Keyword: Wal-Mart

Disruptive Technology (9/28/1999)

Dominant companies' preoccupation with pleasing high-end customers for higher profit margin inadvertently creates niches at the low-end of the market for start-ups to invade.

Keywords: disruptive technology, innovations, Kmart, market entry, market niche, profit margin, Sears, Sony, sustaining technology, Wal-Mart

Labor on Call (1/10/2007)

Flexible work scheduling to match customer traffic is one effective way to transform labor from a fixed cost into a variable cost in the retail business.

Keywords: customer traffic, fixed cost, flexible schedule, labor productivity, variable cost, Wal-Mart

Shadow Branding (6/22/2006)

Store brands gain competitive advantage by free-riding on name brands’ brand recognition and R & D.

Keywords: counterfeiting, house brands, name brands, oligopolistic competition, private labels, product differentiation, shadow branding, store brands, Wal-Mart, Walgreens