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Megastores Want to Be Like Mom-and-Pop Shops… Sort Of

Harvard Business Review

Whole Foods and other progressive retailers like Starbucks and Lululemon Athletica are increasingly shedding their national standards and conventions to achieve a more local brand image. In the words of its executive vice-president and chief merchandising and marketing officer, “This is really the year of localization.”.

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