the logic. If CEOs are no more important or perhaps even less important today than in the past (so says the poll so far), what justification is there for the exponential increases paid to...

David's analogy is specious. When was the last time you heard an NFL coach praising beer vendors as the key to the team's success? The answer—Never. On the other hand, retail CEOs regularly point to front-line workers as the key to organizational growth. If CEOs are telling the truth,...

While the name says dollar, a look at the current Dollar General ad shows the vast majority of items for sale are more than a dollar. In the case of branded dog food ($15), for example, much more than a buck.

Interesting news reported by Bloomberg. The commercial was developed before Ron Johnson left the company.

One of the first lessons I learned when I started out in the ad business was the worst thing that can happen to a bad product is great advertising. If Penney doesn't have its act together and disappoints its customers yet again, it may not get another chance to...

"We knew our video was clever and engaging. Kmart is not afraid to have fun and if the video made our members, laugh or smile, then it was mission accomplished," Shannelle Armstrong-Fowler, director, public relations at Sears Holdings, told RetailWire. "Going forward, look for more examples of content that...

Ryan's point is well taken. Partnering with Rodgers, a Canadian multimedia institution that includes Maclean's, should assure that Walmart Live Better stays relevant from a content standpoint.