Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/3/13: Walmart stalls in India; Walgreens sales up

    “Wal-Mart’s Path to Power in India Hits Its Limits: The Lawyers” by Megha Bahree at WSJ.  “Today, Wal-Mart’s advance on India is barely moving.  The company opened just five wholesale stores in the country last year—well below the 22 planned. This year, Wal-Mart plans to open eight locations, a person familiar with the […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/2/13: Target & Thrifty Canadians; What’s a gTLD?

  “Target Sets Sights on Thrifty Canadians” by Mark Hamstra at Supermarket News.  “In Canada, thrift is not a virtue that businesses may or may not choose to embrace — it is often ingrained as a core value.  To be fair, Canada’s economy was weaker then than it is now, imposing a tight-fisted mentality upon […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 4/1/13: Walmart Express “doing well”; Lowe’s April Fools

  “Will Dollar Stores Rule the Retail World?” by Christopher Matthews at Time.   “It’s difficult to see dollar stores maintaining their current growth rates for much longer. Walmart recently announced a plan to ramp up its efforts to build smaller Neighborhood Market outlets, which will be on average about one-third the size of its traditional […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/29/13: Costco & cheap prescriptions, Walmart closing 3 China stores

  “Wal-Mart closing three China stores” by Zhang Ye at Global Times.  “Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer by revenue, is planning to shut down three superstores in China in April, a move analysts said Wednesday is designed to cope with increasing labor costs and high rents in China.  The retailer has scheduled two […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/28/13: Walmart considers radical delivery plan; Home Depot’s new Mktg Exec.

  “Wal-Mart may get customers to deliver packages to online buyers” at Reuters.  “Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc.  Tapping customers to deliver goods […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/27/13: Walmart tests in-store lockers, doubles online sku’s

    “Wal-Mart tests in-store lockers for online orders” by Anne D’Innocenzio at AP via Seattle-Times.  “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will be testing this summer an option for consumers to be able to order product on its website and then have it kept in a physical locker at the store so they can pick it up […]