All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Retail

BRIC: 1.  Upper to Middle class is growing exponentially in Russia, India and China 2.  Brazil is trailing but when you can overcome the tariffs it has good potential 3.  USA retail can be positioned with the right partner

Governmental restrictions vary from market to market, existing shopping patterns are extremely differentiated, and cultural barriers are not the same within the BRIC market.   Successful penetration of each of these will require different approaches, processes, and skill sets.  They are...

The new Emerging Markets are here to stay and will totally change the Retail map of the world. US and European Retailers who wish to grow over the coming years MUST step up their International Expansion plans. There is a real need for "Isolationist" Retailers to wake up to these major opportunities...

US and European Retailers who wish to grow over the coming years MUST step up their International Expansion plans. There is a real need for "Isolationist" Retailers to wake up to these major opportunities before it is too late and a "New World Order" has taken shape without them! 

If retailers become too stingy with issuing guidance and monthly sales data the result may well cause more market volatility rather than less.  Even the savviest investor may not be prepared.

Government rebate checks will be hitting the markets very soon.Retailers may be offering a flurry of special promotions trying to get consumers. The key question is; how effective will these promotions be during this time of economic uncertainty? The result of these promotions may “consumer buying shifts”,...

It’s problematic whether Zale is a good quarter to quarter play during the current down turn.  But it ‘s even more uncertain if it will be a successful turn around in this decade.  Here's why.

The NRF's Mother's Day survey seems to overstate Mother's Day sales potential.  Here's a contrarian's point of view.

The eventual consequence for many retailers who are bought  through LBO’s or acquired by hedge funds may be bankruptcy or liquidation.  Here's why.

Is American Living managing to live up to the expectations? That would depend on whose expectations; Wall Street or management.  If strategic direction is prepared with a time horizon of three months than based on JC Penney’s revised forecasts American Home can be deemed a failure. But, that is...