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Consumers fight for TVs during the Black Friday promoted by the supermarket Extra onThursday night in Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil, November 23, 2017. Photo: ALEX SILVA/ESTADAO CONTEUDO (Agencia Estado via AP Images)

Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off the 2019 holiday shopping season. Here’s a look by the numbers.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off the 2019 holiday shopping season. Here’s a look by the numbers. Thanksgiving weekend, with Black Friday and…

by Eunice Esomonu November 25, 2019

Northeastern graduate Jarrod Kahn, group president of accessories for Centric Brands.
Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

He read a fashion article. It changed his life forever.

About 25 years ago, Northeastern graduate Jarrod Kahn read an article about a Calvin Klein brand and saw an opportunity that led his family’s fashion accessories company to land a major licensing agreement.

by Greg St. Martin May 29, 2019

The lives of mannequins, and how they reflect our own

From “very lady-like and proper” to “abstract and more daring,” alumnus Ralph Pucci talks about the evolution of mannequins. Pucci, an innovator in the field, will participate in help lead a symposium today that explores the art, business, and politics of these retail figures.

by Joe O'Connell September 15, 2016

3Qs: Taking stock of Walmart

The New York Times recently published an in-depth report alleging that top officials at Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., quashed an internal investigation into a…

by Jason Kornwitz May 7, 2012

3Qs: Buying into the knockoff factor?

Retail titans Apple, Nike and Ikea have to compete with impostor replicas of their retail stores that have popped up in the southern district of Kunming city in southwest China and other parts of the world. These stores hawk knockoff products to sometimes unknowing customers. Tony Gao, an assistant professor of marketing in Northeastern’s College of Business Administration, interprets the broader implications to consumer welfare, intellectual property rights protection and how these competitive behaviors affect international marketing.

by Kara Shemin August 4, 2011

For retail security provider, students offer a system upgrade

Engineering capstone team collaborates with students in China on project for Tyco International, improving inventory tracking, fire safety and security

by Jason Kornwitz May 6, 2011

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