The e-Commerce Industry: Comparing the Cultures of Amazon, Apple, eBay, Walmart and Home Depot

Today we look at the five biggest eCommerce companies currently shipping their wares across the U.S. Amazon, Apple, eBay, The Home Depot and Walmart all have shown mastery in courting online shoppers over the period where the nature of American shopping switched from wandering around a mall to browsing a website with your thumb. But … Read full-story

The Hardware Industry: Comparing the company cultures of Ace, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Menards and Sears Hardware

The hardware store industry, like many other retail concerns, is facing serious winds of change. How much longer will this brick-and-mortar monoliths exist before they lose all their commercial ground to online shopping? After all, for many, a hammer is a hammer is a hammer (even if its a ball-peen hammer). Today we look behind … Read full-story

The Retail Industry: Comparing the Cultures of Walmart, Kroger, Amazon, Costco, and Home Depot

It seems even school children know that now is a time of great transition for the Retail Industry. Amazon’s profound disruption of the way we shop has threatened the dominance of the big box and brick-and-mortar stores that used to hold sway over the public imagination and the public wallet. But companies like Walmart (and … Read full-story