Jun22
The first two stores opened in Atlanta on June 22, 1979. Over the next three decades the company grew into the nation’s second-biggest retailer behind Walmart.
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Posts Tagged ‘Walmart’
11 results.
Jun22
Walmart is moving forward with what could be characterized as a roll out of its Neighborhood Market format nearly 13 years after the first unit opened in the fall of 1998. Just don’t call it a Neighborhood Market.
Jun27
More than 5 billion bar codes are scanned in shops worldwide every day…the technology has yielded savings running into the trillions of dollars.
Jun27
The buying power of Hispanics nationwide is expected to grow by 50% between 2010 and 2015 to $1.5 trillion — a rate that eclipses all other racial and ethnic groups and overall spending growth, according to a yearly study by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia.
Jul09
SA’s clothing retail industry is estimated to be worth more than R50bn/year in turnover. Much of the sector’s growth has been achieved over the past two decades.
Nov27
Black Friday Sales Hits Record, Retail traffic and Foot-falls up.
by admin on November 27th, 2011 at 6:35 amRetail sales on Black Friday climbed 6.6% this year to an estimated $11.4 billion, according to ShopperTrak, which tracks foot traffic at malls and stores. Last year, sales climbed just 0.3% to $10.7 billion, which was a record one-day sales amount at the time, according to the company.
Nov28
The small-store owner is too important, nimble and innovative to be bumped off by big-box retailers in India.
by admin on November 28th, 2011 at 5:15 amThe big fight is about whether this new policy will kill small shops, massively destroy livelihoods and take away GenNext’s opportunities. Facts suggest otherwise. Consider the kirana, the one most feared to be at risk. About 5-6 million of the 8 million FMCG-stocking kiranas are in rural India, and are totally safe, as the new ones can only come into the top 53 cities.
└ Tags: 7-Eleven, Best Buy, Big Bazaar, big-box retailer, convenience store, Croma, Crossword, FDI, Foreign Direct Investment, Home Delivery, Hypermarket, IKEA, jugaad, Khatta-Credit, Kirana, Long-tail, Megamart, Modern Retail, Retail Density, Shopping Basket, supermarket, Supply Chain, Tesco, Walmart, Zara
Dec09
IBM Buys Retail Forecasting And Merchandising Software Company
by admin on December 9th, 2011 at 2:02 pmIBM Buys Retail Forecasting And Merchandising Software Company DemandTec For $440M. DemandTec provides retailers and e-commerce companies with tools to transact, interact, and collaborate on core merchandising and marketing activities.
└ Tags: Algorithmics, Best Buy, ConAgra Foods, customer pattern, Delhaize America, DemandTec, eCommerce, general mills, HEB Grocery Co., Home Depot, Hormel Foods, IBM, Merchandising, Monoprix, Petco, Retail Forecasting, Retail marketing, Safeway, Sara Lee, shopper insights, Target, Tririga, Walmart, WH Smith
Mar05
Google Wallet; schemes led by the credit card giants such as Visa; and separate programs by PayPal and others. Now the retailers, too, want a say, and about 25 stores, including Walmart and Target, have formed a consortium to develop their own m-payment system.
└ Tags: Amex, Credit Card, Google, ISIS, m-payment, MasterCard, Mobile Payments, NFC, paypal, PayPass, retail chains, Samsung Galaxy Nesus, Target, Visa, Wal-Mart, Walmart
Mar30
The chain’s 2011 online sales amounted to less than 2 percent of its $264 billion in U.S. revenue…Wal-Mart is trying to improve links between its store inventory, website, and mobile phone apps so that more customers can order online and pick up their purchases at stores, which half of Web customers do already.
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