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Mike Duff has written about retail and related fields over 20 years. His work has appeared in publications as diverse as Retailing Today, Drug Store News, Supermarket Business, Consumer Digest, MarketingWeek, American Food and Ag Exporter magazines.- more about Mike Duff »
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- Blackhawk Part Two: Gift Cards Replace Banks as Consumers Get Creative
- In the past year, especially with the recession, we have seen a lot of consumers use gift cards for personal budgeting. by Mike Duff
- Blog posts 2009-11-19
- Walgreens Executive Moves Expand Store Initiatives, Wal-Mart Hires
- Walgreens announced new executive appointments on Friday that indicate that it is boosting its ability to drive more sales from existing stores and that it retains a fondness for executives who worked for Wal-Mart. The drug store chain appointed Wade Miquelon executive vice president and CFO, and...
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Target, Penney Not Alone in Racking Up New Sales in New York
- Two major retail chains are opening in the shadow of New York City icons and while Target’s new Bronx store in the lee of Yankee Stadium will enhance development of a once blighted community, J.C. Penney’s debuting emporium in Manhattan's Herald Square hill have to fight it out with Macy’s...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Gap Collection Exemplifies Art for the Sake of Relevance
- The recent moves Gap has made to improve sales and reestablish its relevance in casual fashion don’t quite add up to a turn around strategy yet, but it’s only fair to acknowledge that the company, with its new artist edition PRODUCT RED t-shirt collection as an example, is doing more...
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- Walgreens, Drug Chains Make Back to School Gains
- Drug chains are likely to do better than most retailers in the upcoming and lean looking back-to-school season, according to the National Retail Federation's back to school study, which could enhance the sector's standing as a shopping destination. NRF noted that drug stores have become more popular...
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Nordstrom Plans Store Events to Celebrate Twilight Film, Merchandise
- Just as its less polished cousins Wal-Mart and Hot Topic have done, Nordstrom is planning a series of events as part of a major Twilight promotion, this supporting sales of exclusive apparel and jewelry that will launch in connection with the next cinematic installment of the teen vampire epic. ...
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Microsoft Juggernaut May Find Apple Unsquashable at Retail
- Apple stores continued onward and upward in the latest quarter, but Microsoft took another step toward challenging its rival’s retail ascendancy. In Apple’s third quarter conference call Tuesday, Peter Oppenheimer, senior vice president and CFO said, as transcribed by SeekingAlpha: The stores recognized $1.5 billion of...
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- Retailers Have Opportunity as Working Folks Forgo Foodservice
- Working folks are hard pressed today, a study demonstrates, but their habits in the recession demonstrate one reason why food retailing has held up despite the economic downturn. In a survey, 31 percent of working adults reported making less money due to the recession, and an even...
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
- Bronx Target Debut Packs More Food into Less Space
- Target is improvising when it comes to food, and a new store in the Bronx is evidence to that effect. One among 23 new Target locations, it is in the group of smallest stores debuting, yet the Bronx Target store contains more food than the expanded pantry...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Wal-Mart and Best Buy Launch Laptop Battle
- Wal-Mart and Best Buy seem intent on getting into a battle of the low-cost laptops going into back-to-school and, it seems likely, continuing through holiday. As reported by Bloomberg and others, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn said in a Las Vegas interview that the retailer is testing...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Wal-Mart Moves Reflect Recognition of Middle Class Private Label Shift
- Although a lot off attention has been paid to affluent consumers turning to private label products in the recession, an analysis of the available data by Todd Hale, senior vice president, consumer and shopper insights at The Nielsen Co., demonstrates that it’s really the middle-consumer that is increasing purchases of...
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Herkert Shifting Supervalu to Customer Focus as Sales Slip
- Craig Herkert, Supervalu’s new CEO had “unacceptable†results to convey as he conducted his first analysts call but promised a fresh approach at the company, one less focused on store remodeling and corporate integration in the wake of it’s acquisitions from Albertsons, and more focused on the customer. ...
- Blog posts 2009-07-29
- Developments Don't Suggest Holiday Gains for Retail
- The news that CIT received some additional financing may be something of a relief, even if that relief may be temporary, but all in all, things aren't shaping up well for retail as the year’s second half begins. Any hope that retail might gain significant strength going...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Warehouse Club Study Flawed in Conclusion
- As noted in a post in this blog last week, a study by two business professors, Michael Norton of Harvard Business School and Leonard Lee of Columbia Business School drew a lot of media attention for its assertion that warehouse clubs lead people to spend more than they intend, however,...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- Warehouse Club Study Leaves False Impressions about Costco, Sam's, BJ's
- Many media outlets have picked up a report by two professors, Michael Norton of the Harvard Business School and Leonard Lee, of the Columbia Business School, contending that warehouse clubs aren’t necessarily a bargain for shoppers because they encourage them to purchase more than they intended to buy, however, what...
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- HSN Builds on Serena William's Score
- HSN often offers limited edition product lines as part of testing and building new brands, whether or not they are associated with celebrities. by Mike Duff
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- NRF Goes Negative on Health Care Reform, Wal-Mart
- It’s letter-writing season at the Nationals Retail Federation, but the correspondence might not be in the organization's best interest. First, in an open letter on the NRF website attacking Wal-Mart’s health care stance, organization CEO Tracy Mullins begins: The word leadership tends be thrown around a...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- FreshDirect Buoys Customers with Seafood Stars
- FreshDirect is giving out more stars and providing new insights into how retailers can sell commodities like fresh food online. The Internet-based home delivery retailer, which operates in the New York metro area, has a problem it needs to address in that it sells a lot of...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- Whole Foods Twitters on the Cheap
- One thing retailers have to love about social network marketing is how cheap promotions can be and how much interesting feedback they can generate. Take contests for example. At the same time a traditional contest promoter, Burger King, has been offering a million dollar grand prize in...
- Blog posts 2009-07-15
- Wal-Mart Touts Sustainability, but Food Lion Grows Green, too
- The store, in the town of Columbia, will not only be Food Lion’s but South Carolina's first LEED certified, or, in the more common reference, "green" grocery store, the company stated by Mike Duff
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
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