Target’s Canada Pull-Out: The Lessons of Assumption and Adaptation
- 16 Jan 2015
- Duncan McCampbell
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The apparent causes of Target’s failure in Canada are well documented. They went in too big, too fast. Unresolved supply chain issues led to empty shelves. Add poor site selection, some poor store designs and questionable merchandising and, well, you…
Trans Flats and Other Oddities: China’s Evolving Property and Banking Systems
- 12 Jan 2015
- Duncan McCampbell
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China is making a slow, cautious move from a state-managed production economy to a more consumer-driven economy, fueled by the as-yet restrained purchasing power of the world’s largest and fastest growing middle class. While China is often able to do…