After Office Depot merged with Office Max, you figured this was coming. Staples is buying Office Depot for $6.3 billion and will become the sole mass marketer for stationery/office supplies. Much like Best Buy for electronics, they’ll be the only game in town for a while but with a declining market and increased competition from Amazon, Read More…
Valentines Day is 10 Days Away, But Go Ahead and Wait Until the Last Minute
Of all the holidays, Valentines Day is the funniest to work in retail. It’s amazing how many people wait until literally the last minute. 5-6 PM on the 14th is a Black Friday type crowd of mainly men grabbing at chocolate heart boxes, cards and whatever else they can find to give to their soulmate. Read More…
The Last Follow Up On Dreiling
Just one more bit of news about our favorite ex-Longs/ex-Duane Reed/ex-Safeway guy. He will be working at least until the end of the year to help Dollar General fend off the new challenge of Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. An analyst said “the extension of Dollar General chief executive officer’s (Dreiling’s) term was a Read More…
Maybe I Should Have Taken The One With Death In It Instead
Evidently Starbucks doesn’t always hire the brightest folks in the world either… (My friend and I decide to stop at a popular local coffee shop known for their smoothies. My friend is waiting outside with our dogs.) Me: “I’d like a large mango smoothie and a medium banana smoothie. Could you also please make sure Read More…
Good Thing Thieves Are Dumb
I was reading this article about 2 dumb thieves who tried to return a printer to WalMart in which they left a sheet of paper with two counterfeit $100 bills printed on it, (yes, really!) and it brought me back to a similar incident in a store I managed years ago. My janitor (yes, this Read More…
Super Bowl, Super Spending
The big game is over (after what will probably be regarded as the worst call in the history of professional sports…) and retailers did well as usual: The 184 million viewers spent over $14 BILLION dollars, about $78.00 per person. How much did YOU contribute to that? That includes around 1.25 billion chicken wings. Our Read More…
Sunday Quiz: Who Has the Biggest Store?
A quick quiz for Sunday so you can get to the business of watching that football game that is played today… What is the world’s largest retail store? A) Debenhams, Mall of the Emirates, Dubai B) Macy’s Herald Square, New York, USA C) Shisegae Centumdity, Busan, South Korea D) Walmart Supercenter, Amritsar, India The answer Read More…
17 Times When “I Quit!” Just Wasn’t Enough –
This one really took the cake but the rest are pretty creative as well. 17 Times When I Quit Just Wasn’t Enough -.
When Is A Discount Not A Discount?
An LA Times consumers affair writer named David Lazarus has written numerous articles about one of the major drug chains, mostly not flattering. Not sure if he used to work there, has a personal grudge or what, but he sure loves to write about them. This article is about how they offer a discount to Read More…
Play Pharmacy Bingo!
If you work in a pharmacy you will appreciate this. Cut it out and bring it to work tomorrow!! From new friends at http://www.ihateworkinginretail.com/