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Carol Spieckerman's RetailWire Blog
June 22, 2010
When Richemont snatched Net-a-Porter up in April, that said a lot about the investors' faith in haute's online future. On the other side of the value spectrum, as Walmart and others retrench with basics and as J.C. Penney, Kohl's and Macy's pile on undifferentiated proprietary brands, a gap has ...
June 21, 2010
Retailers may not need to be reminded to borrow a page from brand managers' playbooks...they've already borrowed entire chapters! All of the points mentioned are currently being leveraged by private brands (though not necessarily embodied in one power brand example).Where I see private brands lagging national brands is long-term ...
June 17, 2010
It's a great plan that promises to make toy buying seem downright righteous. Listening to Karen Dodge, TRU's SVP and chief merchandising officer, speak during the keynote panel at last week's Licensing International Expo, this would also seem to support TRU's implied intention to drive higher ticket purchases. When ...
June 17, 2010
The biggest advantage that Walmart has over Kroger (other than its wider geographic coverage in the U.S. and internationally) is its expansive category portfolio and category synergies. When one category is slipping, another one will be on the uptick...consumer electronics may feature a hot launch one week that ends ...
June 15, 2010
We have blogged extensively about Sears' recent initiatives including MyGofer. The larger implications are what have my attention--How Sears' "outside in" approaches will transform Sears' retail footprint for one thing...and how other retailers will respond. I found it interesting when Mike Duke, Walmart's CEO, stated that building ...
June 7, 2010
Walmart is stuck in a neither fish nor fowl situation in apparel. On one side, you have Macy's and J.C. Penney maniacally going after private and proprietary brands. On the other side sit fast, nimble, and vertical H&M, Zara, Uniqlo (Walmart is lucky that Uniqlo hasn't gotten serious ...
June 1, 2010
This is a terrific program that is already seeing significant results (see my blog posting for an in-depth look at Sam's overall strategy http://is.gd/bE3O5). While unfavorable comparisons to Costco have become a knee-jerk reaction to anything Sam's attempts, I think it's time to take a fresh look at the ...
May 24, 2010
Walmart is positioning this as allowing suppliers to focus on what they do best (manufacturing products); however, retailers' definition of what suppliers do best has shifted dramatically in a relatively short period of time and no two have the same point of view. Not that long ago, it was ...
May 20, 2010
Don, to answer your question regarding where Sears' brands are being sold outside of Sears (this information was included in my original blog posting but not in the edited version on Retail Wire), as of this writing, Sears has inked a deal with Schumacher Electric to sell DieHard power accessories ...
May 4, 2010
I don't see any disconnects here. In fact, I think changing the company name to "Interim Sears" would make a lot of sense....
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