Author
Robin Lewis
Imagine Robin Lewis: author; visionary, retail guru and founder/CEO of The Robin Report, enjoying a martini at Louis Backyard, way down in Key West. That’s the picture of a totally relaxed man and his pup. This is where he loves to write and would welcome all retail and brand executives for a slowed-down chat about what they need to do to be successful. So, come on down to the Conch Republic, as the locals call it. And you might not ever want to leave.
Target: A Retail Radical of The Year
The pandemic provided select essential businesses an open field to rake in billions of consumer dollars. Shoppers moved purchases from thousands of shut-down nonessential stores, ...
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JC Penney: Too Big to Fail
I\’m no Andrew Sorkin, who given the chance, could probably make another blockbuster book, Too Big to Fail: JCP the Sequel. However, he would probably ...
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AEO: Laser-Focused on Gen Z…and Winning
Consumer-focused would be an understatement in describing American Eagle Outfitter\’s huge competitive advantage. It\’s the major reason they are doing so well, even in the ...
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Amazon and Walmart Go Deeper into Apparel: But Why?
While retail sales of apparel were getting hammered before Covid was even part of our common vocabulary, it soared to the rank of number-one loser ...
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\”Anchors Away” Foot Locker: Full Power into the Neighborhood
In a sentence: Is Foot Locker possibly shedding its mall anchors and accelerating the rollout of its neighborhood Power Stores? For what reason? To escape ...
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Malls Wedded Department Stores: Now a Collapsing 64-Year Marriage
The wedding took place in 1956 in Edina, Minnesota with the opening of Southdale Center, the first enclosed mall in the U.S. Its beloved anchor ...
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Covid’s Accelerant on the Future of Retail
Everyone is looking for a silver bullet. I\’ve argued forever that understanding the data leads us in the right direction for running a business that ...
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Subscription Models: Another Post Pandemic Winner
In 2016 I wrote an article titled, Personalization The Next and Biggest Thing. The opening lines were \”Bring it to me, just for me, new, ...
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