November 2009
November 28, 2009
Almost every news item surrounding this year’s Black Friday shopping ritual focused purely on store traffic and consumer turnout. The media was consumed with stories of […]
November 18, 2009
By Doug Stephens You know business is tough when you have to sell off parts of your parking lot to make your revenue numbers. However, news […]
November 11, 2009
In 1998 Wired published an article authored by the now famous Nicholas Negroponte, called The Future of Retail. I recently re-read it to determine how many of the prognostications have actually been realized these eleven years later.
November 4, 2009
Apple's CEO Steve Jobs recently assisted Disney with the plans for a chain-wide overhaul of their 340 retail stores. While we mere mortals could never dream of engaging the help of someone like Steve Jobs, there are some valuable lessons that we can take from this. Lessons that are transferable to any size of retail operation.