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In-Store Price Comparisons by Ethnicity/Race

Here are the results of some recent research on U.S. shoppers’ in-store price comparisons, as reported by eMarketer. Comparisons differ significantly be ethnicity and race: “Hispanic millennials are big spenders when it comes time to grocery shop. March 2015 polling … Continue reading

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TOMS’ “#WITHOUTSHOES” Campaign

As we have reported before, TOMS Shoes (the online retailer) is one of the leading firms in terms of its social responsibility efforts. Its overall business mission is closely tied to its social responsibility efforts. Consider this: TOMS matches every … Continue reading

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Making Service Bookings More Efficient

One challenge for service retailers is smoothing out their customer traffic so as to maximize the efficient use of the firms’ available time. Now, this can be done through online software applications. One such application is from WooCommerce: “What’s the … Continue reading

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