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Ron Johnson: a great plan with a fatal flaw - Kensegall.com

Heyhomee wrote 1 week ago: April 12, 2013 Ron Johnson’s exit at jcpenney this week wasn’t exactly huge news to those who’d been … more →

Tags: Target, JC Penney

Target boss jumps as retailer struggles to win over shoppers

Heyhomee wrote 1 week ago: Bwahahahahaha, Karma is a B*tch. Tuesday, 09 April 2013 11:52 CARA WATERS JB Hi-Fi shares soar 10% o … more →

Tags: Sears, Target, karma

I Was Gon' 911 Them, But They Didn't Need the Help, And They Did a Good Job Them Boys Is Talented As Hell.....

Heyhomee wrote 2 months ago: I walked through a shopping mall the other day and it really hit me that conventional retail is real … more →

Tags: Life and times, Jay-Z, Retail, e-commerce, online shopping

Some Day We'll Put It Together And We'll Get It All Done, Some Day When You're Head Is Much Lighter.....

Heyhomee wrote 2 months ago: Now that Target is up and running, a bunch of old industry people have called me to see what I think … more →

Tags: Life and times, Sears, Target, Retail, The Bay, Walmart, the five stairsteps

3 Reasons Why Performance Ratings Don’t Work

Heyhomee wrote 3 months ago: By Andy Porter · 02.04.2013 One of the things we’re known for doing here at FOT is shooting straight … more →

Tags: Life and times, Work, performance ratings

Retail Math.

Heyhomee wrote 3 months ago: Here’s a fun exercise if you have a day of shopping ahead of you. Go to a big box department s … more →

Tags: Life and times, Retail, retail math

The Time Has Come To Say Fair's Fair, To Pay The Rent, To Pay Our Share.....

Heyhomee wrote 3 months ago: The worst thing plaguing big box department store retail in today’s day and age is that they a … more →

Tags: Life and times, Retail, deparment store, dinosaur, Midnight Oil

Sears Canada Laying Off 700 Workers1 comment

Heyhomee wrote 3 months ago: I Tried to Told You….. Toronto – The Canadian Press Published Thursday Jan 31, 2013 Sear … more →

Tags: Sears, Target

What Has Happened To It All, Crazy Some Would Say, Where Is the Life That I Recognize, Gone Away.....

Heyhomee wrote 3 months ago: Call it fighting fate. Call it great timing. Call it genius chess move. Call it survial instinct. Ca … more →

Tags: Life and times, Sears, Target, Retail, Duran Duran

I'm On My Way I'm Making It, I've Got To Make It Show Yeah, So Much Larger Than Life.....

Heyhomee wrote 4 months ago: So… Work is going well (relatively speaking). Compared to my previous 3 jobs, there is no need … more →

Tags: Life and times, Work, Peter Gabriel, rag trade, Sell Rocks

Loblaw’s Joe Fresh hooks up with J.C. Penney

Heyhomee wrote 9 months ago: Marina Strauss – RETAILING REPORTER The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jul. 25 2012, 8:19 … more →

Tags: Loblaws, JC Penney, Joe Fresh

Nordstrom pins Canadian push on former Sears locations

Heyhomee wrote 10 months ago: MARINA STRAUSS – RETAILING REPORTER The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jul. 18 2012, 8:18 … more →

Tags: Sears, Target

BuildDirect attracts $16-million investment from fund

Heyhomee wrote 10 months ago: By SCOTT SIMPSON, Vancouver Sun Vancouver ecommerce company BuildDirect’s plan to disrupt the retail … more →

Sears Canada launches New Baby Department

Heyhomee wrote 11 months ago: Kids Today Staff — 6/4/2012 12:16:40 PM TORONTO — Sears Canada has rolled out baby-focused dep … more →

Tags: Sears, The Baby Room

Ready to move on? How to quit with class

Heyhomee wrote 11 months ago: Robert Half International When the time comes to leave a job you’ve tired of, remember that yo … more →

11 questions you should be asking employers before accepting a job

Heyhomee wrote 11 months ago: Anthony Balderrama, CareerBuilder Editor By now, job seekers hopefully know the two cardinal rules o … more →

Sears Canada bets on suburbs

Heyhomee wrote 11 months ago: By Hollie Shaw, Financial Post Sears Canada Inc. hopes to woo back its customer base in suburban and … more →

Tags: Sears

New duty free rules to fuel cross-border stampede

Heyhomee wrote 12 months ago: By Francine Kopun | Moneyville – Wed, 16 May, 2012 8:12 PM EDT Canadians will flood the U.S. border … more →

Tags: cross-border shopping, Duty free

Sears to partly spin off Canada business

Heyhomee wrote 1 year ago: MARINA STRAUSS Published Thursday, May. 17, 2012 6:39AM EDT Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD-Q52.421.553.0 … more →

Tags: Sears


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