Congratulations, Mr. Candidate, you've made it to the last phase of the presidential election. This is the time to really be on top of your game, particularly when it comes to understanding the lives of typical voters. And what can be a more...
An industry's problems prompt a national crisis of confidence. Consumers are put at risk. Media attention is focused on the fallout. Government overseers are accused of lax regulation. Beyond the immediate problem, a bigger question is how to...
A Sept. 9 Wall Street Journal article on Ann Taylor's new computerized workforce management system — Atlas — drew media and retail buzz, as well as questions about workplace ethics...
America has lots of problems, but a lack of stores isn't one of them. No presidential candidates are campaigning on the platform of accelerating the expansion of food retailers. Neither is that a goal for most grocers, which have cut back on new...
Predicting the future is a highly risky activity. That becomes clear when you look back at our primarily upbeat financial analyst roundtable from a year ago, entitled “Looking Up.” Here are some quotes from analysts in that forum. “I think this...
Check out this statistic — from an American Greetings Research Council study on consumer purchasing habits — that appeared in a 1997 SN story I wrote on tactics that supermarkets were implementing to win nonfood market share: “Of the $148 billion...
Despite its name, Safeway does not always choose the safe way. In fact, this retailer is a leader in thinking out of the box. It's not hard to rattle off a list of Safeway's innovative and successful initiatives, such as the Safeway Select private...