Wednesday Tipsheet: Wmart’s ‘Shark Tank’ | H.Depot CEO Iview | Ron Johnson’s ‘Arrogance’

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Highlights from Walmart’s Vendor Open Call: 

 

‘Taco Plate’ Founder on Walmart’s Open Call:  “One unexpected moment for me was when Bill Simon (CEO of Walmart U.S.) opened the door on our meeting to congratulate me on the order. I was not expecting that.” by Kim Souza at The City Wire. Read more

 

” ‘Bias toward yes’ proves lucrative for some new Wal-Mart suppliers” by Kim Souza at The City Wire.  “(Bill) Simon, who introduced Gov. Mike Beebe at the morning session, praised Arkansas for being active in trying to recruit suppliers…Gov. Mike Beebe visits with the crowd gathered at Wal-Mart’s Open Call meeting for U.S. suppliers in Bentonville on Tuesday.  He thanked Wal-Mart for entertaining the conversation and also jokingly told potential suppliers that “Wal-Mart likes you better if you manufacture in Arkansas.” Read more

 

CNBC:  Entrepreneurs step into WalMart’s ‘Shark Tank’  See the video

 

“How Home Depot finally discovered the Internet” by Jennifer Reingold at Fortune.  “Frank Blake and I are out for a stroll—really, it’s more of a hike—across the company’s sparkling new, 1.1 million sq. ft. direct fulfillment center in McDonough, Ga. The Locust Grove center, as it’s known, is a humongous warehouse, yes, but it’s also a cathedral built in homage to a customer that the $79 billion-in-revenues company ignored for a very long time…Almost none of those trucks are bound for a Home Depot store. Instead, they’ll be heading directly to your house or mine.” Read more

 

Fortune: Video Interview with Home Depot’s Frank Blake (footage from inside McDonough, GA fulfillment center) See the 2 min 54 second video

 

“5 Insights from Home Depot General Counsel Teresa Roseborough” at Law 360 (Free Subscription).  “We’ve been very actively working with other retailers and retail associations to provide a framework for taxation of pure play e-tailers that mirrors that of brick-and-mortar retailers…On the litigation front, finding the right balance between protecting the rights of inventors and allowing the complexities and cost of patent litigation to drive abuse is a major concern.” Read the interview

 

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Stanford Business on Ron Johnson’s time at JCPenney:  “In retrospect, even as he thinks his plan would have succeeded, he realizes his pace was too fast for such a traditional company. “I think it was kind of arrogance. I just had such — I’d had such success, you know? Most of the things I’d done at Apple and Target worked and so you think, well, this will work too. And the reality is, you know, we moved too quickly.” It was too fast for the board, the customers, employees, and shareholders, he says.” Read more 

 

“Sales per square foot (print) is the new retail metric” by Lee Schafer at Star-Tribune.  “By tacking on “print” to foot, Rubinson is measuring productivity by calculating total sales on all the selling space the company occupies, its entire real estate footprint…(he) decided to include those vast warehouses all of these companies seem to operate…Rubinson pointed to Restoration Hardware as his best example of how misleading it can be to only measure sales per square foot.” Read more

 

“Family Dollar Fights the Billionaires at the Gate” by Phillip van Doorn at MarketWatch.  “Family Dollar CEO Howard Levine on Thursday is likely to face a grilling from analysts over whether the discount retailer is considering selling itself…Analysts polled by FactSet estimate sales per share will increase by 3.1% from a year earlier to $22.98, but that earnings per share will decline to 89 cents from $1.05. Analysts expect same-store sales to dip 2.3%.” Read more

 

“H-E-B to spend $14M on first DFW Plus! store in Burleson (TX)” by Danielle Abril at Dallas Bus. Journal.  “When the renovations are done, the store, 165 NW John Jones Drive, will grow from 88,000 square feet to 115,000 square feet. It will sell merchandise for the electronics, toys, housewares, grilling and outdoor furniture, apparel, party supplies, and plants in addition to groceries.” Read more

 

“Marks & Spencer’s Results Tell a Tale of Two Companies” by Ese Erheriene at WSJ.  “M&S continues to be a tale of two contrasting businesses in the U.K.,” said Himanshu Pal, retail insights director for Kantar Retail EMEA, in a research note. “While M&S Simply Food is delivering good [like-for-like] sales for a 19th consecutive quarter, general merchandise is still struggling.” Read more

 

