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- A Book-Selling World Gone Mad
- You usually have to scrabble around on the sale table and fend off other bargain hunters to find products discounted to the point where the retailer doesn't make a profit. In the case of the latest and final Harry Potter book, however, folks won't have to wait for the price...
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Be Stagnant And Linear
- This article will challenge the supposition that "logistics" is a chain, and further reject the notion that it is comprised of two distinct sides, supply and demand. The chain portrays logistics to be stagnant and linear; it also suggests that supply and demand are two separate chains. This view...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Furniture Chains Are Finding Room for Growth
- Though some say the housing market is gradually improving, it's still surprising that furniture stores are one of the sectors in retail experiencing high-profile square-footage growth. After all, its peers in the home-furnishings end of the business, like Lowe's, are slowing down their once-rapid expansion paces of the last few...
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Baskin-Robbins Outruns Cold Stone Creamery
- In the last month Baskin-Robbins stated its intention to ramp up its store presence in many markets across the country. It's adding 30 stores to the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina, several stores around Phoenix, and another 35 to the Washington, D.C., area. Baskin-Robbins currently operates about...
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- NYC Gets Emotional About Tim Hortons
- Canadian coffee/doughnut chain Tim Hortons abruptly made its way into New York City recently with franchise operator Riese Restaurants replacing 12 of its former Dunkin' Donuts stores. The switch was fast, with the stores changing their signage and products over a weekend, right after the Reise announcement. ...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Pizza Patron: Smaller Chain Proving Recession-Proof
- McDonald's isn't the only restaurant chain thriving despite the economy. Dallas-based Pizza Patron has seen consistently rising sales, and its first quick-service outlet, which opened three months ago in San Antonio, had a record opening week and became the top-selling store in the chain's history. And this...
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Retail Roundup: Value City to Liquidate, Customer Reviews Gain Weight, and More
- Value City Department Stores to liquidate -- Value City Department Stores, once a chain comprising more than 100 locations, has filed for bankruptcy and announced plans to liquidate all merchandise. The 91-year-old chain joins Mervyns in efforts to unload all inventory during the holiday season. Value City, which listed assets of between $100...
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Retail Roundup: Steve & Barry's Names CEO, Mervyns Shuts Doors, and More
- Steve & Barry's announces new CEO -- Steve & Barry's, the young department-store chain that recently announced plans to close 103 of its 276 locations, welcomed Harold Kahn on board as the company's new CEO. Kahn's lengthy resume charts his ample retail experience, including a decade-long stint as CEO of Macy's East....
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Yum Brands to Provide Calorie Information to Customers
- Once again, California seems to be setting nation's pace on legislation: in the wake of a state law mandating restaurant chains to include calorie counts on menus or menu boards, Yum Brands has announced that it will do so nationwide starting in 2011. Yum owns KFC, Taco...
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Count Uno Among Struggling Restaurant Chains
- Let's get one thing straight from the get-go: the struggling Uno Chicago Grill chain does not serve Chicago pizza. Indeed, no deep-dish pizza is genuine Chicago pizza, though most people in the country -- and even many in Chicago -- believe it is. Real Chicago pizza is delivered from neighborhood...
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- Is Hudson's Bay Co. for Sale?
- Hudson’s Bay Co. may be in play after its owner, Jerry Zucker, died of cancer over the weekend, the Globe and Mail says. HBC is the biggest retailer in Canada, and the oldest commercial company in North America, dating back to fur traders in the Great White North in 1670....
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- The Emergence of Stability in Diverse Supply Chains
- The distribution of products from manufacturer to distributor to wholesaler and finally to retailer the Supply Chain exhibits surprisingly erratic behavior, popularly termed the Bullwhip Effect. A group at the Santa Fe Institute's Business Network formed a team to study the Bullwhip effect via John Sterman's classic Operations Research game...
- White papers 2004-04-23
- Gap Stands Behind Flailing Banana Republic
- [caption id="attachment_4460" align="alignright" width="125" caption="Banana Fall-Line Outfit"][/caption] Gap Inc.'s Banana Republic chain, once a go-to place for young professionals, is a victim of hard times nowadays. But Gap executives said at their recent investor conference that they are standing by the brand and rolling out new initiatives...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
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- The Triple-A Supply Chain
- The Idea in Brief The holy grails of supply chain management are high speed and low cost--or are they? Though necessary, they aren't sufficient to give companies a sustainable competitive advantage over rivals. Consider these...
- Articles 2008-04-01
- Coordinating Supply Chain Data
- The article says that with American businesses losing billions of dollars in sales every year from supply chain inefficiencies, companies need solutions that let them provide exactly the right data and goods to the right customers, partners and employees at exactly the right places and times. But many organizations' financial,...
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work
- What drives growth and profitability in a service business? Highly satisfied customers. And to keep those customers profitable, you need to manage all the aspects of your operation that affect customer satisfaction--what the authors call the...
- Articles 2008-07-18
- Motorola's Battle With Supply And Demand Chain Complexity
- Motorola, now entering its third year of battle with the complexity in its supply and demand chain, scored solid victories in 2002. Its Personal Communications Sector PCS, responsible for 41 percent of the firm's $26.7 billion in annual sales, launched the lion's share of its supply and demand chain initiatives....
- White papers 2003-05-01
- Supply Chain Strategy: The Importance Of Aligning Your Strategies
- Chances are you've heard the term supply chain strategy. Used informally, it is often confused with supply chain management, where supply chain operations controlled to reduce costs. There's some truth to this definition, but supply chain strategy really is broader; it defines how the supply chain should operate in order...
- White papers 2005-06-15
- Six Steps to a More Flexible Supply Chain
- The Find: With commodity prices, the availability of credit and currency valuations swinging wildly, one management consultancy believes companies need a more flexible supply chain and is offering a strategy to help them get one. The Source: A report entitled "Lowering the Volatility Quotient with a Flexible...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Make the Most of Supply Chain Analytics
- Dell, Apple, your local grocery store -- all these companies share a common concern: supply chain management. From the initial forecast to final delivery, coordinating activities in a supply chain is a big challenge. But if you do it right, the ROI is huge. Usually the challenge boils down to...
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
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