The Retail Doctor Blog

Holiday merchandising is always hard.  A lifetime ago I managed a western wear store in South Coast Plaza, the nation’s number one mall, and I...

A lot of attention is being given to how online retail is growing. But what if that growth isn't coming entirely from consumer demand, but...

We've officially begun the holiday season and retailers are all over the map with their holiday retail sales predictions.

Here's mine: I expect ...

This past week I was named as one of the top voices in retail on LinkedIn along with others including NBC reporter Lauren Thomas. I figured my...

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Sleeping with the Eyes Open, a 1929 study, theorized that people in monotonous situations tended to enter a sleep-like state without closing their...

I usually stay away from writing best practice posts because what can be a best practice for one retailer doesn’t apply to another. In this case,...

At this time of year, there are loads of holiday preparations articles about how retailers can have a better holiday season. I’ve seen everything...

My mom used to tell stories about my middle brother. He was so rambunctious that when the phone rang, which was just out of sight of the kitchen,...

You can’t open a webpage, a newspaper, or turn to your video channel without someone somewhere coving the story that Sears went into bankruptcy...

A lot of retailers write me about their fears. Fear of not doing enough to gain market share. Fear of not having the training they need. Fear of...

Imagine if this was your retail business: “Given our view that Bed Bath & Beyond was unable to post positive comps this last holiday season...