“Canadian Tire Must Pay $7,000 for Detaining Man Trying to Return Daughter’s Training Wheels” by Paul Delean at National Post. “The customer brought back the training wheels, which were the wrong size, and presented his bill but was denied a refund or exchange by an employee and the manager on the grounds they were no longer in the original packaging. He then threw them on the ground and attempted to leave the premises, but was intercepted by four security guards, who forced him into a room and handcuffed him to a chair until the arrival of police 30 minutes later.” Read more

 

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Tuesday Tipsheet: Walmart Warns & Back at #1 | 1st TargetExpress 7/23 | Amazon Likes Sunday

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“Walmart Back-on-Top in Fortune Global 500 (CVS #35, Costco #60)”  See the Top 500 list

 

“First TargetExpress store to Open July 23rd” at Minneapolis/St. Paul Bus. Journal.  “Minnesota Public Radio reports that the mini-store— 20,000 square feet, or about one-sixth a typical Target — will open in the newly built Marshall apartment building. That means the store will be open in plenty of time to greet University of Minnesota students before classes start Sept. 2.” Read more

 

“Happening Today:  Wal-Mart holding its first “Open Call” for suppliers” by Kim Souza at The City Wire.  “She said there are roughly 900 suppliers — not quite one half of those already do business with Wal-Mart — slated to meet with buyers at Tuesday’s first ever Open Call for U.S. products.” Read more

 

“Target hires three digital Execs from outside” by Kavita Kumar at Star-Tribune.  “Target has been known for — and sometimes criticized for — promoting mostly from within the company. But Baeb noted that all three of these hires are coming from outside of Target. “The fact that we’re bringing in so much external leadership is a significant move and statement for Target,” he said.” Read more

 

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“Amazon quietly rolls out Sunday delivery in Seattle & Portland; Coming soon to Bay Area, Boston and more cities” by Tricia Duryee at Geek Wire.  “A U.S. Postal Service spokesman was able to provide GeekWire a partial list of cities where the service is live…The cities he can confirm are: Long Island, NY; New York City; Northern New Jersey; Westchester, NY; Los Angeles; San Diego; Fort Worth, Dallas and Houston in Texas; Richmond, Va.; Washington, D.C. (plus Virginia suburbs); and Seattle.” Read more

 

“Wal-Mart’s Bill Simon: Better jobs numbers aren’t helping sales” at MarketWatch.  “It’s really hard to see in our business today…that it’s gotten any better,” said Bill Simon, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart U.S., of the improving employment picture. Simon said customers in the lower- and middle-income spending bracket seemed to have adjusted their spending habits in ways that were “not the best thing in the world for a retailer.” Read more

 

“Scan One, Get One Free: Digital Deal Player Expands to Target and Walmart” by Jack Neff at Ad Age.  “SavingStar works like a syndicated loyalty program that tracks individual shopper purchases across multiple retailers. For one of its more popular offers, dubbed “One or Many,” people can buy multiple brand products over several weeks to qualify, e.g. “Spend spend $20 on Ziploc products over eight weeks at ‘One or Many’ stores over ‘One or Many’ shopping trips to get $5 back.” Read more

 

“Banning Big-Box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers” by Carmen Nobel at Forbes.  “The typical goal of these regulations is to protect local businesses from the crushing competition of “big-box” stores. But it turns out such rules often backfire, according to research by Raffaella Sadun, an assistant professor in the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School.” Read more

 

“Home Improvement War Continues on Radio” at Radio Ink.  “The Home Depot and Lowes continue to use radio heavily in an effort to get homeowners to stop by their big box as they work on, in and around their homes. Home Depot continued its run as radio’s number one advertiser for the week of June 30, according to Media Monitors. Lowes moved up one notch from 5th to 4th.” Read more

 

“66% of parents look forward to back-to-school shopping as a time to bond with their teenagers”  “And more than two in five parents of teens (43%) say back-to-school shopping makes them relive their own school days, according to the online survey, which was conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Staples among 1,011 parents of teens 13-19 years old.” Read the release

 

“USA Today:  Home Depot expands stock of smart home gadgets” by Wendy Koch.  “Boosting your home’s IQ got easier Monday as The Home Depot began selling a collection of nearly 60 gadgets that can be controlled by mobile devices, including light bulbs, lawn sprinklers and water heaters.” Read more

 

Harry Reid: ‘We’re going to do something’ on Hobby Lobby’ by Seung Min Kim at Politico.  “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that Democrats will take up legislation in the “coming weeks” to address last month’s Supreme Court decision that allowed some employers with religious objections to opt out of Obamacare’s contraception mandate.” Read more

