Amazon Prime Day event, held July 12 and 13, broke records to become the biggest event in company history. However, the company didn’t provide a final sales tally, and we likely won’t get the results until next quarter. As it is, news from the retail giant wasn’t so good in the second quarter, with revenue […]
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A Reckoning Is Coming For Retail: Get Ready
“Make no mistake, it’s not revenge he’s after. It’s a reckoning.” That was one of Val Kilmer’s (as Doc Holliday) many memorable lines from the 1993 movie Tombstone, referring to Kurt Russell ‘s (Wyatt Earp) vendetta against the “cowboy” faction that killed his brother. I like to think I have an extensive vocabulary, but that […]
Amazon and Whole Foods Need to Be Schooled By Walmart in Handling Emergencies like Coronavirus
A few weeks ago, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey incited indignation among employees suggesting they should donate paid time off to their fellow workers who suffer prolonged periods out of work due to illness or death in their family.It resulted in a Change.org petition for Amazon, which owns Whole Foods, to give all employees more paid […]