by Stan Phelps | Jan 10, 2023 | Pink Goldfish, Yellow Goldfish
This is amazing! Dutch retailer Jumbo Supermarkten has created “slow checkouts.” Hat tip to Wendy Lloyd Curley for sharing this pink goldfish with me yesterday. Called “Klets-Kassa” (translated to Chat Checkout) these are...
by Stan Phelps | Feb 28, 2022 | Pink Goldfish
It all started in Springfield. Not “The Simpsons” but Dollar General.The retailer opened its doors in Kentucky back in 1955, the same year Disneyland began operating.Just one year after the grand opening, strange things were afoot in the small town. Every...
by Stan Phelps | Dec 15, 2021 | Green Goldfish, Pink Goldfish
Patagonia is closing both its offices and retail stores between December 25th and January 1st. See the sign below. They share, “We’re giving our employees a break with some paid time off.”Hat tip to the Founder of Girls Who Code Reshma Saujani for...
by Stan Phelps | Dec 1, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
On Black Friday, Lush Cosmetics quit social media. Lush flushed over 10.6 million followers on Instagram and Facebook alone. Talk about a meta-morphis.Why? Frances Haugen is the reason. She blew the whistle on Facebook’s own research. The research suggested...
by Stan Phelps | Oct 12, 2021 | Red Goldfish
Warby Parker hit its first-year sales target three weeks after the company launched 11 years ago. Two weeks ago, the company that started with $2,500 in capital listed on the NYSE. It now has a $6 billion valuation.Background:It all began in 2008 with four Wharton...