Spieckerman Speaks Retail Podcast

When Will the Category-Killing Carnage End?
Carol Spieckerman Carol Spieckerman

When Will the Category-Killing Carnage End?

A new breed of retail chain emerged in the 80s that spelled a last hurrah for brick & mortar before the digital floodgates opened in the 90s. Then came Amazon and its wake of digital competitors, slaying niches without mercy. A recent wave of retail bankruptcies attests to how category killing was a great model…until it wasn’t.

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April Retail Heat Map and Clickbait Clap-Back
Carol Spieckerman Carol Spieckerman

April Retail Heat Map and Clickbait Clap-Back

Walmart’s Windy City wind-down and portfolio purges, Bed Bath & Beyond going bust, retail returns resets, “free” shipping surges…It’s been a newsy couple of weeks in retail to say the least! In this lightning-round episode, Carol claps back at the clickbait and sets the record straight on retail’s buzziest stories.

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