The FTC Seeks to Shelter Mom & Pop, Again
In 1909, the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Company offered a “Square Deal.” Hoping to get […]
How the Supreme Court Made Jeff Bezos’s Fortune
The arcane legal principle of stare decisis — literally, to stand by things decided — […]
The Great A&P Revisited
When it was published back in 2011, many readers took my book The Great A&P […]
Shipbuilders’ Shotgun Weddings
There may be no industry that has lost more money over a longer period of […]
Burdened by Bigness
Suppose your company invested billions of dollars in new equipment. And suppose now, very shortly […]
Some Wisdom from Henry Kaufman
Sometimes, when you write history, you can end up feeling old. I had that feeling […]
Information and Competition
It seems that competition regulators at the European Union are looking into whether “Big Data” […]
Amazon, Whole Foods, and The Great A&P
A lot of people are concerned that if Amazon.com’s purchase of Whole Foods Market goes through, […]
End of the Road for an American Icon
The July 20 bankruptcy filing by the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company marks the […]
The Limits of Co-ops
I recently gave a talk to some retailers with a problem. For many years, these […]