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  1. RW: Retailers' goal not increasing margins on sales, rather increased traffic in store. Profit comes from supply chain. retailwire.com/blog-post/6106…
  2. RW: Protestations/concern "for the children" will be swamped by immigrants & natives who haven't "drunk the koolaid." retailwire.com/blog-post/15f4…
  3. RW: High-end clothing? Amazon understands SELLING, in this case, digitally mediated selling - not "personal" salesmen. retailwire.com/blog-post/cf67…
  4. RW: Tablets improve staff? Retailrs no clue how sales work, get techies, pool ignorance, & have suppliers pay. Revenue! retailwire.com/blog-post/651e…
  5. RW: Costco world's premier "bricks" retailer, relating to shoppers inside-store. Well ahead of Walmart here. COMB next. retailwire.com/blog-post/673d…
  6. RW: Self-checkout will eventually evolve into NO checkout, moving slowly along in direction it absolutely MUST move. retailwire.com/blog-post/799f…
  7. RW: Amazon selling & supply chain trumps all, if/when Amazon moves into bricks. Equity partnership with bricks retailr? retailwire.com/blog-post/79ae…
  8. RW: "Delight" is one of 3 purchase states, spice in shopping "meal." Can't expect one continuous experience of delight. retailwire.com/blog-post/ac5f…
  9. RW: Retailrs defined by need/want of customrs, not what historically offerd-serve as springboard to future, not anchor. retailwire.com/blog-post/27bc…
  10. 2nd ed. Stahlberg's SHOPPER MARKETING. My chap - detail on Atlas (in store modeling) & efficiency. amazon.com/Shopper-Market…
  11. RW: C-store > QSR? Most keep doing same thing over & over, future happens TO them, rather than them causing the future. retailwire.com/blog-post/5698…
  12. RW: Macy's Convergnce Online, Mobil & Brick (COMB) retail. Address "show rooming," others ineffectively grappling with. retailwire.com/blog-post/7b5c…
  13. "Efficiency & Convenience: Introduction to "The Third Wave" of Retailing" shopperscientist.com/2012-03-20.html RetailWire discussion: retailwire.com/discussion/159…
  14. RW: "How are you measuring 'a five-fold acceleration'?" Short answer is selling 5X faster means 5X more sales, PERIOD. retailwire.com/blog-post/84a9…
  15. RW: Machine learning of how to sell, may transcend human knowledge in the field. It's frightful, but seems obvious. retailwire.com/blog-post/67b3…
  16. RW: Google glasses in the video are not actually in existence. Concept vid, of what working on, not demo of prototype. retailwire.com/blog-post/070c…
  17. RW: Google glasses - potential of augmented reality, AR, too great, to be a fad. Holographic projections may win day. retailwire.com/blog-post/f011…
  18. RW: Retailers use stores to drive traffic, supplier "partners" provide profits. Focus of supplier is their competition. retailwire.com/blog-post/6b3c…
  19. RW: When we get past class warfare, get back to economic, not govt, development, middle class will be just fine. retailwire.com/blog-post/3269…
  20. RW: Unobtrusive video-glasses-cams can add insight beyond observing shoppers - see through eyes what the shopper sees. retailwire.com/blog-post/9f30…