06/30/09 » Saks Denies Shoppers The Goods Luxury retailers such as Saks and Neiman Marcus are reverting back to the fundamentals of economics by reducing supply in the hopes of generating demand.
06/15/09 » Stores' Cost-Cutting May Transform Retail Consumers aren’t the only ones cutting back. Retailers are reducing their spending — with most broadline players slashing millions from their budgets as they try to counter withering sales.
06/08/09 » Recession Roundtable Anticipates More Retail Rumbles A group of liquidation expects warned of more bankruptcies to come — and soon — during a recent roundtable sponsored here by Berns Communications Group.
05/04/09 » Supermarket News: Survey Cites Areas for Cost-Cutting Citing a benchmark survey of more than 20 North American operators, Karabus found that best-in-class retailers realize considerable savings in areas such as real estate costs, advertising spending and other areas.
06/02/2009 » Antony Karabus speaking at STORE2009 Conference, Toronto Antony Karabus, CEO of Karabus Management, will be leading a discussion entitled "How Fit is Your Business? Cost Management Trends and Recommendations"
STORE2009 is Canada's Retail Conference - more than 800 retail executives, suppliers and vendors attend the two-day annual event, which takes place June 1 & 2, 2009.
04/16/2009 » General Growth filing clouds future for stores The bankruptcy of the second-largest U.S. mall owner, General Growth Properties Inc, will have little immediate effect on its retail tenants, but could hurt them down the road.
04/16/2009 » Marrying retail's art and science Merchandise planning has taken on greater importance as stores battle slumping demand and customer traffic in the face of the recession and rising unemployment.
04/14/2009 » Notching it down While some fashion designers close their studios and retailers shutter their windows, smaller Toronto-based retailers and manufacturers are buckling down for the recession.
04/14/2009 » Fashion's Shifting Paradigm Moving ahead in the current economy will require fashion companies to be as flexible and innovative as they've claimed to be all along.
03/30/2009 » Supermarket News: Turning South The recession that has battered the United States for several months made a sudden arrival in Canada late last year, bringing with it a chill of consumer caution expected to affect the fortunes of Canada's food retailers at least through the balance of the year.
03/24/2009 » Karabus Management to share insights at NYC event Karabus Management is hosting a retail-focused event at the Soho Grand Hotel in New York on April 1, 2009. During an evening of cocktails and dining, Antony Karabus will share insights on the state of the retail industry and keys to survival in today's challenging economic environment.
For more information contact Ilana Clamp, Karabus Management at 416-373-4235 or at iclamp@karabus.com
01/21/2009 » Grocers, Vendors Tussle On Pricing, Promotions Supermarket chains turn up the heat on suppliers to lower wholesale prices while food companies dig in to hold on to recent price hikes.
01/20/2009 » Flush Times for Liquidators Far-flung locales are being tapped as liquidators scurry to unload excess goods they are getting from retailers and manufacturers.
12/16/2008 » U.S. Retail Pain Jumps Border Liquidation of Linens N' Things Canadian stores serves as a stark example of how quickly the domestic industry has fallen victim to the U.S.-led downturn.
12/09/2008 » Private Brands Make for Critical Differentiator New survey finds that a strong store brand program is among the best practices leading grocery retailers rely on
to drive enhanced financial results
12/04/2008 » What Leading Retailers are Doing What are successful retailers doing to stay alive and even prosper? Karabus Management and Willard Bishop interviewed 15 leading grocery retailers to get the answer.
10/14/2008 » Holts Keeps Focused on the Details Softening sales doesn't mean that luxury retailer Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd. is retrenching.
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June 20, 2007 » Optimizing Markdowns: How to Achieve Meaningful ROI Antony Karabus, CEO of Karabus Management, delivered the keynote presentation at the Retail Clearance and Markdowns Conference in Chicago, IL.