“Amazon Is Testing Taxis for Deliveries” by Greg Bensinger at WSJ. “Amazon.com Inc. this fall tested package delivery by licensed cab in San Francisco and Los Angeles using taxi-hailing mobile app Flywheel, according to people familiar with the matter. Amazon is studying the broader use of taxis as delivery vehicles, the people said…The Flywheel […]
“Target to Shutter 11 Stores” by Kavita Kumar at Star-Tribune. “It also swatted away an investment firm trying to buy shares on the cheap and started selling tchotchkes made by 3-D printers, latching on to one of the hottest things in high-tech…The 11 stores will be shuttered by Feb. 1, around the end of […]
“CVS Q3 Front-End Sales Down 4.5%” “Front store same store sales would have been approximately 480 basis points higher if tobacco and the estimated associated basket sales were excluded from the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.” Read the release “Target quietly testing mobile payment app to rival Apple Pay” by Kavita Kumar […]
“How Alibaba Plans to Help U.S. Exporters” at WSJ. “MR. BERMAN: What U.S. small business products would make sense in the Chinese market? MR. MA: Last year we helped Washington state. We sold 150 tons of cherries. We sell Alaska seafood. We sold 80 tons of nuts to China. There are so many farm […]
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“Wal-Mart Weighs Matching Online Prices” by Shelly Banjo at WSJ. “Wal-Mart executives are discussing whether to go ahead with the price-matching program, which would expand its one for local brick-and-mortar competitors, according to spokeswoman Deisha Barnett. Under consideration is how much Wal-Mart might lose if the program were to go nationwide, people familiar with […]
“Target Lays Off 80 at HQ” by Kavita Kumar at Star-Tribune. “In addition to the layoffs, another 40 open positions at Target will not be filled, said Molly Snyder, a company spokeswoman. “We routinely evaluate our business to ensure we are positioned for profitable growth,” Snyder said in a statement. “As we open fewer […]
Thursday Tipsheet: Amazon Testing Taxis | Power: McMillon #29 | Wgreen +2%
/in Eye-on-Retail“Amazon Is Testing Taxis for Deliveries” by Greg Bensinger at WSJ. “Amazon.com Inc. this fall tested package delivery by licensed cab in San Francisco and Los Angeles using taxi-hailing mobile app Flywheel, according to people familiar with the matter. Amazon is studying the broader use of taxis as delivery vehicles, the people said…The Flywheel […]
Wednesday Tipsheet: Target Closes 11 | Amazon Same-Day in Can. | Berkeley Taxes Soda
/in Eye-on-Retail“Target to Shutter 11 Stores” by Kavita Kumar at Star-Tribune. “It also swatted away an investment firm trying to buy shares on the cheap and started selling tchotchkes made by 3-D printers, latching on to one of the hottest things in high-tech…The 11 stores will be shuttered by Feb. 1, around the end of […]
Tuesday Tipsheet: Kroger CEO on CNBC | CVS FE Comp -4.5%| Publix Comp +5%
/in Eye-on-Retail“CVS Q3 Front-End Sales Down 4.5%” “Front store same store sales would have been approximately 480 basis points higher if tobacco and the estimated associated basket sales were excluded from the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.” Read the release “Target quietly testing mobile payment app to rival Apple Pay” by Kavita Kumar […]
Monday Tipsheet: Wgreen’s ‘Bitter’ Executive | Who is Alex from Target? | Lowe’s Swarmed
/in Eye-on-Retail“How Alibaba Plans to Help U.S. Exporters” at WSJ. “MR. BERMAN: What U.S. small business products would make sense in the Chinese market? MR. MA: Last year we helped Washington state. We sold 150 tons of cherries. We sell Alaska seafood. We sold 80 tons of nuts to China. There are so many farm […]
Friday Tipsheet: Wmart Closes 30 in Japan | Christmas Starts Sat.
/in Eye-on-Retail“Wal-Mart Weighs Matching Online Prices” by Shelly Banjo at WSJ. “Wal-Mart executives are discussing whether to go ahead with the price-matching program, which would expand its one for local brick-and-mortar competitors, according to spokeswoman Deisha Barnett. Under consideration is how much Wal-Mart might lose if the program were to go nationwide, people familiar with […]
Thursday Tipsheet: Target Cuts 80 @ HQ | Jelinek Q&A | Fortune on Blake’s Legacy
/in Eye-on-Retail“Target Lays Off 80 at HQ” by Kavita Kumar at Star-Tribune. “In addition to the layoffs, another 40 open positions at Target will not be filled, said Molly Snyder, a company spokeswoman. “We routinely evaluate our business to ensure we are positioned for profitable growth,” Snyder said in a statement. “As we open fewer […]