Stage set for more deals involving mass retailers
Look for increased merger and acquisition activity in coming months. A variety of developments in the food, drug and discount…
November 18, 2013 by MMR Issue 11-18-2013, Opinion
Look for increased merger and acquisition activity in coming months. A variety of developments in the food, drug and discount…
October 30, 2013 by MMR Issue 11-04-2013, Opinion
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Costco opened a warehouse in Fort Wayne last month, one of a half-dozen the formidable club…
October 30, 2013 by MMR Issue 11-04-2013, Opinion
When Walgreens and Alliance Boots entered the partnership that put them on the road toward a full merger, it was…
October 17, 2013 by MMR Issue 10-21-2013, Opinion
The announcement earlier this month to the effect that Safeway would seek to jettison the Chicago-based Dominick’s grocery chain it…
October 17, 2013 by MMR Issue 10-21-2013, Opinion
The long, sad decline of Sears Holdings Corp., and the two once formidable retailers that comprise it, the eponymous department…
October 1, 2013 by MMR Issue 10-07-2013, Opinion
After a lull in positive activity, retailing in the United Kingdom is once more making news. Several events have marked…
October 1, 2013 by MMR Issue 10-07-2013, Opinion
Anyone who continues to have doubts about social media’s impact on what goes on at retail should consider the experience…
September 12, 2013 by MMR Issue 09-23-2013, Opinion
The most stunning news to come from the mass retailing community thus far this year was Walmart’s stated intention to…