 

“Did you Miss out on the Super Bowl of Marketing to Black Women?”  by Terri Nichelle-Bradley at Ad Age.  “Walmart, McDonald’s, State Farm, Verizon, MSNBC and Ford were some of the most visible brands present at the packed convention center and the Super Dome…Black women, time and again, in survey after survey, report feeling invisible to brands.” Read more

 

“Study Links Junk Food Logos To Obesity” by Carey Dunne at Fast Company.  “The researchers tested two groups of three- to five-year-olds on their knowledge of fast food and processed food brands like McDonald’s, Burger King, Coke, Pepsi, Fritos, and Doritos. They found that those who could correctly identify the sugar-and-grease-mongering logos tended to have higher body mass indexes (BMIs). “We found the relationship between brand knowledge and BMI to be quite robust,” said Anna McAlister, an MSU assistant professor of advertising and public relations” Read more

 

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Monday Tipsheet: Costco Likes Google (For Now) | Wmart CEO = Broad Mandate | Buy D. Gen Ex-CEO Home

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“Costco CEO flew to Google’s California campus to meet Google CEO Larry Page before agreeing to participate in the Google Shopping Express program” by Jason Del Ray at re/code.  “Costco CFO Richard Galanti also met with execs at Google on a separate trip…ongoing suspicion that Google could eventually build an Amazon-like marketplace in which the search giant sells products directly to shoppers and cuts out brick and mortar retailers altogether…“Google may be in a position to go to Procter & Gamble and say, ‘Why would you give [marketing] dollars to Target when you can just give them to us…” Anderson said.” Read more

 

“Google Has A $500 Million Warchest To Stop Amazon’s Plan For The ‘Showrooming Of Groceries’ “ by Jim Edwards at Business Insider.  “Amazon’s plan to do to lettuce what it already did to books just got a little bit more complicated now that Google Shopping Express is on the scene.” Read more

 

“Walmart Mexico Same-Store Sales Down .2% in June” by Anthony Harrup at WSJ.  ” Analysts had been expecting sales related to the soccer World Cup under way in Brazil to partially compensate for the month having one less Saturday. Adjusted for the negative calendar effect, June same-store sales rose 1.8%.” Read more

 

Target’s Molly Snyder on Firearms Flap:  “It is not a ban – there is no prohibition.” by Kavita Kumar at Star-Tribune.  “Some gun-rights advocates embraced that distinction as a victory…“It was a very shrewd move on Target’s part because they were tired of being beat up on social media by a very well-funded PR campaign,” said Andrew Rothman, president of St. Paul-based Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance. “The Bloomberg organization tried to bully Target into taking a political stance. But those demands from New York City were not answered. This is a request.” Read more

 

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For Sale:  Former Dollar General CEO’s Home for Only $98,000…Per Month by Steve Raabe at The Denver Post.  “The home is breathtaking, with a price to match. How much? If you have to ask, chances are it’s out of reach. But for the record, the listed price is $18.37 million. Furnishings and artwork included.”  See the Pics / Read more

 

“Amazon Shuffles Execs in China” at China Tech News.  “Doug Gurr will replace Steve Frazier as the new president of Amazon China. Meanwhile, Frazier will be transferred back to the Seattle headquarters and continues to work as global vice president of the international business unit.” Read more

 

“Walmart CEO McMillon Sees Broad Mandate at Investor Meeting” by Antoine Gara at The Street via Dallas News.  “McMillon’s comments came at a special meeting Wal-Mart held with stock analysts and institutional shareholders on Wednesday, which Credit Suisse said was the company’s “first coordinated investor relations outreach in memory.” The meeting wasn’t webcast and doesn’t appear on Wal-Mart’s calendar of events on its investor relations page.” Read more

 

“Kroger just got an edge in coming online battle with Amazon, analysts say” by Steve Watkins at Cincy Bus. Courier.  “Kroger plans to buy Vitacost.com for $280 million in cash…Vitacost.com cranked out $383 million in sales last year and sells 45,000 products online. It’s small by the standards of Kroger’s $100 billion in annual sales, but it’s big in the world of online sales, ranking among the 100 largest e-commerce retailers.” Read more

 

“Home Depot drops plan for San Fran store” by J.K. Dineen at SF Gate.  “I am glad that we were able to beat this back – it was an ill-conceived plan from the beginning,” she  said. “The store as proposed was too large and had too much parking. This is an urban area. We have bike safety issues and pedestrian safety issues.” Read more

