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Top 100 Retail Movers and Shakers

By editor | May 3, 2010

Retail Customer Experience released their list of the Top 100 Movers and Shakers in retail. 
The list not only profiles top retail brands, but also examines retail and economic trends that are significantly impacting the way everyone is or will be doing business. 
#1 and #2 are “The Economy” and “Gas Prices.”  The combination of these two [...]

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Future Of Retail: Explore Shops Through Google Maps

By editor | April 28, 2010

Not only can Google point a camera at your house, now they can peek inside a retail store and show you the interiors.  Could this spark design wars if shoppers use this to decided if they’ll visit your store…or not?
Future Of Retail: Explore Shops Through Google Maps – PSFK.

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What Does Social Media Have to Do with Retail?

By editor | April 26, 2010

Social media has taken industry by storm.  Initially put off as a novel communication game for ‘kids’, social media, including Facebook, Twitter and Myspace (although MySpace has been marginalized by the others), have developed real business applications.  So much so, that marketers are trying to figure out how to apply it at all the various consumer touchpoints, [...]

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What’s up with Fifth Avenue?

By editor | April 21, 2010

First Brooks Brothers moves out, then Uniqlo moves in and there goes the neighborhood? It’s a question.  Fifth Avenue, synonomous with sophisticates and upscale shopping, seems to have taken an economic beating that’s changing it’s landscape. 
Uniqlo had been eyeing the 30,000 square foot vacancy left by Brooks Brothers since last  summer.  This week the company announced plans to [...]

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People Hate Buying Cell Phones

By editor | April 19, 2010

Brian Dunn, cheif executive at Best Buy, admits that their cell phone department is, “not the top-performing area in our stores for customer experience.”  So what are they going to do? Open up to 1,000 stores dedicated to that category.
The plan is to make a move on the mobile phone market in contest with Walmart and [...]

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