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What's Selling in America: part 5 of 5.

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 74
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

"The Lamest Question in Retail Is, 'Can I Help You?'" How the Container Store Lays a Solid Foundation It's not every day that both the chairman and the CEO of a $300 million retailer choose to dress up in amusing costumes -- one as ...READ»

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What's Selling in America

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

If you want to convince customers to open their wallets, you've got to open your mind to new ways of connecting with them. That's why we set out on a nationwide shopping spree in search of the fearless companies and breakthrough ideas that are reinventing retail. Here's what we found.READ»

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What's Selling in America: part 4 of 5.

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

"We Decided to Merchandise Raised Toilet Seats in the Same Way You'd Merchandise Lamp Fixtures at Pottery Barn." Can Take Good Care Make Hip Replacements Hip? "What a drag it is, getting old," whined Mick Jagger in 1966. What a drag, ...READ»

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What's Selling in America: part 2 of 5.

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 30
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

"How Does a 900-Pound Gorilla Get to Be an 1,800-Pound Gorilla?" Wal-Mart Thinks Outside the Big Box Dear Wal-Mart: Was it something I said? You don't call, you don't write -- and you give me the brush-off when I call you. Too bad, ...READ»

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What's Selling in America: part 1 of 5

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 26
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

"First You Get High on It, Then You Buy It." Amoeba Music Marches to Its Own Beat Memo to: The Big Bosses at Virgin Megastores Re: Your Next Big Source of Competition These days, it's hard for monstrously big music retailers to ...READ»

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What's Selling in America: part 3 of 5.

BY Bill Breen
Relevancy Score: 24
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:38 AM

"Our Customers Can Sniff Through Any Kind of Hard Sell. And When They Do, They're Gone." ESPN Takes Retailing to the Extreme The arena pulses with teen adrenaline. Zitty-faced skater kids zip down the half pipe, wide-eyed with arms ...READ»