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 […]
Bobbi Brown Is Coming to Walmart — Why Walmart and Why Now
Interview with Bobbi Brown about the origins and launch of her new beauty ingestibles line at Walmart called Evolution_18
Walmart Continues Its Transformation Into A Technology Company
At this past June’s Walmart Associate and Shareholders Meeting, CEO Doug McMillon continually referred to Walmart as a “technology company.” That had many people scratching their heads saying, in effect, Walmart is not Microsoft, Google or Amazon, for heaven’s sake. MIT Technology Review asked, “Walmart wants us to believe it’s turning into a tech company?” Doubters need […]