Dick’s Sporting Goods to Buy Golf Galaxy
Pittsburgh-based Dick’s Sporting Goods is hitting the links. The sporting goods retailer on Nov. 13 has agreed to buy Eden Prairie, MN-based cataloger/retailer Golf Galaxy ...
The Latest Holiday Forecasts
In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and Black Friday, reporters and editors are flooded with news releases about “exclusive” surveys that aim to predict just how jolly the Christmas season will be for retailers....
Golden Gate, Sun Capital Acquire Eddie Bauer
On Nov. 13, Golden Gate Capital and Sun Capital agreed to buy Redmond, WA-based cataloger/retailer Eddie Bauer for $614 million, including $328 million in debt. ...
Financial Reports: Golfsmith, RedEnvelope
Cataloger/retailer Golfsmith keeps fiscal matters neatly on the fairway for the third quarter, while gifts merchant RedEnvelope received a top-line gift of its own ...
Sam's Club Goes High-End for the Holidays
Which multichannel merchant is selling a Cessna Citation Mustang Light Jet for $2.7 million this holiday season? No, it’s not Neiman Marcus. ...
Transactional Data: The Missing Ingredient in Your Retail Marketing Strategy
To acquire and retain customers, savvy retailers cannot simply say, "We have a nice product" or "We have lovely salespeople" or "We’re on the sunny side of the street." ...
Live from NEMOA: The End of the Big-Box Era?
Saratoga Springs, NY--Paco Underhill, founder/managing director of New York-based research and consulting firm Envirosell, knows a thing or two about shopping trends. His agency scours all points of the globe ...
