Jeff Roster

6:44AM Morgan Hill, CA  I’ve covered retail for 10 years and and have never been in the habit of enjoying Black Friday festivities.  Perhaps it was the many, many years I’ve spent in the business end of the Christmas season, first as cheap child labor working in my dads meat shop, later at Mervyn’s.  Once [...]

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Despite all the hand wringing and negative press to the contrary I do expect NRF to be quite busy.  So what do I expect from the Big Show 2009: Solid Attendance- NRF is the grand dame of retail shows.  It is the one to see and be seen at.  Many, many retailers will be there.  I [...]

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This time of year means 3 things to me: 1.  Have I made my hotel reservation for NRF? 2.  What to get my wife for Christmas 3.  Which retail exec’s should I nominate for the slew of articles being written this time of year. So this year I’m going to ask all of you to help [...]

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I was reading this weeks’ EyeRIS newsletter and came across the EyeRis Readers Poll .  If you are not familiar with the newsletter it’s an excellent biweekly recap of all dvelopments in retail IT.  The readership tends to be IT director and above.  This group typically has a higher income so one would expect different results from the presedential election then [...]

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 “Consumer spending fell over the course of a quarter for the fist time in 17 years.  It’s really an Obit for this debt fueled era.  Even through the last recession and the stagnant income growth of the current decade consumer spending continued to rise because we went into debt in many cases to do it. [...]

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