 

“Target’s just not that into Bellevue (WA)” by Marc Stiles at Puget Sound Bus. Journal.  “On Thursday, Target spokeswoman Kristen Emmons issued a statement: “Bellevue is a great community for Target, and we enjoy serving guests at our Factoria store. After careful consideration, we have determined that, at this time, other opportunities within the community are not the right fit for Target.” Read more

 

“Cabela’s set to open second Georgia store in August” by Christopher Seward at Atlanta Journal Constitution. “Bass Pro Shops had a head start in opening stores in Georgia. Bass Pro has one location in metro Atlanta, in Lawrenceville, and stores in Savannah and Macon. Another Bass Pro location is planned for Emerson at the LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center near near Lake Allatoona.” Read more

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Wednesday Tipsheet: Top 100 Retailers | Wmart India B2B Site Up | New Sporting Goods Giant?

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“Top 100 Retailers:  Amazon Crashes the Party” by David P. Schulz at NRF. “The current retailing revolution isn’t about overthrowing the old elite; it’s about the speed with which the old dogs are learning new tricks. One such example: Amazon.com has joined the uppermost ranks of STORES magazine’s Top 100 Retailers.” Read more

 

NRF: Top 100 Retailers: See the List

 

“Philly firm building ‘One of the largest sporting goods retailers in the U.S.’ “ by Joseph N. DiStefano at Philly Inquirer. “Vestis Retail Group LLC says it has agreed to buy Sport Chalet, a Southern California chain of 50 sporting-goods dealers, for up to $1.20 a share. Vestis plans to combine Sport Chalet’s back-office and online logistics operations with its Eastern Mountain Sports chain in the mid-Atlantic states and Bob’s Stores in the Northeast “to create one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the U.S.,” with a total of 150+ stores.” Read more

 

“Blue Apron Takes on Amazon and Walmart with Unique Recipe” by Brian Sozzi at The Street.  “Blue Apron, which reportedly is valued at $500 million following a financing raise, utilizes a different approach to the same-day delivery of fresh food relative to its competitors. For $9.99 per person, per meal, a subscriber receives a box all of the ingredients and several recipes required to make a unique meal at home.”  Interview with CEO Matt Salzberg

 

“Walmart Launches BestPriceWholesale in India, a B2B Ecommerce Site” at Trak.in.  “The newly launched site is targeted towards small and medium sized kirana stores in India…Unfortunately, we could not find too many details about the products and their pricing because the site is open only for their registered users who have their membership card. The site does not give out any information unless you are logged in with your 7 digit membership number.” Read more

 

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“Whole Foods launches experiment in one of Chicago’s most downtrodden neighborhoods” by Bill Ruthart at Chicago Tribune.  “It’d be stupid to come here and not provide products at prices that people want. That’d just be dumb,” (co-CEO Walter) Robb said. “Talk is cheap, but we will be accessible and affordable for people. Otherwise, we’re not going to succeed.” The $12 million store, Robb added, would be “one of the most meaningful things we’ve done as a company.” Read more

 

“Canadian retailers step-up game plan to woo price-conscious fashionistas” by Marina Strauss at Globe & Mail.  “Everyone is a competitor these days,” said Linda Fittler, vice-president of apparel at Wal-Mart Canada, as she showed off a sample of a $12 pair of George herringbone jeggings (a cross between jeans and leggings). “Everyone is competing for that opening [lowest] price to get the traffic in the store.” Read more

 

“Food retailers expect $6.2 billion July 4 spending boom” by Kim Souza at The City Wire.  “This year’s (NRF) survey indicates the average household will dole out $68.16 on burgers, snacks and other food for the occasion. This is the first year the survey tracked food spending.”  Read more

 

“Amazon promotes a Hachette title that it’s not willing to provide on pre-order” by Tricia Duryee at GeekWire.  “Lepucki finds herself in the cross fire between Amazon and her publishing house Hachette…As a bargaining tactic, Amazon has been delaying shipments of some books, and in the case of Lepucki, refusing to make the title available for pre-order.” Read more

 

“China Taking Orders for Luis Suarez (Uruguay’s Soccer ‘Biter’) Bite Bottle Openers” at WSJ.  “Using a Photoshopped image that went viral after the game of Mr. Suarez’s mid-bite visage grafted onto a plastic figurine and preparing to chomp down on a bottle lid, the vendors are selling the openers for as little as 15 yuan ($2.50).”  See the pic / Read more

 

