Carol Spieckerman’s Retail Insights
Amazon's Prime Day-like Event Kick-starts Holiday Discount Frenzy
Carol Spieckerman shares why the early bird may catch the dollars this holiday shopping season in Reuters.
Would a Peloton acquisition make sense for Amazon or Nike?
Carol Spieckerman weighed in on why Nike would be a better parent to Peloton than Amazon in Retail Wire
Amazon business booms amid COVID-19
Carol Spieckerman speaks with China Global Television Network (CGTN) on Amazon’s pandemic response, employee uprisings, and post-pandemic prospects.
PODCAST AND CLICK-THROUGH GALLERY: Carol Spieckerman Takes On: Bose Store Shuttering, Payless' Next Play, Amazon's Ring Ding
Spieckerman SPEAKS with Rethink Retail on hot topics including Bose’s recent store closures, Payless’ next chapter and Amazon’s recent Ring controversy.
FEATURE ARTICLE: Retail’s Pretty Great Year: 10 Harbingers of Happier Times Ahead
In Carol’s latest retail insights article, she calls out ten reasons why 2019 wasn’t so bad after all…and why terms like “retail-pocalypse” are waaay overblown.
Walmart’s new tablet is retail's latest gadget gateway
My expanded thoughts on Walmart’s plans to launch a private brand tablet from a recent Retail Wire article .
Will ending its price parity rule take the antitrust heat off Amazon?
My thoughts on Amazon’s recent decision to back off its price parity rule.
Former CEO wants to bring Toys ‘R’ Us back from the dead
Plotting a Toys R Us revival potentially perilous. Category killing ain’t what it used to be. My latest Retail Wire weigh in.
The question for today’s retailers: What business are you in?
Retailers are in danger of losing their identities. My latest Retail Wire weigh-in:
Buy, Build or Bridge? Retail's Latest Conundrum
Retailer's will answer one question early and often as they seek to secure their futures, with no two arriving at the same answer.
Amazon Upending Private Branding. Will Others Follow?
Amazon is transforming private branding as we know it. I share four reasons why its stealth + scale formula makes sense.