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Globalive says it will keep 800 employees it hired for its new cellphone service, despite the fact the wireless business is facing difficulties getting started. Globalive from launching its Wind Mobile phone service earlier this month, ruling the Toronto-based...
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Seasonal hiring – additions of part-time, short-term or freelance workers between October and Christmas by those firms most directly affected by holiday sales and transactions – has decreased significantly over the last two years. About 769,000 such jobs...
Tags: Fox News, season hire, Femio Guzman, Kohl’s, Falls Church, Unemployment, Temporary work, GameStop, Distribution center, Kohl's, Target Corporation, Retail, Best Buy, Labor
When I heard that Louis Vuitton was opening a store in Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, last month I was completely intrigued by this unexpected announcement. So I decided to research and came across some interesting information that has shed light...
Tags: mongolia, ulaanbaatar, ulan batar, kazakhstan, Louis Vuitton, luxury, qatar, fashion, recession, real estate, retail
The Limited’s SoHo pop-up shop, doing brisk business, will stick around through the holidays.More than just a limited engagement, trendy apparel retailer The Limited is extending its four-day pop-up shop in SoHo through the end of December, the...
Tags: new york, soho, The Limited, pop-up shop, retail, shopping, christmas
One of the first lessons I remember from my undergraduate anthropology studies is “ask how not why/what”. Many market research studies examine who buys what fashion and what are the fashion trends, but it fails to understand the underlining...
Tags: market research, qualitative research, retail, interviews, consumers, customers, trends
In the past several years, much has been written about the proposed and controversial redevelopment plans for the boardwalk and adjacent amusement parks of Coney Island. While a great deal of the attention has been focused on the redevelopment plans of...
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The media is quick to point out the dismal sales performance of numerous retail chains. Reports of significant decreases in comp sales are reported daily and full economic recovery is clearly tied to a resurgence of retail sales. While, the end of the...
Tags: consumers, consumer spending, retail, recession, post recession, economy, real estate, rebound
I have long predicted a fundamental shift in the retail distribution channel by a new and lasting divide between fixed brick and mortar retail locations and other points of purchase, other than online shopping. In brief the fixed marketplace is going...
Tags: real estate, retail, location, mobile retail, mobile market, shopping centers
Over the past decades I have worked in almost every major metropolitan area in the United States. In this capacity I often encounter reports that the subject market is significantly under stored. While doing my market research I am always amazed to...
Tags: retail density, GLA, per capita, retail sales, shopping centers, retail, miami, florida, ICSC, leasing, NRB, retail myths, real estate myths, square footage
Retail had been rapidly changing over the past several years to respond to new consumer attitudes and changes in technology. Prior to 2008 retail successes were found in the luxury goods, electronics, the tween and teen apparel, home furnishings, gourmet...
Tags: retail, sales, recession, post recession, marketplace, shopping, consumers