Category: Discount & Specialty

March 19, 2013

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – March 2013

Personnel Updates: Best Buy has named Ron Wilson as its new President and COO of its Canada operations. Fred’s Inc....

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 11, 2013

J.C. Penney Too Much Too Late; Creating Retailing Revolution or Revulsion?

It may seem like a decade ago when J.C. Penney’s newly crowned wunderkind, CEO Ron Johnson announced several revolutionary, rather...

By Arthur Rosenberg

February 25, 2013

Company Snapshot: Overstock.com – Hopefully a Temporary Personnel Change at the Top

Overstock.com recently announced that annual revenues had increased 4% to $1,099 billion from the previous year’s total of $1.05 billion....

By Arthur Rosenberg

February 19, 2013

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – February 2013

Personnel Updates: 99 Cents Only Stores announced that in order to build on recent successes and to execute on the...

By Arthur Rosenberg

February 11, 2013

Unlike Best Buy, hhgregg Quickly Changes Its Focus

March 8, 2009 was the last day Circuit City operated brick and mortar stores. Two months later Systemax purchased its...

By Arthur Rosenberg

January 28, 2013

Company Snapshot: 99 Cents Only Stores

Despite consistently positive quarterly and annual financials and an outlook which included the possibility of opening a location on pricey...

By Arthur Rosenberg

January 21, 2013

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – January 2013

Personnel Updates: Apple Inc., announced that Jerry McDougal, VP of Retail, has resigned. The company states that McDougal will be...

By Arthur Rosenberg

January 14, 2013

What’s In a Name? The CompUSA Brand Goes Into Oblivion Along with Circuit City

Just about two months ago I received a promotional email from CompUSA. Its primary purpose was clearly to function as...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 24, 2012

Company Snapshot: Brookstone Inc.

Address: One Innovation Way Merrimack, NH 03054 Telephone: 603 880-9500 Fax: 603-577-8004 Internet Homepage: http://www.brookstone.com Year Founded: 1965 Total Stores:...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 17, 2012

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores

Personnel Updates: Apple Inc. issued a statement that its retail Senior VP John Browett abruptly left the company. Another senior-ranking...

By Arthur Rosenberg

December 10, 2012

Office Depot Grows Smaller

Last year we noted, then focused on Best Buy’s myriad of considerable challenges as well as several of the company’s...

By Arthur Rosenberg

November 26, 2012

Company Snapshot: Five Below Inc.

Address: 1818 Market Street, Suite 1900 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-3601 Telephone: 215 546-7909 Internet Homepage: http://www.fivebelow.com Year Founded: 2001 Total Stores:...

By Arthur Rosenberg

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