Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/30/13: Shrinking Wmart Stores | Target Partners w/WIRED | H.Depot – Weather Channel Twitter effort

    “Shrinking Walmart stores will impact suppliers” by Kim Souza at The City Wire.  “As Wal-Mart Stores continues to focus on a smaller footprint for some of its stores, suppliers will see less shelf space and analysts say there is no time to waste in planning a survival strategy.  The Bentonville-based retail giant recently […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/29/13: H.Depot’s Failure in China: Ignoring Women | Wmart’s 6 New Store Layouts in DC

  “Home Depot’s failure in China: Ignoring women” by Ruchika Tulshyan at Atlanta Business Journal.  ““Research data indicates that Home Depot should adopt urban boutique concepts,” the study said. These stores should be placed in malls or on street corners, rather than operate as “big-box” retailers. The stores should emphasize female consumers.  “In many cultures, […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/26/13: Walmart Chasing Publix | Amazon’s Profit Dips

  “Walmart U.S. could learn from its sister chain Asda” by Andria Chang at Market Watch.  “Asda offers online groceries that she said could reach 98% of Britain’s population. It also has Asda direct non-food site; its George.com apparel delivers across Europe; and mobile commerce is 16% of its online sales.   Meanwhile, the chain allows […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/25/13: Acosta Partners for Walmart Demos | Amazon the Ad Giant Stirs

    “Acosta Partners for Wal-Mart Demos” at Supermarket News.  “Acosta Sales & Marketing here said its integrated marketing division has formed a partnership with Out Front Marketing to provide custom experiential marketing for products outside Wal-Mart stores…Out Front Marketing creates and executes experiential solutions and events at Wal-Mart parking lots and store exteriors. The […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/24/13: Walmart’s Vegetable Battle | Costco’s Free Lunch | Top Online Coupon Sites

  “Wal-Mart Vs. Amazon: World’s Biggest E-Commerce Battle Could Boil Down To Vegetables” by Clare O’Connor at Forbes.  “What else can Wal-Mart possibly do to win the web? Nielsen’s Todd Hale has one answer. “E-commerce is growing at 11% a year, but sales for consumer packaged goods online — food, groceries, everyday items — are […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/23/13: Walmart Releases Shareholder Materials | New Internet Tax on Fast Track

    “DIY chain Menards bets bigger is better” by Karen Dybis at The Detroit News.  “According to marketing-research firm IBISWorld Inc., Home Depot and Lowe’s accounted for about 73.4 percent of industry revenue in 2012, making home improvement a highly concentrated industry.  IBISWorld estimates that Menards generated revenue of $7.6 billion during 2012, accounting […]