Executive coach Jerry Colonna wants managers to stop focusing on output and achievement. Instead, he wants them to engage in radical self-inquiry, which builds the maturity required for leaders to lift up others, not just themselves. Do the skills that help individuals initially succeed often become detrimental with greater leadership roles?
Amazon has launched Sold by Amazon (SBA), currently in beta, a program that lets Amazon control the prices on enrolled FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) products in exchange for a guaranteed minimum payout to sellers. Do you see more benefits than drawbacks of Sold by Amazon for third-party sellers on the platform?
All the innovation in the world isn’t going to help if you don’t know what that one special thing is that consumers want from you. Sometimes, retailers need to go back to look at the value proposition. Have retailers tended to lose focus on their core value propositions as they invested more in innovation in recent years?
Starbucks started referring to itself as a “third place” away from home or the office some time ago. Caribou Coffee, however, is now launching a concept that caters exclusively to those who don’t want to stick around. How would you rate the pros and cons of a no-seating coffee concept such as Caribou Cabins?
Customers want the convenience of having things shipped to them, but that creates a lot of excess garbage in the form of packaging. Now a startup is trying to reconcile that in the food space by providing all of its products in compostable packaging. Can an online grocer like Rise Mrkt succeed, or will the avoidance of plastic packaging limit its potential?
Nordstrom has become the first U.S.-based multi-line fashion retailer to offer an online shopping microsite dedicated to sustainable fashion. Do you see healthy consumer appeal for Nordstrom’s online portal focused on sustainable products?
With an endless number of new product and concept introductions by retailers and brands each year, retailing execs might want to take a close look at Popeyes and its new fried chicken sandwich to find a recipe for success. To what do you attribute the roaring success of Popeyes’ new fried chicken sandwich?
A recent survey set out to find which brand mascots stuck in consumers’ memories most strongly, and discovered some interesting trends in the process. Is it more or less important for a brand or retailer to have a mascot in 2019 than it was in the past?
The trade war got uglier Friday as President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs higher and ordered U.S. companies to exit China after Beijing unveiled retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods. What are the obvious and less obvious repercussions retail may feel from the escalating trade war?
Target reached an agreement to introduce in-store Disney shops. The partnership also includes a Disney-themed online microsite and a Target store opening inside Walt Disney World. Do you see the hook-up between Target and Disney as an equal win for both companies?
