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Retailers Hoping to Get Pinned on Social Media Site
Depending on whom you listen to, Pinterest, the social scrapbooking site is either "a gift from the social media gods for style-conscious retailers" or "digital crack for women." According to an article on the Adweek site, retailers are seeing referrals to their sites from Pinterest. What is your opinion of Pinterest?
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You've Got to Love This Weather (But Some Retailers Don't)
It's February 22 and it's going to be nearly 60 degrees today in New Jersey. Many of us here in the Northeast are loving it. But on to the purpose of this discussion: what the mild winter has meant for retailers. On balance, do you think more moderate temperatures have been a net positive or negative for retailers this winter?
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FDBuyer: Unleashing DSD Efficiencies
"Pioneers get the arrows," the saying goes. We've seen this with scan-based trading (SBT). The basic ideas have been widely accepted for decades, but there's that nagging fear of arrows. As a result, SBT has not come close to reaching its full potential. However, we may now be entering a new era. Do you see retailers and manufacturers increasingly embracing scan-based trading (SBT) partnerships?
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RSR Research: The 'P' Ron Johnson Forgot
In revealing his "fair and square pricing" program to the world, Apple's former retail chief Ron Johnson presented J.C. Penney's (JCP) future in the context of six P's: Price, Promotion, Personality, Product, Presentation and Place. But he forgot one P in his presentation People. Will Penney's associate staff have to be transformed to successfully drive the chain's makeover?
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F-Commerce Faces Questions as Facebook Stores Close
The decision by high-profile merchants Gamestop, Gap Inc., J.C. Penney and Nordstrom to close Facebook storefronts has some questioning whether so-called f-commerce sites have a future. Is there a place for Facebook storefronts in retailers' multi-channel selling strategy?
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