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Retail Paradox Weekly
Retail News Analysis by RSR Research
November 4, 2008
The Glass is Half-Full in Silicon Valley
By Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner
11/4/2008
Back in a February 2008 Retail Paradox Weekly column, we took a look at “what’s hot and what’s not” in Silicon Valley as relates to the extended retail ecosystem. At the time we said, “…author Regis McKenna famously stated in 2001, ‘Silicon Valley isn't a place as much as it is an attitude.’” So given all the bad news in the financial markets and the economy in general, it was high time to recalibrate Silicon Valley’s mood-meter.
To that end, RSR re-connected last week with venture capitalist Scott Russell... More
Following the Pricing Learning Curve: One Retailer's Experience
By Nikki Baird, Managing Partner
11/4/2008
Last year, Retalix announced a new solution and partnership around pricing – one involving Retalix’s price execution, KSS’s price optimization, and Willard Bishop Consulting’s accelerated strategy program designed especially to help mid-size retailers get a pricing strategy off the ground.
A year later at Retalix’s User Conference, one of the first retailers to take on the solution... More
What is Wal-Mart Doing in a Tough Economy?
By Steve Rowen, Managing Partner
11/4/2008
Happy Election Day everyone. Will you take some of your time away from the office today to do some shopping either on your way to or from the polls?
Regardless of today’s electoral outcome, the retail industry is facing a challenging holiday season. But as we’ve stated so many times... More
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