Gene Detroyer

I repeat from several weeks ago...but maybe...

1.The dominant payment system does not exist today.
2.The dominant payment system will cost merchants pennies, not percents.

Let's see...I am on my computer or smartphone. I check out Facebook. I see the Target deals.

So...why can't I just order them there and then and have them tomorrow or the next day at my door?

Why, oh, why do I need to go to the store?

"Traditional Financial Institutions"? Today's banks are far from traditional financial institutions. The loosening and continuing lack of regulation is bizarre. Fiduciary responsibility no longer exists.

That being said, banks need competition and whatever entities can give them that the better. I think there is a place for a consumer oriented...

I don't understand the negative reaction to this idea. As I understand "sequential pricing" per the example, "if a customer shows interest in a shirt, prices can be set for matching pants." Isn't that the same as if a customer shows interest in a car and the salesman says...

Anyone who participates online and thinks they have privacy is foolish. I will go further, anyone who participates online and thinks they have a right to privacy of their data is foolish.

The difference in the generations is that Millennials understand this and and my generation does not. But, it...

What is so hard about retailers and Wall Street accepting this concept? Who cares where the product is sold? If no more stores are added, and same store sales go down, but overall (omni-channel) sales go up, isn't that good?

Unfortunately, many retailers still fight that idea. They wring their...

I can assure you of two things...

1.The dominant payment system does not exist today.
2.The dominant payment system will cost merchants pennies, not percents.

We are asking the wrong question here. It is not "Is original programming a necessity in the video rental business...?"

Just like we do in retail, we are trying to pigeonhole delivery vehicles. It is old thinking. It is no longer in the hands of the broadcaster, advertiser, retailer, and...

The biggest downside is the ability to execute at the store level. Do the people working in the stores have the competence to appropriately pick and pack the orders, when we see difficulties getting associates to properly handle the inventory in the store?

The idea that the customer does not...

The online retailer beats the brick and mortar retailer every time based on the business model and it all revolves around inventory. With everything being the same, the online retailer can service the same revenue base with less inventory, less obsolete inventory and more turns. Lundrgen's comments are directly...