Tag: Retail
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Can Operators Find Success in Decreasing Product Lines?
Brick-and-mortar operators have been scrambling to find creative ways to compensate for the lost revenue from online sales. While some operators are increasing their merchandise lines in hopes of generating additional revenue, others are looking to decrease those which have a marginal impact on sales.
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Walmart Ups Their Game
In 2016, Walmart acquired Jet.com which has functioned as a separate brand and driver of e-commerce innovation. As Walmart continues to make progress in its omnichannel transformation, they now plan to fold Jet.com into its core e-commerce operations.
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Whitepaper: Loss of Mall Anchor Tenants – What Comes Next?
It is no surprise to retailers and shopping center developers in particular, and to U.S. consumers in general, that the department store industry is suffering. There are a myriad of reasons for this – the growth of large format specialty, off-price stores, and the impact of e-commerce prime among them – but the fact remains…
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Sephora Embraces Inclusion Training
Recent customer incidents highlight a centuries-old challenge in the United States concerning racial profiling and preconceptions. One key takeaway for businesses emerges: the need for retailers and restaurant operators to ensure that existing and potential customers are fully embraced by employees no matter their ethnicity.
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Kohl’s to Accept Amazon Returns in All Stores
Kohl’s recently announced that they will beginning accepting Amazon returns in all of their stores. This was an extension of a pre-existing partnership – Kohl’s had been accepting returns in 80 stores before the announcement, and had been selling selected Amazon products in some stores as well.
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Omnichannel Offerings – Key to the Future
The growth of on-line transactions has fundamentally changed the way consumers interact with providers. The key to profitable growth in the future is highly dependent on an operator’s ability to respond to changing consumer shopping preferences, thereby serving customers in whatever manner is most convenient to them. And, omnichannel strategy is at the forefront of…
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Tesla’s Brick-and-Mortar U-Turn
Tesla has taken consumers on a wild ride over the past three weeks, even by Tesla standards.
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Deny or Adapt – The Hard Truth About Brick and Mortar Closures
While retailers develop short-term strategies to offset poor sales, short-sightedness will guide more brick and mortar stores into bankruptcy.
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Tractor Supply Company Selects Intalytics to Support Continued U.S. Expansion
ANN ARBOR, MI (May 20, 2016) – Tractor Supply Company, the largest operator of rural lifestyle retail stores in the United States, selected Intalytics to develop a new sales forecasting and site selection system to help prioritize new store deployment opportunities.
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A Bleak Holiday Season for Barnes & Noble
The 2015 Christmas season turned out to be a challenging time for many retailers in the U.S. Online sales continued to grow, while brick-and-mortar sales were disappointing for many operators. One retailer under particular stress this year is Barnes & Noble. The pressures facing them are well documented – the ongoing, relentless impact from Amazon,…