Justice is launching an entertainment division called Justice Studios to create graphic novels, video series, music, documentaries and more — content all in line with the brand’s stated values of girl empowerment. How might Justice weave its entertainment products into its brick-and-mortar stores to generate customer interest?
Walmart has filed an application for a patent on shopping cart technology that uses sensors in the handles to track not only the speed of the cart but the heart rate and body temperature of the person pushing it along. If implemented, how would the data collected through shopping carts complement other information Walmart has on customers in its stores?
Describing itself as “retail meets WeWork,” Re:Store is an early startup seeking to help online-only brands secure both co-working space and their first physical storefront. Does Re:Store’s co-working element boost the appeal of the arrangement for sellers and customers?
With 20 years of experience watching other seemingly entrenched industries (music, books, disposable razors, taxis, etc.) being disrupted, the author sees three reasons why a disruptive e-commerce player could lead to the demise of the current three-tier alcohol distribution system. Do you agree that the industry is due for a disruption?
While most retailers seem to be obsessed with finding ways to attract younger consumers, others such as Best Buy see business opportunities in catering to the needs of the nation’s senior citizens. How do you expect Best Buy’s senior focus to affect its results over the long-term?
Bill Ackman and his hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital, has accumulated 15.2 million shares (about 1.1 percent of the total) in Starbucks with plans to double that stake over the next three years. Have activist investors been a net positive or negative for the long-term prospects of the companies in which they invest?
Good Housekeeping is partnering with Amazon.com on a holiday pop-up store at the Mall of America. The selections are curated by the Good Housekeeping Institute (GHI), the women’s magazine’s product testing unit. Is a store curated by testing experts any more or less appealing than one featuring customer reviewers?
A study from WD Partners finds that a number of different food concepts could be helpful in lifting traffic at malls. Would bringing food culture be a minor or major step in increasing the social relevance of malls?
To get customers coming through the doors again, the last big box bookstore chain is launching a 17,400 square-foot prototype store in the Chicago suburbs which is meant to have more of a café vibe than the existing Barnes & Noble stores. What will it take to get customers to return to Barnes & Noble?
In what appears to be a pilot, Gap Inc. has rolled out a new promotion that provides its Visa Signature cardholders with bonus points for shopping at Amazon or Target. Do you see more pros and cons in such as an offer?
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