The FTC Seeks to Shelter Mom & Pop, Again
In 1909, the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Company offered a “Square Deal.” Hoping to get […]
The Queen Went Shopping
The death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on September 8 triggered a slew of reminiscences about […]
The Conglomerate Isn’t Dead Yet
It’s been a big week for bust-ups. General Electric announced it is breaking itself into […]
How the Supreme Court Made Jeff Bezos’s Fortune
The arcane legal principle of stare decisis — literally, to stand by things decided — […]
The Next Retail Revolution
Brooks Brothers. Lord & Taylor. J.Crew. Ann Taylor. Sur la Table. Lucky Brand. J.C. Penney. […]
My Adventures in Self-Publishing
When my book The Great A&P was published back in 2011, a major commercial publisher […]
The Great A&P Revisited
When it was published back in 2011, many readers took my book The Great A&P […]
Payless: A Brief Obituary
Back in 1956, there were a couple of events that helped shape the course of […]
Of Sears and the Great A&P
The death of a major retailer rarely comes as a surprise. You can usually see […]
Who Owns the Curb?
How we define a problem often affects how we think about it. Consider the question […]