Carol Spieckerman’s Retail Insights

Target's staff blow whistle on price hikes: 'Everything's going up'
Price changes are a constant in retail. Carol Spieckerman speaks with the Daily Mail on why Target can’t afford to toy too much as savvy shoppers do their homework.

Amazon Expands Prime Day as Preemptive Play
Carol Spieckerman tells MarketWatch that Amazon’s Prime Day extension is a “get while the getting’s good” play as economic headwinds begin to gust.

Empty shelves? Tariffs are about to hit US shoppers in a variety of ways.
Carol Spieckerman speaks with the Christian Science Monitor on the likely impact of tariffs and why small-to-mid-sized US companies will bear the brunt.