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U.S. Banker
December 2001
Mark Bruno |
Fear May Boost Online Business The holiday shopping season is supposed to be a time for traditional retailers to be as jolly as St. Nick. But they may end up with a lump of coal this winter, as some experts believe that consumers are more likely than ever before to stay home and shop online...   |
Entrepreneur
December 2001
Scott S. Smith |
Attention, Shoppers! Paco Underhill knows what they look at, what they buy and why, so get ready to put a huge dent in the concept of customers' free will... |
PC World
October 22, 2001
Scarlet Pruitt |
Online Holiday Shopping Expected to Set Record Gartner forecasts this year's digital retail sales will grow 39 percent worldwide... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
What Webvan Could Have Learned from Tesco Look at the Britain-based supermarket chain called Tesco. The company's online arm, Tesco.com, is on track to garner $420 million in revenues this year, and analysts reckon its profits from the online grocery business will be around $22 million... |
CIO
September 1, 2001
Malcolm Wheatley |
Ikea's Financial Furnishings The global furniture retailer found that its new financial system came with some assembly required... |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2001
Nikki Goth Itoi |
Metamorphosis Of The Middleman Distributors and dealers adapt to the e-business challenge... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Pay-for-Performance Trade Promotions Can Ease Friction Between Manufacturers and Retailers A common practice, trade promotion involves manufacturers giving cash or a discount to retailers in hopes that the retailer will in turn discount or promote their product to consumers. This arrangement can be a major source of friction between the two parties... |
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2001
Merrie S. Frankel |
Separating the Wheat and the Chaff Simply put, consumer confidence and spending have weakened, as evidenced by disappointing same-store sales in the Department of Commerce Retail Spending Report. However, not all regional malls are alike... |
Fast Company
August 2001
Seth Godin |
Change Agent The best part of shopping on the Web is one-click shopping on Amazon. |
Salon.com
May 23, 2001
Scott Rosenberg |
Miles of aisles Amazon, whipping boy of the e-commerce downturn, can still teach us all a thing or two about online shopkeeping... |
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