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Tag: Retail

  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Canadian Retailer, Showcase, Is Opening 27 U.S. Stores this Summer – My Interview with CEO, Samir Kulkarni

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Samir Kulkarni is CEO and owner of Showcase, a national retailer and “Home of the Hottest…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

A Private Equity Firm Wants to Buy Kohls – It’s Toys R Us All Over Again

  • by Richard Gottlieb
  • Posted on June 10, 2022June 10, 2022

Oh Lord, here we go again. A private equity company is seeking to buy Kohl’s…

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  • Coronavirus

Temporary Retail Store Closings; What Will Be the Long-Term Impact?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 18, 2020December 22, 2020

It has been understandable yet unsettling to see the number of bricks and mortar temporary…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

A Special Report from China on the Coronavirus and Its Impact on Toy Manufacturing and Retailing

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on March 6, 2020June 18, 2020

There has been no reported outbreak in the factories, and there has been, in the…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

“The State of Consumer Behavior 2020” – Raydiant

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on February 11, 2020

A very interesting and, I think, an important new survey, has been released by digital…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Dazed and Confused in a Retail Store; Is it a Good or Bad Experience?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on January 22, 2020

Confusing but clean, mysterious but not scary, haphazard but not disorganized; those may well be…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Target Disappoints in 2019; Did the Toys R Us Chickens Come Home to Roost

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on January 16, 2020

It is the absence of the sheer variety of toys that Toys R Us offered…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Retail in the 2020’s, a Look Ahead

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on January 15, 2020

The future of bricks and mortar retailing is going to be one in which their…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Wal-Mart Sees Its Future in the Super Center; Isn’t that also its past?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on January 5, 2020

A giant supermarket and discount store rolled into one, and spread across five acres of…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

It’s Business As “Unusual”

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on November 14, 2019

Are you having difficulty figuring out what is happening in the toy industry or in…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Kmart Lingers On, a Time Capsule of Mid-20th Century Retailing

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on November 8, 2019

I can still recall entering the stores and being overwhelmed with the smell of salty…

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  • Customer Service

Newsweek: America’s Best Customer Service 2020

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 30, 2019

I am a stickler about customer service. That is why I was very pleased to…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

In Retail: Cleanliness Is Close to Godliness (at least it should be)

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on October 16, 2019

"Slovenliness is no part of religion. Cleanliness is indeed next to Godliness." John Welsey, 1778…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Costco Opens in China to Overwhelming Crowds; Four Reasons Why

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on September 3, 2019

One thing is for sure, Costco is off to a good start……..maybe too good. The…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

Shopping Bricks and Mortar; Consumers are Very Unhappy

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on August 12, 2019

No one who visits a retail store should ever leave without finding what they want.…

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  • Posts by Richard Gottlieb

How Does “Rotten Toy-Maters” Score the New Toys R Us Announcement?

  • by Global Toy News
  • Posted on July 24, 2019

The announced resurrection of Toys R Us and its partnering with b8ta has created some…

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