“Once-trendy retail brands that lost their cool” at CNBC.  See the list

 

“WWE Wrestler Arrested on Walmart Shoplifting Charges” by Kels Dayton at WWLP News.  “Police said 25-year old Tenille Dashwood, known by WWE fans as “Emma,” was stopped at WalMart on Monday afternoon for allegedly stealing an iPad Mini case…This is Emma’s bio from the WWE’s official website: “A Diva who dances like no one’s watching and can pack a mean punch, Emma boasts a wacky attitude and quirky confidence that would make even the boldest men raise an eyebrow.” Read more / See the video

 

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Tuesday Tipsheet: Target’s Pop-Up for MLB | “Amazon Was a Prison” | Kroger’s Dillon Still At It

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“Target Opening Pop-Up Store in Minneapolis for MLB All-Star Game” by Nick Halter at Minn./St. Paul Bus. Journal.  “A map submitted to the city by the Twins and MLB shows a 4,800-square-foot store on the parking lot at First Avenue and Sixth Street, which is behind Gluek’s Restaurant and Bar.” Read more

 

” “Amazon Was a Prison,” Says Former Worker” by Jason Del Rey at Re/code.  “CNBC also said it spoke to more than 100 independent businesses who sell their wares through Amazon’s online market. Two dozen of them, according to CNBC, claimed that Amazon attempted to ink separate deals with the merchant’s suppliers to purchase the same goods that the merchant sells and compete directly with them on Amazon.com. “That is the playbook,” former Amazon exec John Rossman told CNBC.” Read more

 

“For Sale:  Target Founder Doug Dayton’s 93-Acre Lakeside Estate” by Jim Hammerand at Minn./St.Paul Bus. Journal.  “The sprawling lakeside estate of late Target Corp. founder Doug Dayton is on the market for nearly $6 million.  Called “Meadowood,” the Orono home has five bedrooms and eight bathrooms.  With 1,752 feet of Mooney Lake shoreline, the home is on 93 acres of restored prairie, woods, orchards and fields.” See the 17 Pics / Read more

 

“Wal-Mart tweaks its post-payment audit rules” by Kim Souza at The City Wire.  “The new protocol allows Wal-Mart to automatically deduct claims of $100,000 or less from the supplier’s account by explaining the withdrawal with supporting documentation. Previously, automatic deductions for audit claims were limited to $25,000 or less.” Read more

 

“Here’s the one thing retired Kroger CEO Dillon will never stop doing, even in retirement” by Steve Watkins at Cin. Bus. Courier. “The 63-year-old Dillon and his family are relocating to the Kansas City, Mo., area. But he’s still in Cincinnati and working at Kroger most of the time Mondays through Fridays…Dillon was famous for making secret visits to Kroger store…I will keep doing store visits (in retirement), but they’ll be less often and I’ll tell less people.” Read more

 

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“Interview with Walmart Communications Director for Western U.S. – Delia Garcia” by David Fondler at Twin Cities.  “Q: Many of your competitors, Target, Supervalu and others, have strong historic footprints in Minnesota and the Twin Cities. Did Walmart consider this when expanding here? A: “First off, I disagree with the assessment that Walmart ‘ceded’ this market to anyone. Really, the entire West is an opportunity for growth for Walmart.” Read more

 

“Meijer Likes Detroit – Breaks Ground on 2nd Store” at ABC 12.  “Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says in a statement the store “is a real testament to Meijer’s commitment to Detroit and Detroiters’ love for what Meijer adds to our community.” He says it fills a need for residents and will be selling point for those wanting to move to Detroit.” Read more

 

” “Buy Now” Buttons Start Appearing in Tweets.  Is Twitter Shopping Finally Here?”  by Jason Del Rey at Re/code.   “When Re/code uncovered these “Buy now” buttons today, they only surfaced in Twitter’s mobile app and tapping on them didn’t do anything. But Re/code did speak to someone who said that tapping on the button earlier on Monday did lead to a checkout page opening up within the Twitter app…Is Twitter starting to facilitate in-tweet purchases?  The companies aren’t saying. Twitter spokesman Jim Prosser declined to comment.” Read more

 

“Hillary Clinton Blasts Hobby Lobby Ruling” by Katie Glueck at Politico.  “Asked about a measure signed by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, tied to protecting religious beliefs under federal law, Clinton said it was authorized “because, at that point, there were legitimate cases of discrimination against religions.” Read more

 

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The World’s Most Powerful Celebrities

The World’s Most Powerful Celebrities

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