The Incredible Shrinking Sears Company
This past week, Sears announced the closing of another 96 stores following a seemingly continual series of the same type of announcements over the past few years. It is easy to find any number of pundits pointing to various causes of the demise – online shopping being the number 1 culprit. But others have fought thru […]
Amazon in Everyone’s Sights
When Amazon (#20 on the Global 5000 rankings) announced they were pulling out of their HQ2 location in New York, a wave of press, comments & criticisms flooded the media. Among the cries for change we found some calling for the breakup of Amazon as it has become too big. Obviously an emotional, ‘in-the-moment’ jump […]
Top 100 Global Retailers
With the Amazon effect being the talk of the retail world, we sometimes lose sight of all the retailers & wholesalers in the many corners of the world. Here’s a list of the top 100 retailers (by revenue) in the Global 5000. At the top of the list is Walmart at $500 billion down to […]