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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 11/17/09 Costco Stops Selling Coca-Cola (36) Trade Partners
2 12/29/09 BrainTrust Query: How Consumers Killed Customer Service (35) Customer Service
3 08/25/09 Sears Needs to Get Real (35) Department Stores
4 04/14/09 Macy's CEO Seeks to Avoid Ivory Tower Syndrome (35) Management Advice
5 09/29/09 BrainTrust Query: Loblaws Quits Candy Cold Turkey (34) Shelf management
6 08/05/09 What Does It Take to Get Some Service Around Here? (33) Customer Service
7 04/14/09 CSD: Convenience Concerns (31) Customer Service
8 10/02/09 Dear Customer: Please Buy Something (31) Apparel Retailing
9 01/08/10 The North Face Vs. The South Butt (30) Brand Image
10 08/19/09 Time for John Mackey to Resign (30) PR Issues
11 02/24/10 Target Invites Direct Comparison with Wal-Mart (30) Pricing Practices
12 01/25/10 Retail TouchPoints: Is the Retail World Ready for Digital Receipts? (30) Retail Tech
13 11/17/09 Gap, Wal-Mart Staying Open on Thanksgiving (30) Seasonality
14 11/30/09 Black Friday Draws Traffic (29) Seasonality
15 06/05/09 Some Prefer to Keep Trips to Wal-Mart a Secret (29) Wal-Mart Phenom
16 01/18/10 Walgreen Exploring the Sale of Prepared Meals and Fresh Foods (29) Meal Solutions
17 01/28/10 Apple's iPad: Magical, Revolutionary and Cheap (Really) (29) Consumer Tech Products
18 07/02/09 Practicing Random Acts of Retail Kindness (29) Customer Service
19 11/09/09 Is Social Media Equivalent to the Industrial Revolution? (28) eMarketing/spam
20 08/14/09 Retailers Hope Discounting Falls Out of Fashion (28) Apparel Retailing
21 06/08/09 The Loyalty Card Conundrum (28) Loyalty Marketing
22 11/24/09 BrainTrust Query: American Airlines - Buying the Friendly Skies? (28) Retail Concepts
23 06/29/09 The Changing Shape of Breakfast Cereal (28) Packaging
24 10/20/09 Braintrust Query: Amazon/Walmart.com - An Interesting Battle to Watch (28) Online Retail
25 11/20/09 Media Wrong Year After Year on Retail Holiday Sales (28) Seasonality
26 11/25/09 BrainTrust Query: Black Friday Madness - A Strategy for Failure (28) Selling Strategies
27 03/24/09 Surveys Less Than Truthful (28) Shopper Behavior
28 02/11/10 Brands Hit By Wal-Mart's SKU Reductions (27) Shelf management
29 05/12/09 Target Revives Dropped Price-Matching Program (27) Pricing Practices
30 08/18/09 Best Buy CEO Takes Lessons From the Front Line (27) Retail Successes
31 05/18/09 Most Loyal Customers Aren't Profitable (27) Loyalty Marketing
32 03/09/10 Wal-Mart Taking Hits Over Price, Selection (26) Pricing Practices
33 09/16/09 Martha to Try On Home Depot Orange (26) Brand Image
34 11/18/09 BrainTrust Query: Start a Customer Service War (26) Customer Service
35 12/08/09 Sunday Inserts and Supplements are Dead! Long Live Sunday Inserts and Supplements! (26) Coupons
36 01/19/10 Affluent Sick and Tired of Frugal Living (26) Shopper Behavior
37 07/23/09 Mall Wars: Microsoft Goes After Apple (25) Consumer Tech Products
38 07/15/09 Calculating the 'Wow' Shopping Experience (25) Customer Service
39 07/21/09 Personal Selling a Lost Retail Art (25) Customer Service
40 05/20/09 Target on the 'Up & Up' with Private Label (25) Private Label
41 08/27/09 Study Predicts Store Closings (25) Retail Space
42 07/31/09 Consumers Find Reasons Not to Shop Local Stores (25) Independents
43 02/24/10 BrainTrust Query: How Much Does a Free Cone from Baskin-Robbins Really Cost? (25) Loyalty Marketing
44 03/31/09 Godin's Guide to Productive Meetings (25) Management Advice
45 11/19/09 Target May Go Small to Open Urban Stores (24) Retail Space
46 08/06/09 Wal-Mart Accused of Moving In on Girl Scouts' Turf (24) PR Issues
47 05/18/09 Retail Customer Experience: The Financial Discipline of Customer Experience (24) Customer Service
48 03/18/09 Home Depot Invests in Customer Service (24) D-I-Y
49 10/15/09 BrainTrust Query: The 3 Worst Excuses for Retailers NOT Using Social Media (24) eMarketing/spam
50 04/17/09 Is Best Buy Doing a Circuit City? (24) Employee Motivation
51 03/01/10 Supermarkets on Tap (24) Eating Out
