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20 Things You Need to Know about Chick-fil-A’s Success
20 Things You Need to Know about Chick-fil-A’s Success

If you are curious about the fast food chain that has its sights on taking on McDonald’s here’s everything you need to know.

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Tricia McKinnonFebruary 12, 2024Strategy & Growth Comments
Wendy’s Brilliant Twitter Strategy & Its Top 22 Best Tweets
Wendy’s Brilliant Twitter Strategy & Its Top 22 Best Tweets

Innovation comes in all forms and for Wendy’s it can put its Twitter strategy on a pedestal for others to emulate.

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Tricia McKinnonFebruary 7, 2024Strategy & GrowthComment
The Downfall of Sears, 5 Reasons Why it’s Struggling to Survive
The Downfall of Sears, 5 Reasons Why it’s Struggling to Survive

As you mull over your own thoughts and ideas about what happened to Sears, take into consideration these five factors I believe ultimately led Sears to wear it is today

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Tricia McKinnonFebruary 7, 2024Strategy & Growth Comments
5 of the Best Ways DTC Brands Get New Customers
5 of the Best Ways DTC Brands Get New Customers

From Amazon to Warby Parker learn about the customer acquisition strategies the fastest growing direct to consumer brands use to achieve success.

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Tricia McKinnonFebruary 7, 2024Strategy & Growth, eCommerceComment
The Top 40 Jack Ma Quotes on Business, Leadership & More
The Top 40 Jack Ma Quotes on Business, Leadership & More

Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba is now one of the richest men in the world, a truly rags to riches story. Take a look at his advice on business, leadership, failure, success and more.

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Tricia McKinnonFebruary 6, 2024Strategy & Growth Comment
Dollar Tree’s Strategy, 3 Actions its Taking to Stay on Top
Dollar Tree’s Strategy, 3 Actions its Taking to Stay on Top

If you are curious about the moves Dollar Tree is making to lure customers in then consider these three elements of its strategy.

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Tricia McKinnonFebruary 5, 2024Strategy & GrowthComment
Costco’s Sales Strategy: How it Gets You to Spend More
Costco’s Sales Strategy: How it Gets You to Spend More

Costco knows how to get customers to spend more money and other retailers can learn a lot from Costco about what tactics they can employ to boost their own sales.

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Tricia McKinnonFebruary 5, 2024Strategy & GrowthComment
Puma’s Strategy: 4 Keys to its Success
Puma’s Strategy: 4 Keys to its Success

If you are curious about why Puma is doing so well then consider these four elements of its strategy.

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Tricia McKinnonFebruary 1, 2024Strategy & GrowthComment
How Aerie Built a Great Brand, its Strategy for Success
How Aerie Built a Great Brand, its Strategy for Success

Aerie made a strategic decision to focus on diversity and inclusion long before it became popular to do so.

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Tricia McKinnonJanuary 31, 2024Strategy & GrowthComment
How UNIQLO Became one of the Largest Clothing Retailers
How UNIQLO Became one of the Largest Clothing Retailers

Technical clothing and classic designs all at affordable prices are some of the keys to UNIQLO’s success.

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Tricia McKinnonJanuary 31, 2024Strategy & GrowthComment
Fenty Beauty’s Growth Strategy: What You Need to Know
Fenty Beauty’s Growth Strategy: What You Need to Know

How does a brand generate 500 million euros in sales in its first year? Ask Rihanna.

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Tricia McKinnonJanuary 30, 2024Trends, Strategy & Growth Comments
8 Reasons Why Blockbuster Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy
8 Reasons Why Blockbuster Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

While most talk of Blockbuster’s demise centre on the rise of Netflix, Blockbuster made many strategic errors throughout its history.

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Tricia McKinnonJanuary 30, 2024Strategy & Growth Comments
30 Quotes About New Beginnings
30 Quotes About New Beginnings

20 quotes about new beginnings to inspire you to move in a new direction.

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Tricia McKinnonDecember 29, 2023Comment
5 Lessons Learned from Shake Shack’s Strategy & Growth
5 Lessons Learned from Shake Shack’s Strategy & Growth

The fast casual restaurant chain which brought in $900 million in 2022 has figured out how to carve out a stake in the highly competitive food service industry.

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Tricia McKinnonDecember 6, 2023Strategy & GrowthComment
7 Ways to Build Customer Loyalty in Retail
7 Ways to Build Customer Loyalty in Retail

Is your customer churn high? Then consider these seven ways to build more customer loyalty starting today.

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Tricia McKinnonDecember 5, 2023Customer ExperienceComment
7 Ways Farfetch is Disrupting Luxury Retail
7 Ways Farfetch is Disrupting Luxury Retail

Farfetch, which launched its luxury goods online marketplace more than a decade ago in 2008, clearly had a vision of what online luxury sales could be before many woke up to this reality.

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Tricia McKinnonNovember 21, 2023eCommerce, Strategy & Growth
The Ordinary’s Strategy for Success, 4 Reasons it Has Taken Off
The Ordinary’s Strategy for Success, 4 Reasons it Has Taken Off

So what makes The Ordinary anything but ordinary? It starts with authenticity.

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Tricia McKinnonNovember 20, 2023Strategy & Growth Comments
Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability
Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

If you are curious about the profitability of some of the direct-to-consumer-brands you know and love, then take a look under the hood of these four brands.

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Tricia McKinnonNovember 16, 2023Strategy & GrowthComment
Nordstrom’s Strategy for Success, 6 Key Elements
Nordstrom’s Strategy for Success, 6 Key Elements

If you want to know how Nordstrom has managed to stay relevant for so many years consider these six keys to Nordstrom’s success.

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Tricia McKinnonNovember 14, 2023Strategy & GrowthComment
The Top 15 Ways to Find New Customers in Retail
The Top 15 Ways to Find New Customers in Retail

Acquiring new customers is not an easy task but these strategies make it easier.

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Tricia McKinnonNovember 13, 2023Strategy & GrowthComment
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