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8 Reasons Why Blockbuster Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

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If the deal went through Netflix would have managed Blockbuster’s online business. While Netflix was able to eat its own lunch by launching a small streaming service in 2007 which would eventually displace its video rental business Blockbuster was unable to pivot fast enough again into streaming, essentially sealing its fate. “My

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e.l.f.’s Strategy for Staying on Top

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e.l.f’s strategy is not lost on the analysts covering the beauty sector with Olivia Tong, managing director and senior consumer staples analyst at Raymond James saying that “we think…[e.l.f.] is one of the best positioned in beauty because they have relatively manageable price points and still a lot of market share opportunity to gain."

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The Top Shopping Mall Trends To Watch Over the Next Decade

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The Class A malls] will continue to do well,” said Keith Jelinek, a senior managing director at Ankura. If you are curious about the future of your local mall then consider these trends which are impacting shopping malls across North America. but “I think we’ll see some of those [struggling malls] completely convert and go away.”

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The Downfall of Sears, 5 Reasons Why it’s Struggling to Survive

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Hedge fund manager Edward Lampert, who is also Sears’ former Chairman and CEO and largest shareholder, purchased the company in bankruptcy proceedings for only $5.2 If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Do you like this content?

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10 Ways to Succeed in Retail

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A job at Shake Shack can be lucrative with General Managers at Shake Shack making $115,000 including equity based compensation. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. In 2007 Facebook launched its advertising platform.

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6 of the Best Ways to Retain Customers in Retail

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If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 4. Then towards the end of the decade in 2007 Apple launched the iPhone, then the iPad in 2010. They don’t fill out a survey or tell management they just take their dollars elsewhere.