Tag Archives: Best Buy

Retailers Retooling Holiday Layaway Plans for 2012

Posted on September 16, 2012 by bermanevansretail

Retailers are expecting (hoping?) for a better 2012 holiday season after a slow several years. They are planning for post-recession shopping behavior. According to Alec Foege, writing for JWT Intelligence: “Back in 2009, Kmart and Sears revived the old Christmas layaway concept, … Continue reading →

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Best Buy’s Interesting Choice of a New CEO

Posted on August 20, 2012 by bermanevansretail

Best Buy has recently been weathering quite a storm. It is struggling financially and facing intense competition from Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, and many others. Things got so bad that the company’s founder, Richard Schulze, made a hostile bid — which did … Continue reading →

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Using QR Codes to Prevent Showrooming

Posted on August 6, 2012 by bermanevansretail

As we have blogged several times (see this post, for example), bricks-and-mortar retailers are doing all they can to reduce shoppers’ use of showooming — whereby they visit a retail store to learn more about products and then buy online. A … Continue reading →

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