Tuesday’s Tipsheet: Wmart’s 4th Campus Store | Nash Finch/Spartan Merge | Ebay Expands Same-Day

  “Walmart Opens 4th College Campus Store at Univ. of Missouri”  by Joe Clougher at The Maneater.  “Since 2011, Walmart on Campus has expanded to Georgia Tech and Arizona State from its origins at the University of Arkansas, just 20 miles from the retail giant’s corporate headquarters…“Really, this is a convenience for the students,” she […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Pinterest Loses .Pin Domain | Retailmenot Hot IPO | Rolex at Sears

  “Amazon Beats Pinterest In Fight Over .Pin Domain” by Matt McGee at Marketing Land.  “Amazon has beaten Pinterest in a battle over .pin, one of the many new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that are in the process of joining existing domains like .com, .net and .org.  In a decision issued this week, a World […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Target Likes Vine | Amazon Dislikes Google’s PLAs | Lowe’s Shaky Partner

  “Target & Its 15,000 Vine Followers”  For those who haven’t jumped on the bandwagon yet, the idea behind Vine is simple: You create and share six-second videos that play on a continuous loop.  “It offers a constraint that other platforms don’t have,” says Travis. “It’s only six seconds. You can’t shoot something and upload […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Lowe’s Australia Problem | Millennial Parents Love Wmart | In-Store Appointments

  “No More Waiting In Line:  Lowe’s & Other Leading Retailers Scheduling In-Store Appointments” by Andria Cheng at Market Watch.  “Besides enticing them to come to stores, retailers also survey these customers and then proactively aim more relevant marketing campaigns at them, he said.  The number of shoppers using those tools is expected to double […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Costco’s Secret Pricing | Selling to Sam’s | H.Depot #28 in Market Cap

  “Costco Secrets – Summer 2013” by Len Rapoport.  “At the new store we noticed Poland Spring Sport Cap water was a dollar less then it is in our Hazlet store. It was $4.59 a case vs. $5.49, we thought it might have been a mistake and later found out it was not. Different Costco […]

Today’s Tipsheet: Loblaw’s/Shoppers Mega Deal | Lowe’s/Wgreens=Buzziest Brands | Target’s Pop-Up Stores

  “Loblaw’s bulk buy: $12.4-billion deal for Shoppers creates a colossus of retail (Canada)” by Simon Houpt at Globe and Mail.  “Canada’s biggest grocery chain and the country’s largest pharmacy will become one company, creating a homegrown juggernaut in the face of stiffer competition from the consolidation of existing players and the entry of a […]