I can’t help but be utterly fascinated and endlessly impressed with Zappos, the popular online retailer, and Zappos’ CEO, Tony Hsieh — who has to be one of the most popular retail CEOs (if not the coolest). Tony’s off-beat humor (read his Tweets and you’ll know why), and his Zen-like attitude have undoubtedly influenced [...]

You’ll always find daily mentions of the retail industry in the news. Recent coverage has focused on consumer spending and the health care debate (and covered ad nauseam if you ask me).
But, this week, I’ve been particularly excited by a number of interesting news articles that have highlighted the retail industry. Interviews with retail [...]

Shop.org, NRF’s digital division, has an awesome reoccurring segment on their blog called “Talking With…” In this series, influential people in e-commerce are interviewed and share insights on a variety of things such as how their companies connect with customers, their thoughts on the future of the industry, where they get their inspiration, and [...]

My book club is currently reading a biography of Helen Gurley Brown, the amazing, self-assertive author and editor. Not only was Brown a trailblazer with her book “Sex and the Single Girl,” she was also an enormously successful editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. Success being measured by increased readership and advertising revenue, and she was there [...]

If you could name your “Dream Employer,” who would it be, and why?
BusinessWeek recently ran a story about Universum USA’s annual survey of 60,000 undergraduates about their picks for “ideal employers.” Candidates coming out of college have differing opinions about what makes an “ideal employer.” For some, an appealing employer is a company that has [...]