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1 week ago |
forbes.com | Greg Petro
The country’s seventh largest retailer has been the bullseye for grassroots consumer boycotts, but the real cause of its woes is in the c-suite. For a moment there, at the onset of the COVID-19 quarantine, Target seemed to be riding high on a wave of innovation that broke out when retailers of every stripe and category had to scramble to save their businesses from a global catastrophe.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Greg Petro
In the five years since the global shutdown that heralded the Covid-19 pandemic, the retail industry has weathered a once-in-a-generation evolutionary spasm which, like the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, has forced brands and companies to adapt or die. As the industry grapples with a new challenge—the squabble over tariffs—it’s worth pausing a moment to reflect on what has changed, what hasn’t, and what we’ve learned. 1. E-commerce is dead as a discrete retail channel.
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3 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Greg Petro
Tariffs, inflation, and wary consumers have deflated the U.S. home furnishings business, but IKEA sees an opportunity to outflank the competition. Everyone knows what business IKEA is in, right? Furniture—sofas, chairs, and beds. So it must compete with Ashley Furniture and Wayfair, the online furniture retailer. But IKEA also sells bedding, rugs, and kitchenware. So TJX (HomeGoods and Marshalls), Target, and Williams Sonoma? What about the Swedish company’s popular kitchen cabinets and appliances?
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3 weeks ago |
forbesargentina.com | Amura CMS |Greg Petro
Los ejecutivos de marca suelen quedar sorprendidos cuando una campaña publicitaria se vuelve en su contra, pero el dolor suele ser autoinfligido. ¿Qué puede hacer un Chief Marketing Officer? Como si Nike no tuviera ya suficientes problemas —caída en las ventas, diseños anticuados, una marca sin foco y una reestructuración ejecutiva—, la empresa se encontró recientemente en el centro de uno de esos espectáculos culturales cada vez más frecuentes que se disfrazan de noticias.
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3 weeks ago |
forbesuruguay.com | Amura CMS |Greg Petro
Los ejecutivos de marca suelen quedar sorprendidos cuando una campaña publicitaria se vuelve en su contra, pero el dolor suele ser autoinfligido. ¿Qué puede hacer un Chief Marketing Officer? Como si Nike no tuviera ya suficientes problemas —caída en las ventas, diseños anticuados, una marca sin foco y una reestructuración ejecutiva—, la empresa se encontró recientemente en el centro de uno de esos espectáculos culturales cada vez más frecuentes que se disfrazan de noticias.
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