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Bill Hanifin's RetailWire Blog
July 30, 2010
To my knowledge and experience, school uniform providers are dominated by locally established and owned companies. Schools normally contract with these providers and do not accept clothing "resembling" uniforms purchased from other sources.For certain retailers, opening up an online store or having seasonal kiosks in-store for uniform sales could be ...
July 29, 2010
The examples in the article are so over-the-top that one has to smile as much and just take it all with a grain of salt.I think it might be too much to ask toddler birthday parties to go green and start asking for eco-credit donations instead of Transformers, but I ...
July 27, 2010
The adoption of RFID by Walmart to to manage inventory and improve in-store efficiency will be followed by competitors. Imagine the messy pile of jeans on a table or in dressing rooms that need to be tediously reviewed for restocking in their proper place on shelves. Think now of how ...
July 27, 2010
I thought the idea behind marketing private label brands was to offer quality products at lower prices. As long as the grocer (Trader Joe's in this case) labels the product with proper nutritional disclosures, I think they have met their obligation.If a product recall occurs or some other liability results ...
July 27, 2010
My comments are incremental to those of Messrs. Sprecher and Rubin.On the surface, the facilitation of coupon gathering is brilliant and I presume that there should be a benefit to loyalty card members for going to the trouble to visit the coupon site and download coupons. It was not mentioned ...
July 23, 2010
The Florida grocery market needs more competition, period.Publix has survived the failure of Winn Dixie and near disappearance of Albertsons, leaving them in sole possession of "quality grocery shopping" in Florida. As a result Publix has been allowed leeway by the market on their prices. Walmart clearly owns the price ...
July 20, 2010
The brand awareness is first created with the adult parents of the kids in the targeted age group (7-12 or so). Most parents would choose to dress their children in something fun and fashionable rather than utilitarian, prices being in the same range. Once engaged with the brand (i.e. clothes ...
July 14, 2010
I find it interesting that 61% of poll question votes wanted grocers to be "somewhat or much more aggressive" collecting rewards program data and leveraging it with CPGs while, at the same time, most of the comments seemed to advocate that grocers can succeed with good customer service and high ...
July 14, 2010
I first read with some apprehension, but realizing that the costumes are targeted for adults, I relaxed a bit. That is a fit with their overall offering.My request to VS: Please just don't introduce a line of costumes for Tweens, Teens, or anything in between!...
July 12, 2010
I consider the majority of the tactics mentioned to be helpful in nature and some higher end specialty retailers in the US would classify these activities as part of a personal shopper service!As for asking for an email, I think most consumers are savvy enough to know when to say ...
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