Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/26/13: Retail’s New Industrial Revolution; Pinterest & Pingage

  “Retail’s New Industrial Revolution” by Doug Stephens at Retail Prophet.  “Soon there won’t be any cashiers – and not just cashiers – greeters, merchandisers, inventory counters and store cleaners too. Technology is poised to replace all of them for two reasons. First, because it can. And second because it must. Digital, mobile, virtual and […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/25/13: Lunch with Home Depot’s CMO; Dollar General Profit Up

  “Lunch with Trish Mueller, CMO of Home Depot” at Marketing Technology Insights.  “One thing that Trish said that surprised a few marketers was that “[she didn’t] believe in segmentation.” She elaborates, “I don’t think it’s appropriate to slap labels on people. We look at the behavior. We look at what you did…Trish was also […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/22/13: Tesco’s US Disaster; Mixing Bricks with Clicks

  “Five years in, Fresh & Easy markets are a flop” by Shan Li at LA Times.  “British supermarket giant Tesco thought it had the Yanks all figured out.  Determined to crack the U.S. market, it dispatched executives to live with American families, peek into their refrigerators and trail them on trips to the grocery […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/21/13: Home Depot Div. President Speaks; Walmart Expands iPhone Checkout

  “Home Depot’s Joe McFarland, President Western Division, presents at ISI Retail Summit”  Highlights: Pro *  Pro business continues to grow.  For the first time Pro business grew at same rate as consumer in Q4 ’12 *  Home Depot to launch a Pro app in late Q2 *  Continued focus on growing the Pro business Path […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/20/13: 2013 Best Retail Brands; Lowe’s Online Sales +50%

  “Interbrand Releases the 2013 Best Retail Brands Report”  “Walmart maintains its #1 position by a huge margin with a brand value over $141 billion, up 1% from last year. Target is in the #2 position with a value of $25 billion, up 7% from 2012. The Home Depot is solid at #3 with a […]

Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/19/13: Target’s empty shelves in Canada; Home Depot’s new Sandy store

  “Target’s Canadian problem: empty shelves” by Marina Strauss at The Globe and Mail via @RetailProphet.  “Target Corp. is struggling with a problem that few retailers face: too much demand for too little inventory, risking dampening customers’ enthusiasm as the U.S. discounter gets ready to open a new wave of stores…“We definitely were slammed,” said […]