by Gary Hoover | Apr 17, 2020 | Articles, Data, Newsletters, Retailing
In these difficult times, few companies are doing more for us than our food retailers. From aggressive steps by the largest food retailer in the world, Walmart, to advance planning by regional firms such as HEB in Texas, the nation’s grocers are continuing to...
by Gary Hoover | Jul 24, 2019 | Articles, Retailing, Share Your History
With the final collapse of Payless Shoes in February 2019, I figured I better record a bit of their history as I know it. In my 5 years at May Department Stores’ corporate headquarters in St. Louis from 1977 to 1981, I evolved to become the “strategic...