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1. Politics, public opinion, and retail profitability, what do these things have in common? 2. With the number of pending employee related law suits growing and new plaintiffs standing tough, Wal-Mart may be forced to go to trial. 3. If depositions in Roehm’s discovery reveals the company has had a...

Although the power of You Tube and My Space is undoubtedly incredible among younger audiences, I believe high end apparel brands and retailers will be very slow and cautious to take part in using these websites as marketing tools. Although You Tube and My Space are so widely accessible, high end brands...

1. Sometimes, in the fashion retailing world, less is often more! 2. Frequent, seasonal introductions of new, trendy, collections may actually erode brand value, not enhance it. 3. Clearly, Burberry has items that may be sold to a few customers. So the problem for the merchants is how to eliminate...

Burberry's CEO, Angela Ahrendts, is putting together an effective plan for the brand to sustain the sales of its heyday. The highlights of her plan include focusing Burberry's merchandise on core items and fostering quicker and more frequent deliveries to stores.

SMS can be a damaging form of advertising for mobile contentSubscription revenue schemes have worked well and increased ARPU in ChinaContent aggregators may ultimately be squeezed by the mobile carriers

1.3-D is compelling the exhibitors such as Regal Entertainment Group, AMC Entertainment Inc. and Cinemark to replace their film projectors with the higher priced digital projectors2.Due to Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) initial domestic focus, U2 3D may have one big liability Internationally--Not...

1. Management reduced sales and earnings guidance for the 4th quarter, citing higher gasoline prices and a slowing economy. 2. More than just macro economic factors affecting the company’s performance. 3. Cost control always makes sense, except for the third quarter, SG & A didn’t decline and gross...

1.  Wal-Mart announced record sales and earnings for its first quarter as comparable store sales continued to decline. 2. Second and third quarter sales may disappoint investors more than Wal-Mart executives have indicated. 3. Just where Wal-Mart’s going with its assortments isn’t clear. 4. In...

1. Signet had already warned investors that they were experiencing a slowdown in their US stores. The question was, How much of a slow down? 2. Signet’s US performance to date is below industry estimates for 2007 sales growth. 3. Signet didn’t benefit much from Mother’s Day being a week earlier. 4....

1.AT&T U-Verse has encountered legal technical and outsourcing problems, resulting in AT&T putting the service in fewer markets than originally expected. 2. Verizon FiOS is making inroads to Cable Vision Systems and Comcast Communications coverage areas 2. Verizon FiOS is making inroads to Cable...