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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Retail Design Diva on People and Companies Reinventing Themselves in the Face of Crisis
Thanks again to Neal Esserman for sharing this blog posting from Retail Design Diva called “A Recession is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” It discusses how the current crisis has forced many companies and people to reinvent themselves positively, and in ways that they simply would not have had the courage to if their current [...]
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Monday, August 31st, 2009
Why do stores stay vacant?
Typically, if demand for a thing drops price drops with it. Sales are used to clear out old inventory. Why, then, are there still so many boarded up storefronts? Megan McArdle speculates that stores are reluctant to lock in at low rates and stores which require investment are reluctant to take advantage of short term [...]