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Home Depot’s Retail Success Plan

Marvin Ellison, executive vice president of US stores for Home Depot, spoke with Knowledge@Emory on the retailer’s plan for success as shoppers shift spending habits and value perceptions.
Ellison, who is responsible for directing sales efforts, acknowledges that the biggest challenge retailers are facing right now is, “finding a way to adjust to the customer’s buying [...]

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Green is a Missed Opportunity

Marketing Daily’s Sarah Mahoney reported on Miller Zell’s most recent shopper behavior report, The Green Scene. 
 
 

 Study: Stores Not Doing Enough to Sell Green
Sarah Mahoney, Jul 20, 2009 02:05 PM
Looks like Walmart Stores’ recent plan to develop a sustainbility index that clikcs with consumers will arrive in the nick of time: A new study finds that when it [...]

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Reading the Shopper’s Mind: Marketing to Intentions

Can we do it? Will it help?
60 minutes did an interesting piece this past weekend on neuroscience. Lesley Stahl examines the many interesting applications of what is essentially mind reading. Through various sophisticated technologies, scientists are devising ways to perceive a person’s brain activity remotely. Theoretically, if a marketer can identify which images and advertising [...]

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Hot Retailers Offer Personalization and Simplicity

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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The Real Cold War: Microsoft vs. Apple

Apple retail stores have laid a remarkable benchmark for technology retail. From the eye catching store design to the shopper-centric staging inside, Apple laid down the gauntlet. Now Microsoft has taken the bait and will launch its own retail stores in coming months.  Showing they mean business, Microsoft enlisted 25-year Walmart veteran David Porter as corporate vice president [...]

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