Ben Ball

A "necessity"? No.

But it is going to be one powerful addition to the shopping satisfaction equation that is going to be very difficult to offset—for the immediate gratification purchase.

Whether a retailer invests in same-day delivery, regardless of whether they are online or B&M, should be driven by how consumers...

Aside from a fundamental aversion to giving more money to any government entity, I don't think the MPFA is going to have much impact on online vs. B&M sales at all. B&M retailers are so uniformly focused on price as their only competitive weapon that they ignore the other...

I seriously doubt that this will improve AA's business, either in the Club or in selling seats.

I am 100% certain that it aggravates the h*ll out of me as a 3 Million Miler who has regularly ponied up the required price of admission to the Clubs for over 20...

Well, we've always known that Lampert is more of a financier than a retailer. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that his most successful retailing programs to date are finance plans.

Unfortunately for those of us who buy software and then run it until it a) is no longer supported and b) finally breaks—this is the face of the future. It is akin to only being offered the option to lease a car, not buy it and drive it as...

Airline pricing is driven by demand, and states don't seem to have a problem with that. Knowingly raising price because the supply or timing is short hasn't been popular with consumers of course—but it hasn't dropped demand either.

I agree with other commentators that consumers would not like to know...

Parent's love to show off their children. And children love to show off for their friends. The prom represents an "every man" occasion to do what some parents do with elaborate birthday parties, weddings or bar/bat mitzvah.

What seems to have disappeared from the high school prom is the involvement...

"...forced loyalty..."???

I think we've hit a new low in retailing. Why don't we just go ahead and require "feigned fealty" as well. Moves like this suggest we have already decided we are lord and master of the consumer anyway.

At least it indicates that we have finally given up on...

"Organic" labeling will become passé.

The focus on PC sales is overblown and short-sighted. The real issue is "are consumers continuing to increase their spending on devices for access to digital content?" And the answer is a resounding "yes!" Whether the traditional PC makers will be the providers of these devices is an entirely...