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Find below our continually updated ranking of the most relevant retail news discussion topics from the past 365 days -- judged by number of comments posted. As with all RetailWire discussions, they remain active on an on-going basis.

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Rank Date Discussion Comments Hot Issue
1 06/22/10 Amazon Plans Haute Couture Takeover (48) Online Retail
2 12/29/09 BrainTrust Query: How Consumers Killed Customer Service (36) Customer Service
3 11/17/09 Costco Stops Selling Coca-Cola (36) Trade Partners
4 09/29/09 BrainTrust Query: Loblaws Quits Candy Cold Turkey (34) Shelf management
5 06/15/10 Will Consumers Gofer Sears Selling Groceries? (34) Online Retail
6 10/02/09 Dear Customer: Please Buy Something (32) Apparel Retailing
7 01/25/10 Retail TouchPoints: Is the Retail World Ready for Digital Receipts? (31) Retail Tech
8 11/17/09 Gap, Wal-Mart Staying Open on Thanksgiving (30) Seasonality
9 01/08/10 The North Face Vs. The South Butt (30) Brand Image
10 07/06/10 BrainTrust Query: An Inconvenient Truth About Bad Customer Service (30) Customer Service
11 02/24/10 Target Invites Direct Comparison with Wal-Mart (30) Pricing Practices
12 06/08/10 Chains Hire 'Wal-Mart Killers' on the Sly (30) Ethics
13 03/22/10 Undercover Boss Gets Noticed (30) Management Advice
14 01/18/10 Walgreen Exploring the Sale of Prepared Meals and Fresh Foods (29) Meal Solutions
15 03/09/10 Wal-Mart Taking Hits Over Price, Selection (29) Pricing Practices
16 04/08/10 Should Ronald McDonald Retire? (29) PR Issues
17 05/19/10 Kmart Looks to Kwash the Kompetition (29) Retail Concepts
18 01/28/10 Apple's iPad: Magical, Revolutionary and Cheap (Really) (29) Consumer Tech Products
19 08/03/10 Smartphones Look to Replace Plastic as Payment (29) Cash/Credit Cards
20 11/30/09 Black Friday Draws Traffic (29) Seasonality
21 11/20/09 Media Wrong Year After Year on Retail Holiday Sales (28) Seasonality
22 08/27/10 The Shopping Experience Gets a Tech-Up (28) Retail Tech
23 11/25/09 BrainTrust Query: Black Friday Madness - A Strategy for Failure (28) Selling Strategies
24 11/09/09 Is Social Media Equivalent to the Industrial Revolution? (28) eMarketing/spam
25 11/24/09 BrainTrust Query: American Airlines - Buying the Friendly Skies? (28) Retail Concepts
26 10/20/09 Braintrust Query: Amazon/Walmart.com - An Interesting Battle to Watch (28) Online Retail
27 07/29/10 Tattoo Counting as New Hiring Practice (27) Hiring/Discrimination
28 04/28/10 Wal-Mart Looks For Aldi-Buster Format (27) Competitive Battlefield
29 02/11/10 Brands Hit By Wal-Mart's SKU Reductions (27) Shelf management
30 01/19/10 Affluent Sick and Tired of Frugal Living (26) Shopper Behavior
31 08/12/10 Retail Customer Experience: Why Mobile Coupons Are Not the Answer (26) Coupons
32 11/18/09 BrainTrust Query: Start a Customer Service War (26) Customer Service
33 12/08/09 Sunday Inserts and Supplements are Dead! Long Live Sunday Inserts and Supplements! (26) Coupons
34 08/11/10 Survey Sees Need for Speed at Checkouts (26) Customer Service
35 09/16/09 Martha to Try On Home Depot Orange (26) Brand Image
36 08/31/10 Target and Wal-Mart Give Individual Attention to Customers (25) Discount Channel
37 02/24/10 BrainTrust Query: How Much Does a Free Cone from Baskin-Robbins Really Cost? (25) Loyalty Marketing
38 06/22/10 Chinese Grocers Mete Out Shoplifter Justice (25) Shrink & Security
39 08/18/10 Wal-Mart Looks to Reverse Same-Store Slide (25) The Economy
40 04/27/10 SNL:  Why Aren't Girl Scout Cookies Sold in Stores? (25) Seasonality
41 10/28/09 Black Friday Still Matters, But How Much? (24) Seasonality
42 07/26/10 Wal-Mart to Tag and Track Clothing (24) Retail Tech
43 08/19/10 RSR Research: Are We Beginning the Next Golden Age of Retail? (24) Retail Successes
44 06/14/10 Interview: Fresh & Easy Fits Where Others Don't (24) Store Formats
45 03/31/10 America's Drive-Through Future (24) Retail Concepts
46 11/19/09 Target May Go Small to Open Urban Stores (24) Retail Space
47 08/24/10 Nordstrom Links Bricks and Clicks (24) Department Stores
48 10/15/09 BrainTrust Query: The 3 Worst Excuses for Retailers NOT Using Social Media (24) eMarketing/spam
