You’re hired
It’s so annoying. A shopper is trying to check out, and the sales clerk is chatting on the phone or staring into space. Does this happen to your customers?
Retail
Marketing Pulse
When it comes to market research, multichannel retailers tend to be do-it-yourselfers: Sixty-five percent of the companies surveyed by Multichannel Merchant
Sharper Image Officially For Sale
Sharper Image Corp. announced today it will pursue a sale of its business and assets pursuant to the provisions of the bankruptcy code. The San Francisco-based gifts and gadgets merchant, which had filed for Chapter 11 in February, will solicit indications of interest from potential acquirers.
Tough Times for Talbots
The credit crunch is hitting The Talbots hard.
Sears Eyes Teen Girls with Prom Site
Ask a high school-aged girl where she wants to buy her prom gown, and in all probability she’s not going to answer “Sears.”
Borders Mulls a Sale
Books and music merchant Borders Group may be next on the selling block.
Disney Looking to Buy Back Stores
Maybe running its own retail stores isn’t such a Mickey Mouse idea for the Walt Disney Co. after all.
Talbots to Shutter 20 Stores
Two months after announcing it would drop its Kids and Mens lines, Hingham, MA-based merchant The Talbots said March 12 it plans to close 20 under-performing stores
Sharper Image Seeking Store Liquidators
High-tech gadgets and gifts merchant Sharper Image, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Feb. 19, is seeking court approval to hire a liquidator to conduct store-closing sales at more than half of its retail locations.