This Morning: Walmart’s Doug McMillon Appears on CNBC by Matthew Belvedere at CNBC. “This 2 percent to 3 percent growth range number just feels like it’s kind of perpetual,” he said on “Squawk Box” from the Business Roundtable meeting in Washington, D.C. “We’re kind of like we were last year year. And as I […]
“Online Sales Grew 8% on Cyber Monday vs. 13-15% Projection” at Reuters. “Consumers are not holding back their purchases for deals on certain days anymore and that trend is becoming increasingly clear,” said Jay Henderson, strategy program director at IBM.” Read more …IBM: Mobile Accounted for 38% of Traffic & 20% of Sales […]
“Black Friday Fizzles With Consumers as Sales Tumble 11%” by Lauren Coleman-Lochner at Bloomberg. “The NRF had predicted that 140.1 million customers would visit retailers last weekend, a small decline from last year’s 140.3 million. Instead, only 133.7 million showed up. An effort by some retailers to put items on sale ahead of Thanksgiving may […]
Today: Brian Cornell (and Bullseye!) to Ring Opening Bell at NYSE “To commemorate the start of the holiday shopping season, Cornell will join other executives and store leaders to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The group will have two special guests: the young star of Target’s holiday TV commercials […]
“San Francisco passes first-ever retail worker ‘bill of rights’” by Claire Zillman at Fortune. “The ordinances will require businesses to post workers’ schedules at least two weeks in advance. Workers will receive compensation for last-minute schedule changes, “on-call” hours, and instances in which they’re sent home before completing their assigned shifts.” Read more […]
Ferguson Fallout: …Walgreens Completely Engulfed in Flames at KMOV Read more Smolders from Fire …in Oakland via SF Gate “A couple of hundred protesters lit a bonfire in the middle of Broadway as the Starbucks store on Ninth Street was trashed and looted of equipment and bags of coffee beans. Thieves then smashed into […]
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Wednesday Tipsheet: McMillon on CNBC | H.Depot Acquires | Kroger Turkey Fight
/in Eye-on-RetailThis Morning: Walmart’s Doug McMillon Appears on CNBC by Matthew Belvedere at CNBC. “This 2 percent to 3 percent growth range number just feels like it’s kind of perpetual,” he said on “Squawk Box” from the Business Roundtable meeting in Washington, D.C. “We’re kind of like we were last year year. And as I […]
Tuesday Tipsheet: Wmart’s Ashe on CNBC | Target’s Rosso Iview | Gun Friday & Hells Angels
/in Eye-on-Retail“Online Sales Grew 8% on Cyber Monday vs. 13-15% Projection” at Reuters. “Consumers are not holding back their purchases for deals on certain days anymore and that trend is becoming increasingly clear,” said Jay Henderson, strategy program director at IBM.” Read more …IBM: Mobile Accounted for 38% of Traffic & 20% of Sales […]
Monday Tipsheet: Black Friday Downer | Forecasts Hold | Amazon’s Kiva
/in Eye-on-Retail“Black Friday Fizzles With Consumers as Sales Tumble 11%” by Lauren Coleman-Lochner at Bloomberg. “The NRF had predicted that 140.1 million customers would visit retailers last weekend, a small decline from last year’s 140.3 million. Instead, only 133.7 million showed up. An effort by some retailers to put items on sale ahead of Thanksgiving may […]
Black Friday: Bullseye Rings Bell | Wmart: Cuts 30 in China, Expands Lockers
/in Eye-on-RetailToday: Brian Cornell (and Bullseye!) to Ring Opening Bell at NYSE “To commemorate the start of the holiday shopping season, Cornell will join other executives and store leaders to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The group will have two special guests: the young star of Target’s holiday TV commercials […]
Wednesday: Retail ‘Bill of Rights’ | A-lister at Target | High-tech Spoon
/in Eye-on-Retail“San Francisco passes first-ever retail worker ‘bill of rights’” by Claire Zillman at Fortune. “The ordinances will require businesses to post workers’ schedules at least two weeks in advance. Workers will receive compensation for last-minute schedule changes, “on-call” hours, and instances in which they’re sent home before completing their assigned shifts.” Read more […]
Tuesday Tipsheet: Wmart: Duncan Out | Looters In | H.Depot = Digital ‘Genius’
/in Eye-on-RetailFerguson Fallout: …Walgreens Completely Engulfed in Flames at KMOV Read more Smolders from Fire …in Oakland via SF Gate “A couple of hundred protesters lit a bonfire in the middle of Broadway as the Starbucks store on Ninth Street was trashed and looted of equipment and bags of coffee beans. Thieves then smashed into […]