All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Retail

Dillard's has grown, though not necessarily thrived, over the years, largely through acquisitions. The acquired companies and stores were a mixed bag of good and mediocre players; Dillard's became a real melting pot and the diverse roots are still evident in the stores today. The stores are sometimes...

Article after article continues to be published on the importance of face to face customer engagement.

The Home Depot recently announced they were eliminating the in-store human resources positions

In this tumultuous economy how does PetSmart continue to churn out positive comps?

The Home Depot recently announced they were eliminating the in-store human resources positions.

ACTIONS Set up all departments on Open-To-Buy Shift staff to reduce layoffs and improve morale Implemented progressive mark-up / mark down procedures Implemented departmental budgets and seasonal sales analysis tools Organized into departments with authority and responsibility for...

Private brands carry between 150 basis points and 250 basis points higher initial markup than the average external brand offered in department stores.  The economics influencing cost of goods are identical for a retailer as they are for an external brand.  The only major element of significant...

The issues impacting on Circuit City are there in many other brown & whit goods retail businesses across the world. It is difficult to name a large multiple in the sector that is succeeding! Why? First the products have in the main become reliable commodities so anyone can enter the retail arena....

That fact that this is Circuit City is the article headline only leads way to retail 2008.  Can we take another round of mergers and acquisitions.  Does the independant survive?  How does Circuit City stabalize and survive during an economic crisis.  Is it over for Circuit City? ...

Regardless of which school of economics you believe in, the truth behind the retail value of the tax rebate program won't vary.  Stimulus to spending?  Maybe.  Important enough to make a difference to the bottom line of publicly traded retail stocks?  No.  Opportunity for short-term...