Retailing

Magazine articles on retailing.

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Reason August 2002 Mike Lynch	Wine Fine The price of drink: Not one state allows small vintners to bypass the first middlemen and sell wine directly to retailers. The protectionist regimes are generally safe in state legislatures, but they are coming under increasing attack through the courts and the Internet.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2002 David Drickhamer	A Leg Up On Mass Customization Software enables Lands' End customers to be particular about their pants.
Knowledge@Wharton	Dell: It's Time to Diversify, Dude Dell is now reworking its bare-bones formula in an attempt to branch out from the PC market into more sophisticated, and profitable, computer systems.
Inc. September 1, 2002 Tahl Raz	60-Second Business Plan: Berries Jubilee Say it with a plum. Edible Arrangements has high hopes of becoming the FTD of fruit baskets. Find out whether the experts think this start-up's founder can deliver the goods.
CIO August 15, 2002 Tom Wailgum	Check This Out Home Depot and other retail chains are rolling out self-service checkout kiosks.
CIO August 15, 2002 Lafe Low	The Prodigal Dotcom Spinoffs Return It's a theorem from dotcom history: That which a retailer spins off must eventually return to the parent company or crumble from its own lack of success. That was one of Marco Iansiti's principal findings when he studied 30 national brick-and-mortar retailers that launched online ventures.
CIO August 15, 2002 Stephanie Overby	Furniture.com: The Sequel A year and a half after closing its virtual doors and filing for bankruptcy, Furniture.com is once again open for business, relaunching with the same name, but under different management.
CIO August 1, 2002 Christopher Koch	It All Began with Drayer The world was transformed when Procter & Gamble's Ralph Drayer and Wal-Mart's Sam Walton sat down in 1987 to discuss a better way of keeping Wal-Mart in diapers. In an exclusive interview, Drayer reveals the roots of a business process revolution.
CIO August 1, 2002 Meridith Levinson	Your Place or Mine? You want customers to be able to buy online and pick up at your store. But figuring out how to do that is a major IT challenge. Here's how two retailers pulled it off and why one is balking.
Knowledge@Wharton	Can E-tailers Find Fulfillment with Drop Shipping? Opting for a virtual, traditional, or hybrid inventory structure is and will continue to be a high-stakes decision where companies risk customer loyalty, large investments, and ultimately market success.
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