“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 […]
“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 […]
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“Even Wal-Mart Thinks ‘Made In The USA’ Can Be Competitive Again” by Sam Ro at Business Insider. “As rising overseas labor costs and higher shipping costs are forcing U.S. companies to bring manufacturing back to the states. This is being touted as the American manufacturing renaissance…WMT U.S. kicked off the initiative this week with […]
“Does Wal-Mart’s New ‘Empowering Women’ Program Signal a Turning Point in Socially Conscious Retailing?” by Barbara Thau at Forbes.“Wal-Mart has launched a shop on Walmart.com that will offer more than 20 items from 19 small, women-owned businesses – including nine in the U.S. — from nine countries. It’s all for sale on Wal-Mart’s “Store […]
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“Lowe’s Presents at UBS Global Consumer Conference (3/13/13)” at Seeking Alpha. Robert Niblock’s (Lowe’s Chairman and CEO) comments on the new line review process: * I think it is obviously a more rigorous process than what our vendors have gone through before. * If you think about in the past, if a vendor […]
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Walmart’s Charles Holley Jr., Executive VP & CFO, Presents at 2013 Consumer & Retail Conference (3/12/13). Highlights from Bank of America / Merrill Lynch conference: * Believes delayed tax returns impacted Jan. sales slowdown much more than the new payroll tax. * Recent partnership with Nielsen allows Walmart to work more “surgically” with vendors […]
Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/20/13: 2013 Best Retail Brands; Lowe’s Online Sales +50%
/in Eye-on-Retail“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
/in Eye-on-Retail“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 […]
Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/18/13: Walmart’s “Made in USA”; Amazon’s sellers unhappy
/in Eye-on-Retail“Even Wal-Mart Thinks ‘Made In The USA’ Can Be Competitive Again” by Sam Ro at Business Insider. “As rising overseas labor costs and higher shipping costs are forcing U.S. companies to bring manufacturing back to the states. This is being touted as the American manufacturing renaissance…WMT U.S. kicked off the initiative this week with […]
Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/15/13: Home Depot’s CEO on CNBC; Walmart Empowers Women
/in Eye-on-Retail“Does Wal-Mart’s New ‘Empowering Women’ Program Signal a Turning Point in Socially Conscious Retailing?” by Barbara Thau at Forbes.“Wal-Mart has launched a shop on Walmart.com that will offer more than 20 items from 19 small, women-owned businesses – including nine in the U.S. — from nine countries. It’s all for sale on Wal-Mart’s “Store […]
Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/14/13: Lowe’s CEO talks Line Reviews; Amazon Prime Price Drop?
/in Eye-on-Retail“Lowe’s Presents at UBS Global Consumer Conference (3/13/13)” at Seeking Alpha. Robert Niblock’s (Lowe’s Chairman and CEO) comments on the new line review process: * I think it is obviously a more rigorous process than what our vendors have gone through before. * If you think about in the past, if a vendor […]
Eye-on-Retail Tipsheet 3/13/13: Walmart’s CFO speaks; Target upsets Mr. Rogers fans
/in Eye-on-RetailWalmart’s Charles Holley Jr., Executive VP & CFO, Presents at 2013 Consumer & Retail Conference (3/12/13). Highlights from Bank of America / Merrill Lynch conference: * Believes delayed tax returns impacted Jan. sales slowdown much more than the new payroll tax. * Recent partnership with Nielsen allows Walmart to work more “surgically” with vendors […]