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Making sense of the numbers: grocers' declining profits suggest it's time to re-examine what we think we know about the industry

I was recently reading a well-known retail industry consulting company's latest position paper--or "thought leadership" piece, as they are...
Grocery Headquarters, 09/01/04 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication
For independents, passion prevails: two retail leaders demonstrate how a passion for excellence can enrich the industry

It's no secret that independent supermarket operators are concerned about the expansion of Wal-Mart and Target supercenters and any other national,...
Grocery Headquarters, 06/01/04 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication
Searching for the truth: the battle between labor and management can only be solved if both sides recognize the reality of the retail landscape and resolve to work with each other

The philosopher George Santayana once observed, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." There has never been a shortage of...
Grocery Headquarters, 12/01/03 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication
A revolution without revolutionaries: consumers want a new way to shop, but retailers offer only the same old thing

Fans of the "Highlander" movies and television series will be familiar with the phrase "In the end there can be only one." For the uninitiated, the...
Grocery Headquarters, 11/01/03 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication
New ideas from new sources: it's time for grocers to respond to consumers' needs, not the other way around. Studying success stories outside the industry is a step in the right direction.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It had been a taxing two-day conference, but I was looking forward to JetBlue's red-eye flight from Seattle to JFK. I was...
Grocery Headquarters, 10/01/03 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication
Never underestimate those other channels: observing what other merchants are doing right and wrong could go a long way in helping grocers develop marketing and merchandising strategies that make sense

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's amazing what you can learn when you look around. Consider these recent factoids from the worlds of mass...
Grocery Headquarters, 10/01/03 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication

Waistlines and wastes of time: perhaps it's time for Americans to ask themselves, not others, why things went wrong and look for ways to correct them on their own

Did you ever stop to ask why' this industry' is taking the blame for the obesity epidemic in America? Exactly at what point did business become...
Grocery Headquarters, 09/01/03 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication
Opportunity knocks, but will anyone answer? RFID technology could, in short, revolutionize the way products are delivered to consumers. That said, many hurdles still exist before RFID technology can be implemented by January 2005

Well, it's official--the future of retailing has arrived, and it's our guess that the kicking and screaming has yet to start. Wal-Mart played...
Grocery Headquarters, 08/01/03 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication
The end of an era: we are perfectly positioned--with one foot in the past and the other in the present--to do nothing but watch other industries define our future for us. (Fast Forward).

We are in the middle of a transition between two distinct periods of industry history, which we'll label (for lack of better terms) the Era of Who...
Grocery Headquarters, 07/01/03 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication
Meditations on Kmart--no mass, no mas: in the end the people did not walk away from Kmart; Kmart walked away from the people. (Fast Forward).

At this writing, Kmart is trying to actively manage the perilous business of emerging from under the shadow of Chapter 11 without raising its...
Grocery Headquarters, 06/01/03 by Ryan Mathews · More from publication

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Making sense of the numbers: grocers' declining profits suggest it's time to re-examine what we think we know about the industry

For independents, passion prevails: two retail leaders demonstrate how a passion for excellence can enrich the industry

Searching for the truth: the battle between labor and management can only be solved if both sides recognize the reality of the retail landscape and resolve to work with each other

A revolution without revolutionaries: consumers want a new way to shop, but retailers offer only the same old thing

New ideas from new sources: it's time for grocers to respond to consumers' needs, not the other way around. Studying success stories outside the industry is a step in the right direction.

Never underestimate those other channels: observing what other merchants are doing right and wrong could go a long way in helping grocers develop marketing and merchandising strategies that make sense

Waistlines and wastes of time: perhaps it's time for Americans to ask themselves, not others, why things went wrong and look for ways to correct them on their own

Opportunity knocks, but will anyone answer? RFID technology could, in short, revolutionize the way products are delivered to consumers. That said, many hurdles still exist before RFID technology can be implemented by January 2005

The end of an era: we are perfectly positioned--with one foot in the past and the other in the present--to do nothing but watch other industries define our future for us. (Fast Forward).

Meditations on Kmart--no mass, no mas: in the end the people did not walk away from Kmart; Kmart walked away from the people. (Fast Forward).

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