Category: Discount & Specialty

August 15, 2011

Aggressive Expansions and Contractions Across the Discount/Specialty Database Files

Recently we have seen an unusual array of companies, representing distinct aspects of CSG’s seventeen market segment database of Discount...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 21, 2011

Discount and Specialty Industry Updates | July 2011

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto Parts announced that Jim Durkin will join Autopart International as President.  Prior to joining Autopart International,...

By Arthur Rosenberg

July 11, 2011

Best Buy Shrinks

The leads to the stories generally read as, Best Buy looks to reduce its big-box store square footage by 10...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 17, 2011

Discount and Specialty Industry Updates | June 2011

Personnel Updates: Blockbuster’s new owner Dish Network (EchoStar Communications) announced that it has named a president for its newly-acquired subsidiary,...

By Arthur Rosenberg

June 16, 2011

Hats off to hh

Source: William M at en.wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons The other day an article came across my desk.  Essentially it combined...

By Arthur Rosenberg

May 15, 2011

Discount and Specialty Industry Updates

Personnel Updates: Big Lots made several merchandising moves to facilitate its planned growth. The closeout retailer announced it has hired former Sears merchandising...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 15, 2011

Walmart Drops the ‘Neighborhood’ While Targeting It

In any given month there is pretty much a guarantee that headlines will appear trumpeting the latest initiatives of Walmart,...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 2, 2009

Discount Insight: Circuit City’s Demise Feb 09

As soon as Circuit City announced its recent liquidation there was a chorus of cries proclaiming that it came as...

By Arthur Rosenberg

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