Low prices no longer enough
The debate surrounding the customer’s preferred shopping venue — in-store or online — rages unchecked, amid theories and largely unsupported…
September 3, 2013 by MMR Issue 09-02-2013, Opinion
The debate surrounding the customer’s preferred shopping venue — in-store or online — rages unchecked, amid theories and largely unsupported…
September 3, 2013 by MMR Issue 09-02-2013, Opinion
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ inaugural Total Store Expo, which took place last month in Las Vegas, was…
August 8, 2013 by MMR Issue 08-12-2013, Opinion
In ways too numerous to mention, retailing is its own worst enemy. In ways too numerous to mention, retailing is…
August 8, 2013 by MMR Issue 08-12-2013, Opinion
The decision by Albertsons LLC and its component supermarket chains — Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Markets — to…
July 9, 2013 by MMR Issue 07-22-2013, Opinion
George Packer is a highly regarded political writer. His work appears regularly in The New Yorker magazine. He has written…
July 9, 2013 by MMR Issue 07-22-2013, Opinion
Tesco’s well-publicized struggles have ignited an internecine feud over the recent history, current difficulties and future direction of the world’s…
June 18, 2013 by MMR Issue 06-24-2013, Opinion
It’s beginning to look like a long summer — at least for America’s mass retailing community. It’s beginning to look…
June 18, 2013 by MMR Issue 06-24-2013, Opinion
The transformative power of technology, already much in evidence in mass market retailing, continues to change the rules of the…