Earlier this year I blogged about how long receipts are getting and it looks like at least one retailer is doing the right thing. I was shopping at Sprouts last night, and while the very nice cashier was going back to get me a new quart of milk because the one I had was leaking, I Read More…
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10 Surprising and Secret Things Everyone Needs to Know About Costco
The average pay is $21.00 an hour? Where do I apply? Making that much money, I could feed myself on rotisserie chickens, hot dogs and pizza with room to spare, and then have plenty of money left to buy their cheap generic drugs for the resulting high blood pressure and cholesterol I’d have. 1.Costco Loses Read More…
These Are the 100 Best Companies to Work For
Fortune has once again released their list of the top 100 companies to work for, and once again there are not many retailers on the list. I counted only 10 of them with only Wegman’s in the top 10, among others I’ve talked about Publix before, R.E.I. has great perks, IKEA has some Read More…
12 Natural and Organic Brands Owned By Big Food
Prepare once again to be demoralized, as you learn that a lot of the “natural” foods that you’ve been buying thinking that they were still owned and manufactured by the little old ladies who started up the business years ago, are in fact just part of the portfolio of the grocery giants. While Read More…
Dissecting In-N-Out Burger (Gross or Healthy? You decide!)
I have talked about In-N-Out a lot, besides having delicious food and being incredibly successful, they are known as a great employer, pay well, and are one of the few companies left that haven’t prostituted their brand by expanding their menu, selling their food at the grocery store or slapping their name on other Read More…
Customers Aren’t Very Happy With Their Drug Store
The American Consumer Satisfaction Index has been around for a while and measures overall satisfaction across the industry. The results for 2015 are out, and it’s not looking good for the “Big 3” of drug stores: Walgreens–has consistently been in the 75-78 range, but last year dropped to their Read More…
19 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of IKEA Employees
Last night I was out with a friend and he was telling me how he was with his girlfriend and she wanted to go to Ikea to buy a light bulb. He made her promise that they weren’t going to spend time looking at furniture, just in and out for the light bulb. Read More…
20 Companies With the Best Job Perks
It’s probably not a shock to anyone, but if you want the best job perks, you’re not going to find them working in retail. Out of the 20 companies rated by Glassdoor with the best perks, only 1 (R.E.I.) is a retail company. While Netflix, Pinterest and offers one paid year of paternity/maternity leave Read More…
Walmart Vs. Target
Here’s a really cool infographic sent to me from SMS Store Traffic.com which compares two of the retail giants. Although Walmart is obviously way bigger, there’s a lot of similarities. I didn’t know they were both founded the same year (1962) and their stock price has followed a similar trend, including a large drop within Read More…
15 Fast-Forward Facts About Blockbuster Video
Another sad reminder of how fast things can change in the retail industry. They had over 9,000 stores in 2004 and a decade later they’re bankrupt with only 51 franchises left. A fickle bunch us Americans are with our technology–streaming is a lot better than driving to browse shelves in a store. (A Read More…