...It's the worst performance I have ever seen by a company in one year," said Walter Loeb, an independent retail consultant.Wall Street hasn't been any happier than Main Street with Penney's changes.On the quarterly news of its...
...style."What they were doing hasn't worked. (Francis) is the fall guy," said Walter Loeb, New York-based retail consultant. But he said ultimately, people have to look at Johnson, who directed the pricing plan.Brian Sozzi, NBG Productions...
...9 percent of retail purchases."You're definitely seeing a major shift in spending," said New York-based retail consultant Walter Loeb.Benefiting from the shift are online merchants like Wayfair.com. The company, which sells products...
...Penney's need set: customer experience, branding and innovation," says Craig R. Johnson, the president of retail consultant Customer Growth Partners. "If you can introduce one quarter of Apple's coolness, that will do a lot to make...
...and unemployment, this back-to-school season was the best since 2006," said Craig Johnson, the president of retail consultant Customer Growth Partners.Back-to-school sales from July to September rose 6 percent based on his firm's review...
...The ruling was a "big black eye for Wal-Mart, and it's not going to heal any time in the near future," said retail consultant Burt P. Flickinger. Flickinger said the ruling could turn off women shoppers -- the company's critical base...
...billion this year for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which generated sales of $348.6 billion last year, according to retail consultant Burt Flickinger III. Mr. Flickinger and other analysts say the increase in theft might be tied to Wal-Mart's...
...fraud is when someone tries to return a purchase that was never made, according to the Georgia Retail Association. Retail consultant Pat Dunne, who says merchandise return is probably the most widely abused service by American consumers, estimated...
...changing pricing and inventory procedures, along with making the marketing push. Despite the financial recovery, retail consultant Howard Davidowitz isn't sure True Value and its independent operators can be viable in the face of continuing growth...
...of lagging sales at Kmart and especially Sears. "Financially, it's not a bad quarter," said Neil Stern, a retail consultant with Chicago-based McMillan Doolittle. "The concern from a retail perspective is that top-line sales number...
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