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Carol Spieckerman's RetailWire Blog
September 2, 2010
Samsung's competitors can't afford not to drop prices. Why would 3-D technology operate any differently than any other? Also, Sony and Panasonic have already made the investment in developing and delivering 3-D technology and they are going to want to increase their market share. Major retailers have told ...
September 2, 2010
I can see this as a great play for the holidays as a gift card; otherwise, it would seem to make sense just have the credit point purchases reside online within individual accounts. The gift card angle has some novelty since game-junkies take a fair amount of ribbing from those ...
September 1, 2010
I really don't think there is any such thing as loyalty in book retailing these days and price deceleration-to-the-point-of-commoditization driven by nimble online and terrestrial players is a big reason why. Which strategy will move the needle? How about neither? ...
August 31, 2010
I'm confused. Hasn't Walmart been doing this since way back in 2006ish through its SOC (Store of the Community) initiative? No doubt their efforts are becoming more sophisticated and the focus now is on adapting smaller footprint stores to local tastes vs. tweaking 3-5% of the assortments in the ...
August 27, 2010
Yet more proof that Sears isn't sitting still and that Mr. Lampert's outside-in approach to retail marches on. Sears is not getting enough credit for being a methodical change agent and contrarian retail innovator. Instead of layering on brand upon proprietary brand in its stores like J.C. Penney and ...
August 24, 2010
Nordstrom is taking full advantage of the widening gap between sites that thrive on planned obsolescence (Gilt and others) and pure players whose aisles (to me, anyway) are a bit too "endless" (Amazon)...and then there are the rest -sites that come off as brand-contradicting afterthoughts (Macy's, Saks and even Barneys).I've ...
August 23, 2010
One big lesson that can be learned from Trader Joe's private brands is that you don't have to start with the basics. The traditional approach to private brand, particularly in food, has been to cover the basic bases first then move on to the gourmet and offbeat items (or ...
August 20, 2010
Back to my mantra about play to participate vs. play to win. Dollar General isn't attempting to dominate beer and wine sales or win over snobs (though Trader Joe's Two Buck Chuck certainly changed the rules in that regard). This is a perfect complement to DG's forays into ...
August 20, 2010
I'm with Peter--two completely different environments; however, the opportunities for cross-promotion offer a tremendous advantage. The growing number of retail/wholesale and restaurant/wholesale brands should take a note. California Pizza Kitchen, Chang's and for that matter, Origins, Lucky, Mango, Aldo...it's all good!...
August 18, 2010
Considering Walmart's exponential advantage in the international arena (vs. Target and Dollar Stores), the numbers are indeed disappointing. If Walmart's big strategy was to simply bring back brands and products that were rationalized under Project Impact, I would be very concerned. As it is, I see them bringing ...
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