Tag Archives: fashion retail

Hot Retailers Offer Personalization and Simplicity

By editor | May 19, 2009

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) recognized their list of the top retailers of 2009 today at the RECon convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.  This wasn’t the usual suspects – Walmart, Whole Foods, Urban Outfitters, etc.  ICSC highlighted boutique owners who provide a unique customer experience that draws shoppers to retail centers.  This is of special note [...]

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May You Help Yourself?

By editor | March 30, 2009

If you’ve been in a grocery store in the last ten years, you know that the number of open cashier lanes have dwindled from 10-15 lanes to just 2-3 at any given time. It makes you wonder why they even build all those lanes if they never have them all open at once. Maybe it’s disaster planning [...]

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So the Retailer says to the Customer, “What can we do to improve…”

By editor | March 10, 2009

Change is the order of the day, some by choice and some by force. Retail is changing by the force of economic winds. However, there are potentially positive byproducts of the current state of affairs.
The term correction is being used to describe what’s happening in the financial markets, but it could also be applied to what’s [...]

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Private Label Fashion Out of Style

By editor | January 21, 2009

While private label packaged goods are steadily stealing market share from CPG’s, private label fashions are losing momentum. Stores like JC Penny and Macy’s are scaling back their private label fashion lines in favor of more well known brands. The proliferation of sales and markdowns offered by retailers during the fall and holiday season, have [...]

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