Why Walmart and Big 5 Sporting Goods May Benefit Greatly From Sports Authority's Demise by Christopher Heine at Adweek. "When it comes to in-store foot traffic, the research showed that Sports Authority shoppers visited Big 5 Sporting Goods locations 5.8 times more than all other sports retailers, while the same customers patronized Walmart 6.9 times more than other big box retailers." Read more   How Home Depot & Interline are becoming 'one' by Jensen Werley at Jacksonville Business Journal. "We want one account for customers, one technology platform for everyone, one product catalog and one team working for the [...]

  Why Walmart and Big 5 Sporting Goods May Benefit Greatly From Sports Authority's Demise by Christopher Heine at Adweek. "When it comes to in-store foot traffic, the research showed that Sports Authority shoppers visited Big 5 Sporting Goods locations 5.8 times more than all other sports retailers, while the same customers patronized Walmart 6.9 times more than other big box retailers." Read more   How Home Depot & Interline are becoming 'one' by Jensen Werley at Jacksonville Business Journal. "We want one account for customers, one technology platform for everyone, one product catalog and one team working for the [...]

  TODAY - Walmart to stop accepting Visa in Thunder Bay, Ontario stores at CBC. "We are moving ahead as planned regarding our decision to stop accepting Visa at our three Thunder Bay stores on Monday, July 18," said Alex Roberton, senior director, corporate affairs, at Walmart Canada. "We will then roll out the change in phases across Canada," he added." Read more   AMAZON TOUR PICS - Tours give a look-see inside Amazon’s campus by Angel Gonzalez at Seattle Times. "Demand has been brisk: As the word spread since the program began this month, tours were booked through October on the [...]

  CANADIAN TIRE SHAKEUP - Canadian Tire brings Stephen Wetmore back to the helm in surprise shakeup to tackle new world of retail by Hollie Shaw at Financial Post. "Though the retailer’s financial results were strong under (Michael) Medline, a 15-year company veteran, the board seemed dissatisfied with the executive’s big-picture vision for the company, in particular its digital initiatives." Read more   "BASS IS THE ONLY BUYER AROUND IT" - Cabela’s nears sale to Bass Pro Shops by Josh Kosman at NY Post. "Goldman Sachs and Bass Pro Shops are close to buying retail hunting giant Cabela’s, The Post has [...]

  WALMART CMO SPEAKS AT CHAMBER MEETING - Walmart U.S. focuses on 26 million ‘busy family’ households needing to save time and money by Kim Souza at The City Wire. "(Tony) Rogers, during his address Tuesday (July 12) to suppliers at the Bentonville-Bella Vista Chamber of Commerce WalStreet Breakfast, said Walmart sees busy families, predominantly larger than four members, as its biggest target customers. He said the retailer has divided shoppers into four categories: busy families, active savers, older unconnected and urban connected." Read more   Sonos opening first retail store in N.Y.C., including ‘Wall of Sound’ by Teresa Novellino at [...]

  REI FORUM - REI workers tell their stories of low wages and erratic hours by Janet I. Tu at Seattle Times. "According to REI Employees for Real Change, the group that organized the forum, (REI) posted a memo to employees outlining the potential consequences of signing union cards. “REI management is not anti-union,” the memo says. “We just don’t need one at REI.” Read more   Prime Day 2016 kicks off with deals on TVs, Amazon devices by Nat Levy at GeekWire. "As the clock struck midnight, some of the first big deals included TVs, video games and consoles and headphones. Amazon [...]

  Q&A: Target CEO Brian Cornell Says Tech is ‘Thread that Connects All Initiatives’ by Kim S. Nash at WSJ. "Are CIOs now CEO material? I don’t know if I’d be ready to make that jump, but they have to be thinking like strategic general managers, thinking at the enterprise level, across functions, about emerging consumer trends and how tech plays a role." Read more (subscription)   ...Target CIO Mr. McNamara: “Things important to me now are user experience, speed to market and putting technology in front of customers.” CEO involvement, he says, “is constant.” by Kim S. Nash at WSJ. [...]

  Q&A: Target CEO Brian Cornell Says Tech is ‘Thread that Connects All Initiatives’ by Kim S. Nash at WSJ. "Are CIOs now CEO material? I don’t know if I’d be ready to make that jump, but they have to be thinking like strategic general managers, thinking at the enterprise level, across functions, about emerging consumer trends and how tech plays a role." Read more (subscription)   ...Target CIO Mr. McNamara: “Things important to me now are user experience, speed to market and putting technology in front of customers.” CEO involvement, he says, “is constant.” by Kim S. Nash at WSJ. [...]