52 06/04/09 Plus-Size Women Need to Go Online to Buy Clothes (24) Apparel Retailing
53 07/06/09 SKU Rationalization Reshapes Retail Shelves (24) Shelf management
54 10/28/09 Black Friday Still Matters, But How Much? (24) Seasonality
55 03/16/09 SCDigest: Are Retailers Shooting Themselves in Foot with Low Inventory Strategies? (23) Shelf management
56 07/27/09 BrainTrust Query: Ten reasons you should care about the shopper (23) Shopper Behavior
57 06/02/09 Are Shoppers Ready to Shop? (23) The Economy
58 08/05/09 RadioShack (AKA 'The Shack') Seeks New, Hipper Image (23) Brand Image
59 09/15/09 Credit Cards Not in Aldi's Future (23) Cash/Credit Cards
60 02/04/10 BrainTrust Query: Is 'Social Media for Business' an Oxymoron? (23) eMarketing/spam
61 02/03/10 BrainTrust Query: Lessons From the Starbucks Turnaround (23) Customer Service
62 12/10/09 Consumers Say Service Stinks at Retail (23) Customer Service
63 08/24/09 Retail Customer Experience: Why good customer service is like billiards (23) Customer Service
64 05/29/09 PL Buyer: Turn on the TV! (23) Private Label
65 11/12/09 BrainTrust Query: Passion Blurs Personal vs. Professional (23) Management Advice
66 08/26/09 Lee Scott's 10 Steps to Leadership Success (23) Management Advice
67 10/29/09 Braintrust Query: Four Ways Smaller Stores Can Create Deeper Customer Connections (22) Management Advice
68 06/24/09 'Alice' Goes Online to Sell Toilet Paper, Other Household Items (22) Online Retail
69 05/08/09 Wal-Mart Ends Monthly Same-Store Sales Report (22) Investor Relations
70 01/20/10 CSD: Hiring Mistakes We've All Made (22) Hiring/Discrimination
71 06/10/09 Store Brands Stall (22) Private Label
72 09/22/09 Restoration Hardware Changes Mix, Raises Prices to Stand Out (22) Pricing Practices
73 05/28/09 Levi's Wears White in Support of Same-Sex Marriage (22) Political Issues
74 02/01/10 Braintrust Query: Why You Should Abandon Having an Online Retail Store (22) Online Retail
75 07/15/09 RSR Research: Is it Time to Tax Internet Sales? (22) Online Retail
76 09/01/09 Is Walmart.com the Next Amazon Online? (22) Online Retail
77 08/04/09 Hannaford Shoppers Line Up for Faster Checkouts (22) Customer Service
78 02/05/10 Shop at Your Leisure (22) Customer Service
79 09/14/09 The Incredible, Growing Sales Receipt (22) Coupons
80 06/23/09 PL Buyer: Twitter - Where's the Bottom? (22) eMarketing/spam
81 04/20/09 Profiting with a Purpose (22) Employee Motivation
82 06/22/09 Lee Scott's Regret: Not Promoting Retail Jobs (22) Employee Motivation
83 04/08/09 Wanted (or not): Social Media Marketers (22) eMarketing/spam
84 06/01/09 Big Lots Tests Upscale Prototype (22) Discount Channel
85 12/03/09 Braintrust Query: Are Marketers Mortgaging Their Brands' Future? (22) Brand Management
86 04/27/09 Beer Brands That Should be Retired (22) Brand Image
87 01/27/10 CPGmatters: Analysis of Data Underscores Importance of Best Shoppers (22) Shopper Behavior
88 10/26/09 Retail:Next Study Results: Separating Fads From Trends (22) Shopper Behavior
89 01/26/10 Eco Fashion Still Waiting to Go Mainstream (22) The Environment
90 05/05/09 R&FF Retailer: Kroger SKU Rationalization Push Going Strong (22) Shelf management
91 05/27/09 Best Buy Wants Deeper Relationship with Women (22) Women's Issues
92 09/14/09 BrainTrust Query: 45 Percent of Employees Don't Contribute to the Bottom Line (22) Worker Issues
93 09/08/09 Limited Brand Workers Literally Work Graveyard Shift (21) Worker Issues
94 08/11/09 CPGmatters: Major Marketers Collaborate with Kroger to Simplify Shopping for Beverages, Snacks (21) Shelf management
95 09/04/09 Brands Not Connecting with Women Through Social Media (21) Brand Image
96 09/21/09 BrainTrust Query: The Disappearing Boomers (21) Aging Population
97 08/21/09 BrainTrust Query: Has a Fashion Apparel Bubble Burst? (21) Apparel Retailing
98 02/19/10 Sears to Franchise Auto Centers (21) Brand Image
99 12/17/09 Tiger Woods and the Risks of Celebrity Endorsements (21) Brand Image
100 06/09/09 Retail Experience a Plus for Manufacturers (21) Brand Management


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