It’s a recurring theme every year when the calendar flips to Jan 1st.No, not resolutions, but rather the wave of returned merchandise after the holiday shopping season.And returns are swiftly becoming a trillion-dollar event.Retailers are also charging customers for returns to help tighten the grip on margin. Customers on local
In talking to a client recently, they lamented that their organization is far too rigid and employees do not push the boundaries of their creativity. Risk-taking has been discouraged for some time across the board. So, instead of generating new and interesting ideas which may or may not be commercially
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Part of our time over the holidays was spent on a furniture flipping project – we found a great-looking chair that was crying out for new fabric. In stripping the.The post Use More When Less Will Do. What? first appeared on Retail Strategy Group
/PRNewswire/ - John Hancock Investment Management, a company of Manulife Investment Management, today will launch John Hancock Disciplined Value International.
Macy’s could be next on the retail chopping block.We have seen this before. Decisions made by investors that have real-estate goals vs. retail goals put the customer last.Hudson’s Bay Company and Saks are getting further away from their customers because they have real-estate moguls telling them how to run retail. Store closures are always