At the company where I work, customers are randomly given a survey where they can rate the store where they shopped in for cleanliness, customer service, in-stock and so on. I have long felt that these surveys are garbage, as I have seen many examples of stores that looked HORRIBLE who were getting good scores, Read More…
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Rite-Aid To Sell 865 Stores And You’ll Never Guess To Who
So I didn’t see this one coming, apparently the FTC is a little leery of Walgreen’s outright purchase of Rite-Aid creating too much of a monopoly, so Rite-Aid is selling 865 of their stores to a small chain called Fred’s. Fred’s is a small regional chain based in Memphis that has been losing money and Read More…
4 Retailers Sued (Again) Over Deceptive Pricing
Only in California. Four retailers have been sued due to deceptive advertising, namely posting a fake “regular price” to make their not-really-a-sale price look more attractive. I remember years ago that the retailer I worked for got in trouble for this as well, because we were selling our Christmas cards at “50% OFF!” Read More…
Amazon just opened a grocery store without a checkout line
Perhaps the title should be “Amazon just opened a store that puts a lot of people out of work.” Yes, it’s a store that doesn’t need any cashiers, baggers, or cart collectors, probably just a small crew that stocks the shelves once a day. I have to admit I absolutely LOVE Amazon, and Read More…
CVS Health expands Curbside pick-up service to 4,000 locations
Still not sure why they would start this up right after Target decided it didn’t work for them, seeing as how they are working together now, but it has in fact started up and there’s already been problems with the website crashing and they’ve been unable to honor coupons they gave out at the start. The employees are Read More…
Walmart Cuts 7,000 Jobs In Their Stores
Walmart is finally doing something that happened at Longs Drugs over a decade ago, namely eliminating the “bookkeeping” position(s) in the store. They have decided it’s more cost-effective to have those functions done at corporate level and the cash-counting can be done by pretty much anyone who can do basic math (as is Read More…
CVS earnings in 2nd quarter beat analysts’ estimates
So once again CVS records record profits, making nearly $44 billion dollars in the 2nd quarter. The acquisition of the Target pharmacies has boosted pharmacy sales, although front-end sales continue to decline across the board. Perhaps some of the extra revenue came from their recent campaign to eliminate paper receipts, that’s a Read More…
CVS Knows Where You Are Now
CVS has partnered up with Google on their Nearby program so now when you’re near a CVS, they KNOW and it will happily let you know that you can send your photos there. So if you’ve avoided signing up for an ExtraCare card and dodged downloading their app, you still can’t avoid the Read More…
25 of the most generous companies in America
So besides 3 giant drug companies, the most generous company on this list of Fortune 500 companies is Walmart, which comes as somewhat of a surprise considering their reputation for stinginess. I did notice there are no drug-store chains on this list, even though at least 1 of them had more pre-tax profits Read More…
Chain Store Age announces winners of first-ever Breakout Retailer Awards
So here’s what Chain Store Age calls the 4 best new retailer awards. I didn’t know there’s an “Athleisure” market, for me it’s just shorts and a ratty t-shirt at the gym, I guess I’m not interested in making a fashion statement while all sweaty. “Fresh Thyme”? I see what you did Read More…