Product Managers Are Changing Retail Stores Into Warehouses
Retail product managers are starting to consider transforming some of their retail space into warehouses to better meet the needs of their ecommerce customers
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Can Amazon’s Product Managers Deliver The Goods?
As just about everyone knows, you can order anything from Amazon. However, where a lot of us get a bit confused is just exactly how what we order actually gets to our doorstep. Yeah, yeah – for many of us Prime members we know that it will arrive in two days (or less), but just … Read more
Product Managers Learn To Deal With Two-Day Shipping
As product managers, it is our responsibility to use our product development definition to create products that our customers will want. With a little luck, they’ll discover our products, decide to buy them, and then place an order. You might think that a product manager’s job would be over at this point in time. However, … Read more
Amazon Product Managers Prepare For War With Walmart Product Managers
Amazon is a large and powerful company that dominates the world of online selling. Walmart is a large and powerful company that dominates the world of bricks & mortar selling. These two firms are starting to come into conflict when it comes to next-day home delivery as Walmart starts to move into online sales and … Read more
Will The Amazon Hub Program Solve Amazon’s Package Delivery Issues?
Just imagine if you were a product manager at Amazon. What would one of your biggest challenges be? There’s no problem with Amazon having what your customers want – Amazon is huge and they’ve got a lot of warehouses. No, your biggest problem would be just exactly how you were planning on getting what your … Read more
When Moving Online, Product Managers Need To Do Some Planning
Retail businesses are dead. We all need to change our product development definition because everything in the future will.be sold online. Well, ok, maybe not. However, I think that we can all agree that online sales are becoming a bigger and bigger part of just about every company and what you’ve done to help make … Read more
Bar Code Scanner Product Managers Find A Way To Grow Their Market
Product managers for bar code scanners have it pretty good these days. Their products are in high demand by companies such as Amazon who operate the large warehouses that contain thousands of items, each identified by a unique bar code. These scanners, often called a “brick on a stick”, are used thousands of times each … Read more
What Can Twinkies Teach Product Managers About New Markets?
So how do you feel about the snack foods made by the Hostess company: Twinkies, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, etc.? I must confess that these days I get a little overwhelmed when I think about just how rich they are; however, in my childhood I suspect that I ate more than my fair share! The … Read more