2016

News Can Jet.com Fuel Wal-Mart's Online Growth? “The customer is channel-agnostic [and does not] divide up retailers necessarily by offline or online.” - Barbara Kahn, Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center See All News “The customer is channel-agnostic [and does not] divide up retailers necessarily by offline or online.” Wal-Mart…Read More

News How Teens Actually Feel About Social Media “If you hit it right you can become an influencer pretty quickly." - Barbara Kahn, Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center See All News It turns out they don't hate all of them. Kaci Owens, a 16-year-old high school junior from Liberty…Read More

News Selling Luxury: How High-End Brands are Embracing the Internet “Luxury is about scarcity, exclusivity. The internet is about mass an reducing those boundaries, and so it's a real conflict." - Barbara Kahn, Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center See All News Online shoppers won't find a price list or…Read More

News Red, White & Blue Branding “The fact that so many really big brands are doing something so strong is speaking to the climate in the country today." - Barbara Kahn, Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center See All News Products turn patriotic red, white and blue as election looms.…Read More

News The Death of the Great American Sporting Goods Store “There are only so many sporting stores that can survive when every company is growing and expanding." - Barbara Kahn, Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center See All News Sarah Hermia is, and always has been, into sports. Growing up,…Read More

News Can American Retailers Kick Their Discounts Addiction? “Once you discount you get into this spiral because your margins get slimmer, and then you also have to sell so much more to make up for the lost margin on price.” - Barbara Kahn, Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center See…Read More

News Who shops where and how? Depends on your age “Online and mobile technologies have changed the retail landscape a lot in recent years and amplified differences in consumers' shopping behavior.” - Denise Dahlhoff, Research Director, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center See All News Digital Savvy millennials are the top…Read More