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Department stores have no loyalty to any apparel brand and that includes their own.  Here's why?

Can MusicStation, a phone based music service backed by Motorola, Samsung, Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Universal Music Group, EMI Music, Sony BMG and Warner Music, beat Apple’s iTunes / iPhone combination?

Neither Tesco nor house brand gasoline are the biggest threats to 7-Eleven.  Here's why?

1. Politics continues to dominate The Gap’s board room as new family management extends one of Americas longest running quarterly lose records. 2.  The Gap needs a chief executive that knows how and where to lead the company, not one looking to find a leader, which seems to be what Fisher...

The fact is retailers may be more vulnerable to merchandise shrinkage than ever before. Why?

Investors should expect management to increase shareholders value; but in this instance, not withstanding the $160 million price tag, I think they have materially decreased it!  Here's why.

1. Tiffany announced that it was opening its first men’s jewelry boutique in Japan. 2. What is clear is the timing couldn’t be worse and that’s assuming a stand alone men’s jewelry boutique is a good idea to begin with. But it isn’t! Here’s why. 3.Diamond jewelry sales will continue to be sluggish in...

1. The controversy over the firing of Julie Roehm just got more complicated as Irwin Jacobs’ attorneys filled suit against the former Wal-Mart advertising executive. 2. By suing Roehm, Jacobs opens both he and his company to exhaustive discovery which could be probative to Roehm. 3. In suing Roehm,...

Google Print Ads introduces yet another source for smaller marketers to play with the Big Boys, but Buyer beware. For the short term, this offering is beneficial to the Newspapers but needs some fine-tuning for small advertisers to benefit. It is essential for the Newspaper Industry to embrace the diversification...

1. Research In Motion Ltd.(RIM), Motorola and Nokia Corp have been eating into Palm’s handheld organizer business with sophisticated phone and email devices for years. 2. Palm was late in recognizing that RIM’s Blackberry was a competitor to its organizer and smartphone business. 3. Palm has created...