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More on forward integration into online retailing
Yesterday’s post about Billabong’s forward integration into online retailing ended with a query about whether other such firms have pursued this strategy (and whether it has been a success… more →
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More on forward integration into online retailing
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Andre Sammartino wrote 2 days ago: Yesterday’s post about Billabong’s forward integration into online retailing ended with … more →
Why don't more producers sell on-line?
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Andre Sammartino wrote 3 days ago: Last week, Aussie surfwear giant Billabong announced they had entered the online retail arena via th … more →
Building a socially valuable chain of activities at Ben and Jerry's
Andre Sammartino wrote 1 week ago: Wednesday’s presentation from the Ben & Jerry’s founders was certainly a popular eve … more →
Will The Gap head down under?
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Andre Sammartino wrote 3 weeks ago: Rumours abound that US clothing retailers, The Gap and Abercombie & Fitch, might be set to open … more →
Is Starbucks a cannibal?
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Andre Sammartino wrote 2 months ago: This story regarding Starbucks’ launch of an instant coffee brand (Via) is rather concerning. … more →
Why doesn't iTunes have a long tail?
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Andre Sammartino wrote 2 months ago: One of the supposed strategic advantages of online retailers like Amazon and iTunes is their much la … more →
Danks a lot Woolworths
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Andre Sammartino wrote 3 months ago: The executives at Wesfarmers, the parent company of Australia’s largest hardware retailer Bunn … more →
Retail reflections from the Road - part two
Andre Sammartino wrote 5 months ago: I’m back again with some comments about my experiences as a consumer in the home of consumeris … more →
Retail reflections from the Road - part one
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Andre Sammartino wrote 5 months ago: Blogging hasn’t been front of mind for me over the past 10 days of so. Indeed, I have been fi … more →
Racing against time
Andre Sammartino wrote 6 months ago: You may remember my discussion many moons ago of the decline of Starbucks in Australia (and beyond). … more →
Capabilities do matter
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Andre Sammartino wrote 7 months ago: One of the biggest questions in international business research is the relationship between multinat … more →
Could Wal-Mart have a demonstration effect?
Andre Sammartino wrote 8 months ago: The news this week is that Wal-Mart are reportedly back in the hunt for a Russian acquisition. They … more →
Some much for our chocolate theory
Andre Sammartino wrote 8 months ago: Back in January I presented the argument that chocolate was income inelastic and thus recession-proo … more →
The curse of distance for Aussie shoppers
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Andre Sammartino wrote 8 months ago: I was just reading a recent interview with the head of design for Swedish fast fashion retailer H … more →
Chasing up some retail tales
Andre Sammartino wrote 9 months ago: The last couple of days has seen topics of a few previous International BS Blog posts back in the ne … more →
What downturn? Some Aussie counter evidence...
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Andre Sammartino wrote 9 months ago: The sky is falling, the sky is falling…on to the Australian economy. So we are told on an almo … more →
A competitive spectacle
Andre Sammartino wrote 9 months ago: There was an excellent discussion of the Australian spectacles market in today’s Age newspaper … more →
Supermarket hold-up in Belgium - quasi-rents at stake
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Andre Sammartino wrote 9 months ago: It is rare that we see public demonstrations of what we verbose academics call the appropriation of … more →
Missing the mark
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Andre Sammartino wrote 9 months ago: There was an intriguing mia culpa this week from the boss of British multinational retailer Marks an … more →
