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John Boccuzzi, Jr.'s RetailWire Blog
March 15, 2010
I am optimistic about this trend and what opportunities this move would provide entrepreneurs and residents of small communities. Small store formats brought together in the center of a town that includes parks/recreation, town buildings as well as professional space and restaurants is exciting. This common format was ...
March 15, 2010
To see a slight increase for year over year numbers is a good sign. A better sign would be to compare Q4 2009 to Q4 2007 to understand how far off retailers are from sales when the economy was healthier (or at least appeared healthier).Clearly retailers have made adjustments ...
March 11, 2010
The real key to any loyalty program is simplicity for the reward holder. The airlines have struggled because of blackout dates and expirations on miles. They made it very tough for a frequent flyer to earn free flights. Hence, loyalty was not that high. I find Marriott, ...
March 9, 2010
This discussion is timely for me as I travel North America visiting top supermarket retailers to discuss programs that can help them compete with Walmart on price. The great news for traditional supermarkets is price is not the only factor Walmart needs to be concerned with over the next ...
March 3, 2010
As Max stated in his comments, the down economy helped drive FSIs in 2009. 2010 will still be a tough year, but I am not convinced the growth will be as significant. There are a lot of exciting in-store programs that focus on catering to shoppers' needs to ...
March 1, 2010
Although the thought is interesting at first, I am not sure this is a direction retailers will want to take for several reasons. 1) Do one thing and do it really well. Can a grocer really run a pub as well as someone that does it full time? ...
February 26, 2010
Gap's Old Navy chain is benefiting from the same thing Food/Drug and Mass Retailers Private Brands have been benefiting from over the last 18 months. A slow economy drives consumers to change shopping behaviors. Old Navy is what I would consider Gap's private label under its own banner.As ...
February 24, 2010
The B-R free ice-cream loyalty program is interesting, but they may be asking for too much without explaining why. One thought would be to simply share with the consumer the reasons for each question. Honesty and value go a long way.1) Birthday - We want to send you a ...
February 22, 2010
Doug shared some thoughtful ideas that retailers should seriously consider and then discuss internally to better understand their approach and focus. For years everyone was focused on automation and replacing people, streamlining supply chains, and cutting cost. For larger chains like Wal-Mart a focus on automation can create huge ...
February 18, 2010
This was a great real-estate play by Walgreens. It is very tough to acquire key retail locations in NYC and by purchasing Duane Reade they accomplished it with one move. This has to be one of the smartest acquisitions made in retail in the last decade. I ...
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