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Best Buy's Founder Is Back At The Company After A Failed Buyout Bid

“Over the past several months, I have come to know and respect Hubert, and have a high regard for t…

Kim Bhasin   


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PROFESSOR: JCPenney Under Ron Johnson Is 'An Unmitigated Catastrophe'

"I guess the question is whether you'd like to see the company go under in the short, medium, or lo…

Kim Bhasin   


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Costco's Unorthodox Strategy To Survive The Big Box Apocalypse

“They were hit by a perfect storm of competition from the Internet and supermarkets,” Steve Brazier…

Ashley Lutz   


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Best Buy CEO: 'You Need To Feel Dispensable, As Opposed To Indispensable'

Now, Best Buy has killed its Results Only Work Environment (ROWE), which allowed employees to work …

Kim Bhasin   


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These Retailers Face Most Risk From Amazon's 'Showrooming' Mobile Customers

The results show that Amazon is not an equal threat to all stores: Bed Bath & Beyond is most li…

Jim Edwards   


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Best Buy Founder's Takeover Attempt Is In Big Trouble

n">Schulze has until Thursday to submit a bid to the Best Buy board. The company has postponed its …

Kim Bhasin   


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INSIDE JCPENNEY: Widespread Fear, Anxiety, And Distrust Of Ron Johnson And His New Management Team

Another round of firings hit JCPenney yesterday, and 300 workers are being sent packing, insiders t…

Kim Bhasin   


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Nothing Can Stop The Implosion Of Office Supply Chain Stores

We've already seen consolidation among big boxes with the death of once-mighty CompUSA, Circuit Cit…

Kim Bhasin   


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Best Buy Says It Has Killed 'Showrooming' For Good

If Best Buy lowers a price on a product (online or in-store) we will allow price-matching up to 15 …

Kim Bhasin   


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Brands Don't Read Up To 97% Of Tweets About Them

Conversocial CEO Joshua March fears that those retailers will only find that something is going wro…

Jim Edwards   


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Wal-Mart Sent A 10-Page Letter To Its Suppliers Warning Them Of 'Zero-Tolerance'

"Obviously our three-strike policy wasn't working as well as it could have," Rajan Kamalanathan, Wa…

Kim Bhasin   


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News Corp. Appears To Confirm It Lost 8,200 Stores From Its Client List

It could be the beginning of a costly ad client mutiny for Rupert Murdoch's News, which has already…

Jim Edwards   


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An Old Wieden + Kennedy Ally Is Now Target's New Creative Chief

Neither W+K nor McKinney do any current work for Target. The roster currently includes Mono of Minn…

Jim Edwards   


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CONFIRMED: Rite Aid And Family Dollar Have Axed News Corp's Troubled In-Store Ads Division

News America just lost 11,900 stores combined on Dec. 31 ... They lost the 7,200 Family Dollar chai…

Jim Edwards   


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Target's New Campaign Wants To Make Groceries And Laundry Sexy

Target, with ad agency Mono in Minneapolis, created the tongue-in-cheek campaign that treats grocer…

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Why Walmart Has 5,500 Unanswered Consumer Questions On Its Facebook Page

The numbers give a glimpse into how labor intensive it can be for a big brand to have a popular Fac…

Jim Edwards   


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Some Dads Want This Walmart Ad Banned Because It Gives Moms Too Much Credit

The context here is that when it comes to groceries, women tend to make most of the purchasing deci…

Jim Edwards   


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Circuit City Once Had A Chance To Purchase Best Buy, But Passed It Up

At the time, [then-CEO Rick] Sharp's view was that it was not necessary to spend $30 million when a…

Kim Bhasin   


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Target Began Celebrating Christmas On Oct. 11 To Attract Obsessive-Compulsive Shoppers

"[There's] a group that are planners, a group that are doers, and there's a group that are procrast…

Jim Edwards