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Most shoppers today agree customer
service continues to deteriorate. Fifty percent say it's
getting worse and 80 percent say it's not getting better,
according to surveys by BIG Research, a Worthington, Ohio,
research firm that found shoppers so unforgiving they vote
with their feet. Surveys found 88 percent of shoppers blame
the store for the sin of a single employee.>more>
Sunday, April 16, 2006
By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
In a television commercial for Capital
One, a man and a woman tumble head over heels down a rocky
ski slope - without the snow. Change the channel and a man
gets attacked by squirrels in Western Union ad.>more>
(PRWEB) March 13, 2006
“Retail marketing expert Pearl Mintzer says big retailers
have themselves to
blame for sagging sales. The big stores are too slow to
pick up trends
before they peak,” says veteran designer, >more>
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
By RHONDA ABRAMS
Gannett News Service
The other day I was an advertisement for a new retail store
owned by a
granite quarry. They were selling countertops and paving
stones made of
their own granite directly to consumers.
>more>
By Mark Clothier
Bloomberg News
Posted February 25 2006
Limited Brands Inc. said this week
that unspent gift cards contributed $30.4 million to fourth-quarter
revenue, boosting profit 4 cents a share. Best Buy Co. reported
4 cents in earnings last quarter from gift cards that it
concluded would never be redeemed. Home Depot Inc. in June
reported $43 million in pretax profit from cards sold before
2002. >more>
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK -- The reappearance of winter
weather stalled retail sales growth last month, leaving
merchants and industry analysts wondering whether the consumers
who shopped gleefully in January are now retrenching amid
higher energy prices and interest rates.>more>
Tuesday February 14, 10:13 am ET
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ --
Having replaced apparel as the holiday gift purchase of
choice, gift cards-a swiftly growing subset of the larger
prepaid card market-have grown into a $35.3 billion industry,
according to The U.S. Prepaid and Gift Card Market, a new
report from market research publisher Packaged Facts, a
division of MarketResearch.com, a leading provider of industry-specific
market research reports. >more>
By Alan Fein
(AXcess News) New York - According to the National Retail
Federation (NRF), retail stores nationwide are showing a
strong start in the first quarter, fueled by holiday gift
card holders lured in by clearance sales and promotions.
>more>
February 2006
By Bill Siwicki
It used to be that receiving a gift certificate was a letdown:
no gadget to play with, no clothes to try on, no book to
read. The instant gratification of a tangible gift just
wasn't there. In recent years, however, the desire by gift
recipients for instant gratification is being overridden
by a wish to select their own gifts. >more>
April 26, 2006
Las Vegas has strengthened its claim as the king of convention
cities, hosting a record number of the largest trade shows
in 2005, new industry rankings released Wednesday show.
>more>
26 April 2006
by Chris Jones
Las Vegas Gaming Wire
The $7.6 billion beast is growing.
And as its appetite expands, Las Vegas' convention and trade
show industry is swallowing business once held elsewhere,
according to a survey being released today. For the 12th
consecutive year, Las Vegas topped the Tradeshow Week 200,
an annual listing of the nation's 200 largest business events.>more>
The business journal of Phoenix - March
10, 2006 by contributing writer
Throughout the United States, there are 10,000 trade shows
a year attended
by 120 million people who spend $90 billion. So what's the
trick to making
them work for you?>more>
Trade show companies show off gaze-grabbing
displays at Exhibitor 2006
As trade shows and conventions become larger and more elaborate,
exhibitors
have grudgingly learned it's much harder to push a message
through the
clutter. For every big name manufacturer with a multimillion-dollar
booth,>more>
Everyone Says you shouldn't talk
on a cell phone or read the newspaper when staffing a trade
show exhibit. But there are several rarely-discussed indiscretions
that may be dangerously toxic to your customer relationships.
By Charles Pappas>more>
February 14 2006
While corporate budgets are set and plans are made for trade
shows in the first half of 2006, Julia O'Connor, of Trade
Show Training, inc. has spotted these trends that affect
the entire year.
>more>
9 February 2006
by Chris Jones
LAS VEGAS -- U.S. trade shows are poised to grow in 2006,
with key executives projecting increased revenue and hiring,
a new survey shows.
"The wind is at the back to this industry, no question,"
said Michael Hughes, associate publisher and director of
research services for Tradeshow Week. >more>
Jim Hill braved this past weekend's
blizzard in NYC just to bring you an update from the American
International Toy Fair. Learn what's coming from the "Toy
Story and Beyond" line as well as get a glimpse of
the new CG Mickey
by Jim Hill - 02-14-06
So you wanna know what the future really holds for Hollywood.
What films are in the works for 2007 and beyond. But where
exactly do you get info like >more>
FEBRUARY 8, 2006
News & Features
By Steve Portigal and Niti Bhan
Core77 Shopping for Innovation
Getting Started
You've read all the articles and can't possibly stomach
one more column on
the iPod. It's clear that design+innovation is the hot topic
for
business--with businesspeople taking more active notice
of the design scene,
and designers focusing more on strategy. >more>
By Maria Patterson
RIS Media
February, 2006
RISMEDIA, Feb. 8 — The story of how longtime friends
Larry Smith, PhD, a
clinical psychologist from Seattle, and Jack Cleeves, a
builder turned
investor from Arizona, found themselves marketing to Realtors
is fascinating
enough in itself. But what’s even more fascinating
than the genesis of the
product they created is the product itself. >more>
This Week of 15th to 22nd November 1999:
Journal of Product and Brand Management | International
Journal of Retail &
Distribution Management
The practice of "marketing", which broadened the
sales function to take
into account previously ignored factors, is based on a set
of principles
based on scientific research emanating in the USA from the
mid 1950's. >more>
Design2Market News
1/15/06
San Jose, CA, January 15, 2006
Stock & Option Solutions enters 2006 with a new look
and new marketing strategy
After years of building business relationships, Stock &
Option Solutions (SOS) decided to step back from their successful
growth curve and re-examine their core values and focus
on their vision of the future of equity compensation. >more>
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