Paula Rosenblum

I thought the Coke ads were really boring, and not so relevant to today's world. The Budweiser commercial touting the end of prohibition was just.plain.weird. Ditto for some of the others which were as over-dark as the Coke commercials were over-bright.

I absolutely thought the night's big winners were...

This is beyond absurd. We call ourselves "The land of the free" yet we've decided to regulate more and more of the behaviors of our citizens. The pattern is always the same:

- recognize that something is "bad for you"
- create a charity that has money to...

They're no longer as worthwhile as they used to be, in any case. They seem to be uniformly bad in some cases, and uniformly good in others.

When I was moving from Boston to Miami, I couldn't find anyone with anything good to say about any mover. I finally...

Our research has shown for a long time that a) retailers continue to increase the number of price changes sent to stores and b) they truly have no idea of the impact of these price changes. Someone finally did the math. I am really excited to see a reduction...

I must say, I've gotten very bullish on this conscious capitalism thing. And I'll also say even us doddering Baby Boomers would like to see more philanthropy and a bit less greed. Who said "The purpose of a corporation is to maximize shareholder wealth"? Maybe it should also be...

The following is one of the funniest things I've read in a long time: "What we aren't willing to do is let online-only retailers use our brick-and-mortar stores as a showroom for their products and undercut our prices without making investments, as we do, to proudly display your brands...."...

Will JCP be bucking a trend? Absolutely. But as far as I'm concerned, price is a lousy differentiator anyway.

The company will have to differentiate in another way -- hopefully on interesting products and positive customer service.

And if we get to say adios to "door busters" as a result...

Okay, I sort of think we're missing the point. The value of "big data" is getting actionable insights at a granular level QUICKLY into the hands of decision-makers (NOT score-keepers). That has never been possible before. Moore's law, wide data pipes to stores, and mobility has helped make that...

This is a very complicated issue, that can't be fully addressed in a series of sound bites. Because it's so complicated, I don't think I would have embarked on the "Retail Means Jobs" initiative if I were NRF (although I certainly wasn't asked). It opens itself up for exactly...

Retailers must find a way to treat their employees as assets instead of expenses. Then the jobs we create will have far more meaning, and the customer will feel it.

Period.