A year ago, few expected Angry Birds or Groupon to be among 2010’s stars, but the underlying trends that powered their success were plain enough. So picking individual companies to rise or fall this year isn’t worthwhile. What …
Already the global group-buying leader and growing much faster than its competitors, Groupon is getting a lot more funding. For what? For world domination, of course. . .and here’s how Groupon is likely to put that new-found ca…
Knowing customers’ likes and dislikes is about as basic as it gets in retailing. But for years, national department stores got it wrong. More concerned with controlling costs, big retailers focused on sameness. Not anymore.
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