Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins

By Marcia Layton Turner,

Book cover of Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins: How Incompetence Tainted An American Icon

Book description

An insightful look at how Kmart's management destroyed the company
Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins spins an intriguing tale of the missteps of a retail giant who once had the industry in the palm of its hand and foolishly let it all slip away. This engaging book weaves corporate history in…

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1 author picked Kmart's Ten Deadly Sins as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Sometimes the best way to learn how to succeed is to see how others failed. With a chapter to detail each of the 10 deadly sins (Lousy locations or Ignoring store appearance), the book motivates retailers to focus on what matters and how to thrive. Plenty of great examples that unfortunately, still ring true in retailers today. 

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