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Tag Archives: retail
Ron Johnson Begins the Retail Revamp at JC Penney
See that image above? That’s former Apple retail store chief Ron Johnson’s full-page ad in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, and it heralds a new era for JC Penney, the lagging department store chain Johnson now leads as CEO. From The … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, JC Penney, Michael Francis, retail, Ron Johnson, Target, Wall Street Journal
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UPDATE: Wal-Mart Says It’s Health Care Plans Were ‘Overwritten,’ ‘Incorrect’
UPDATE: Oops! Wal-Mart now says, in a statement here, that: The RFI statement of intent is overwritten and incorrect. We are not building a national, integrated, low-cost primary care health care platform. So never mind then! Original post: Wal-Mart is … Continue reading
Wal-Mart Ending 24-hour Operations at Some Stores
From the Citizen-Times in Asheville, N.C.: At select locations in some markets, the nation’s largest retailer has ditched its round-the-clock, 24-hour schedule, closing some stores from midnight to 6 a.m. Cities like Montgomery, Ala., Fayetteville, N.C., and Baltimore have watched … Continue reading
A Look Inside Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville
Wal-Mart heiress and bad driver Alice Walton gave the press a sneak peek insider her Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, just a couple of weeks before its Nov. 11 grand opening. Photographer Mike Pirnique and Arkansas Business … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Walton, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, culture, Jan Cottingham, Mike Pirnique, retail, Wal-Mart
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Wal-Mart Gets Back to Basics
Less than three years after taking on the Big Apple, Wal-Mart is moving is apparel headquarters back to Bentonville: “Our focus is on jeans, T-shirts, socks and underwear,” [Wal-Mart spokesman David] Tovar said. “We believe that the strategy is working. … Continue reading
Wal-Mart Bounces Back on Bedrock Philosophy
Wal-Mart, whose U.S. stores have been dogged by lagging same-store sales for the past couple of years, tells analysts at a meeting in a Rogers today that those sales have now risen for three straight months: The weak U.S. job … Continue reading
Yay Commerce! J. Crew Joins Apple Store at Promenade at Chenal
Comfy cashmere sweater fans take note: J. Crew is open for business at The Promenade at Chenal, still riding high after the grand opening last month of the state’s first Apple Store and John Beachboard and Scott McGehee’s latest culinary … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple Store, Big Orange, Business, John Beachboard, Nike, retail, Scott McGehee, The Promenade at Chenal
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The Apple Store Opens at The Promenade at Chenal
Today was the big day. The new, 7,500-square-foot Apple Store opened at The Promenade at Chenal in west Little Rock. I was there early for a morning hit on “Today’s THV Saturday.” A small group had camped out overnight, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple Store, retail, tech, The Promenade at Chenal, Today's THV, Video
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Little Rock’s Apple Store Opens Saturday
For Arkansas Mac geeks, tomorrow’s a red-letter day: Apple opens its first retail store in Arkansas, at The Promenade at Chenal. Doors open at 10 a.m. I’ll be there early tomorrow morning for some live hits on the Today’s THV … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Promenade at Chenal, retail, Ron Johnson, tech, Today's THV, Wall Street Journal
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Im in yr biznass, upending yr modle: A Decade of Google
If you missed this piece in Slate’s The Big Money this week, it’s well worth a read. Chris Thompson looks back at The Google Decade and finds few business models that search giant Google didn’t completely and totally change forever. … Continue reading
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Tagged AdSense, AdWords, books, Business, Chris Thompson, e-commerce, Google, Internet, Media, Newspapers, Nexus One, publishing, retail, search, Slate, telecommunications, The Big Money, Web
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