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Mailboxes and General Stores: What Year is This?

Are mailboxes and general stores new/old solutions for contemporary service?   For one, the mailbox is answering the call for delivery of online purchases.   Amazon is now teaming up with Staples, Radio Shack, 7-Eleven and Albertsons for its Amazon Locker Service.  The physical retailers will install Amazon lockers in their stores, allowing customers to buy from  Continue Reading »

The Penney Experience

J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson has outlined his plans to make the retailer a “mall within a mall,” including in-store shops and a central “town square.”  In August, the company introduced free haircuts for kids for the back-to-school period. In the Levi’s shop denim bar, J.C. Penney has added iPads.   Store traffic in the  Continue Reading »