NACDS’ Anderson reflects on the past week
Editor’s note: NACDS president and chief executive officer Steve Anderson noted that NACDS staff members asked him for his personal…
Opinion
Amazon’s sharp rise is hardly an accident
Much has been made of shoppers’ changing behavior during the holiday selling season. Driven by fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Retail workers deserve kudos, cash
Retailers have been among the essential businesses Americans have relied on to help them get through the COVID-19 pandemic, and…
The day that mass retail came together
Wednesday, October 7, 2020, will be remembered or fondly recalled by mass retailing aficionados as the day a microcosm of…
Coca-Cola may well prove less is more
Drastic cuts are coming to Coca-Cola Co.’s brand portfolio. Part of a broader corporate restructuring, which includes a sizable reduction…
Surveys: Holiday spending to increase
Tis the season for predictions about just how much consumers will spend on holiday gifts, food and decorations. So far…
Ahold Delhaize views trust as differentiator
The trust stemming from Ahold Delhaize’s effective response to the coronavirus pandemic (which was examined in this space in the…
Walmart and Amazon’s convergence
Once upon a time Walmart was the world’s largest retailer because of sales at its thousands of brick-and-mortar stores, and…