The luxury deal of the century is back on track. Pending Tiffany shareholder approval, the French conglomerate LVMH will acquire Tiffany and Company for $15.8 billion, making this the biggest deal for the world’s biggest luxury company, a company which has grown to 75 brands through acquisitions alone. A few short months ago, LMVH was […]
Archive | November, 2020
Moms Will Be This Year’s Holiday Hero
Everyone in retail knows that women are their most important customers with women controlling or influencing upwards of 70% to 80% of all consumer spending, according to the oft-quoted statistic. But with 126.6 million adult women in the country today – 96.6 million aged 20-to-64 and 30 million 65 and older – it’s a massive […]
Turning Customers Into Company Representatives: How Outer, Shapermint and ChatDesk Do It
Everyone knows that word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective and efficient way to attract new customers to a brand or a store. Yet before the widespread adoption of social media, word-of-mouth happened by accident and was not something easily managed. Then along came Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram and brands discovered new ways to manage […]
Election Day and New Round of Violent Protests?
Just as retailers recover from catastrophic losses caused by protests, some of which turned violent in 140 U.S.cities after the death of George Floyd, they are getting ready for another potential wave after the election. But unlike the May and June protests sparked by a black swan event, retailers across the country now have time […]