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Today upon the recommendation of Dethroner I decided to purchase The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
The Road is “a tale about survivors in a post apocalyptic America. Cannibalilism, looting, extinct wildlife, starvation abound thematically. And yet, it’s said, hope prevails, that ultimately it’s a story about the love between a father and his son.”
I want to [...]

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As part of my ongoing process of telling the world what retailers do wrong and in an attempt to set the market and retailers on my train of thought I am now tackling e-books. There are several issues I want to cover relating to the current state of ebooks.
Currently in order to read all of [...]

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Remember last week when I covered stores stockpiling supplies of hot items in hopes that an ad will bring the consumers a runnin?  Well Toys R Us corporate apparently doesn’t bother to read the site otherwise they would know how dumb it is to hold  onto stock of an item that would sell out before [...]

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In my latest segment of What’s Wrong With Retailers (WWWR) I decided to tackle a different kind of retailer, the real estate retailer. Specifically I want to provide a tip to the real estate agents and companies of the world.  One of the worst things you can do for your business and your [...]

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The Issue
This week I plan on covering a common practice in the retail environment. This problem is sometimes called stockpiling or “pulling”. “Pulling” is when a retailer will pull certain items from the store shelves and hold them in the back of the store until the beginning of an ad. This is common with many [...]

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