49 03/01/10 Supermarkets on Tap (24) Eating Out
50 06/18/10 Consumers Want to Know What's on the Menu (24) Eating Out
51 02/04/10 BrainTrust Query: Is 'Social Media for Business' an Oxymoron? (23) eMarketing/spam
52 04/14/10 Retail Customer Experience: The 10 Essential Strengths of Front-Line Retail Employees (23) Customer Service
53 04/20/10 Retailers Try Selling Stuff (23) Customer Service
54 04/13/10 BrainTrust Query: Should You Fire Your Customers? (23) Customer Retention
55 12/10/09 Consumers Say Service Stinks at Retail (23) Customer Service
56 02/03/10 BrainTrust Query: Lessons From the Starbucks Turnaround (23) Customer Service
57 09/15/09 Credit Cards Not in Aldi's Future (23) Cash/Credit Cards
58 08/02/10 Target Faces Protests over Political Donation (23) PR Issues
59 04/22/10 Puma's Clever Little Shoe Bags (23) Packaging
60 11/12/09 BrainTrust Query: Passion Blurs Personal vs. Professional (23) Management Advice
61 08/26/10 Mapping Apps to Go Indoors (23) Mobile Apps
62 05/14/10 Redesigning Supermarkets to Better Engage Shoppers (23) Store Formats
63 06/16/10 Chains Continue to Rationalize SKUs (23) Shelf management
64 08/20/10 Dollar General Getting Into Beer and Wine Biz (23) Selling Strategies
65 08/25/10 Costco Goes to the Mall for Growth (23) Warehouse Clubs
66 09/14/09 BrainTrust Query: 45 Percent of Employees Don't Contribute to the Bottom Line (22) Worker Issues
67 01/27/10 CPGmatters: Analysis of Data Underscores Importance of Best Shoppers (22) Shopper Behavior
68 10/26/09 Retail:Next Study Results: Separating Fads From Trends (22) Shopper Behavior
69 01/26/10 Eco Fashion Still Waiting to Go Mainstream (22) The Environment
70 10/29/09 Braintrust Query: Four Ways Smaller Stores Can Create Deeper Customer Connections (22) Management Advice
71 01/20/10 CSD: Hiring Mistakes We've All Made (22) Hiring/Discrimination
72 04/01/10 No Netflix Saturdays (22) Entertainment and Media
73 06/16/10 BrainTrust Query: Dollars and Sentiments - The Real R.O.I. on Social Marketing (22) eMarketing/spam
74 09/22/09 Restoration Hardware Changes Mix, Raises Prices to Stand Out (22) Pricing Practices
75 06/02/10 Will Wal-Mart Spark a Grocery Price War? (22) Pricing Practices
76 07/27/10 Trader Joe's Has Transparency Issues (22) Private Label
77 02/01/10 Braintrust Query: Why You Should Abandon Having an Online Retail Store (22) Online Retail
78 12/03/09 Braintrust Query: Are Marketers Mortgaging Their Brands' Future? (22) Brand Management
79 02/05/10 Shop at Your Leisure (22) Customer Service
80 03/23/10 Kmart's Coupon Mistake Becomes PR Blunder (22) Coupons
81 09/14/09 The Incredible, Growing Sales Receipt (22) Coupons
82 07/12/10 BrainTrust Query: Legendary Returns (22) Customer Service
83 06/28/10 Uniqlo's Six Phrases for Advisers (21) Customer Service
84 11/13/09 CEO: 'My Macy's' Working (21) Department Stores
85 01/22/10 Target Outlines Plans for Future Growth (21) Discount Channel
86 11/02/09 Brands Battle Online Badvocates (21) eMarketing/spam
87 05/21/10 Fast Food Keeps Pushing Value Envelope (21) Eating Out
88 05/25/10 Should Wireless Carriers Drop Their Retail Stores? (21) Consumer Tech Products
89 03/03/10 Macy's Cans Gift Wrapping Department (21) Customer Service
90 11/10/09 Retail Customer Experience: Barnes & Noble Nook Raises Questions About Digital-Only Products (21) Consumer Tech Products
91 02/19/10 Sears to Franchise Auto Centers (21) Brand Image
92 04/09/10 Reactions Mixed to Tiger Woods' New Nike Ad (21) Brand Image
93 09/30/09 Survey to Gauge Public Perception of Target (21) Brand Image
94 09/04/09 Brands Not Connecting with Women Through Social Media (21) Brand Image
95 12/17/09 Tiger Woods and the Risks of Celebrity Endorsements (21) Brand Image
96 09/21/09 BrainTrust Query: The Disappearing Boomers (21) Aging Population
97 03/15/10 Amazon Cuts Off Colorado Affiliates Over Taxes (21) Online Retail
98 08/23/10 PL Buyer: Joe's Trading Its Way to the Top (21) Private Label
99 10/01/09 Bass Pro Shops Doubles as Tourist Attraction (21) Retail Concepts
100 11/09/09 Frozen & Dairy Buyer: Trader Joe's - Cherry Pickers of 'Quality' (21) Private Label


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