Not since Moses came down from Mount Horeb with the Ten Commandments has a tablet been the focus of so much attention. As most of you probably know by now, Apple may …
‘Retail’ Archive
Record holiday Web sales
by Alexandra Biesada, December 30, 2009, 2:56 pmIf your family is like mine, it set a record for online shopping this holiday season. We purchased gifts for grandparents, nephews, brothers, spouses, and other friends and relations from e-tailers that included …
The H1N1 Vaccine: Coming to a Drugstore Near You
by Alexandra Biesada, December 17, 2009, 1:24 pmDrugstore operator CVS appears to be playing catch up with archrival Walgreen in the race to vaccinate Americans against the …
Retailers plan for a safe Black Friday
by Alexandra Biesada, November 20, 2009, 12:59 pmAfter years of whipping shoppers into a frenzy with predawn doorbuster deals, US merchants …
Gloom on the Ginza
by Alexandra Biesada, October 9, 2009, 12:32 pmJapan’s appetite for luxury goods was thought to be insatiable. For years, purveyors of high fashion and other luxury items, such as France’s …
For whom the bell tolls
by Jeff Dorsch, October 2, 2009, 12:11 pmIt’s been a numbing, rough year in the automotive industry, thanks to the recession and the resulting downturn in consumer spending. Chrysler and General Motors went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and cut …
A Retail IPO: OMG!!!
by Alexandra Biesada, September 11, 2009, 2:35 pmThe trendy teen apparel chain rue21 has filed to go public in what, according to Hoover’s IPO Central, is …
Cautious Optimism on the Retail Front
by Alexandra Biesada, September 4, 2009, 1:22 pmAugust has come and gone without the big bounce in sales that retailers have come to expect when kids head back to school. Despite the tax holidays (…
$750 Million Dollar General
by Alexandra Biesada, August 21, 2009, 12:46 pmAfter much anticipation and speculation, buyout firm KKR & Co. made it official Thursday by filing to take dollar store …
