Category: Discount & Specialty

April 15, 2013

Industry Updates: Discount and Specialty Stores – April 2013

Personnel Updates: Advance Auto has named George Sherman President of the company as part of its effort to simplify company...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 10, 2013

Insight Special: JC Penney – Ron Johnson’s Gone, So It’s Back to The Future?

An Insight posted here last week noted the rather drastic, 97% pay-cut imposed on Ron Johnson by JC Penney’s board...

By Arthur Rosenberg

April 4, 2013

A Letter of Admission and An Act Of Admonition From JC Penney

Worse, quarterly financials consistently reflected the sharp negative reactions to the new policies at JCP.

By Arthur Rosenberg

March 25, 2013

Company Snapshot: Best Buy Co. Inc. – Still At a Precipice?

After too many quarters of troublesome financials, Best Buy recently reported somewhat of a mixed bag to finish its most...

By Arthur Rosenberg

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

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