Deflation. That is not a word we have heard tossed around in quite a while.…
Category: Posts by Richard Gottlieb
“Buybuy Baby” may be the Lazarus of the retail industry. Once thought to be going…
According to several sources, Mattel has upped its annual minimum order requirement from $25,000 to…
I have been reporting on a potential west coast strike at the Ports of Los…
Each year, Axios and Harris run “The Axios Harris Poll 100.” It is a two-step…
If you have been reading me for a while, you know I am concerned about…
Until two years ago, January through February was the busiest and most exhausting time for…
In January 2021, I published an article entitled, “U.S. Consumers Returned $428 Billion of Merchandise…
The BBC has done us all an excellent service by compiling a list of “The Top…
I was a Liberal Arts in college. I am sure a lot of you were…
Shoplifting has always been a problem. My father managed a five-and-dime store when I was…
Things are happening in Canada. The same investment company, Putman Investments, which purchased Toys R Us Canada,…
Yes, I know; it’s odd that I reference Plato and Socrates, men who lived 2300…
“Without free, big outdoor movement play, children “…are more likely to be clumsy, have difficulty…
And yet another retailer files for bankruptcy. Christmas Tree Shops did so on Friday, filing…
The Bourbon Barrel Crisis doesn’t have much to do with the toy industry other than…
Since the pandemic began, college enrollment has declined by almost 1 million students. How bad…
Mattel and Hasbro struggled in the first quarter of 2023. Mattel was down 22%, and…