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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.
Four Pain Points Can Kill Physical Retail
Retailers still don\’t get it. How many times and in how many ways do I have to rant and rave about the one enormous competitive ...
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2019 Columbia Business School Retail Forum
Join us on Wednesday August 7th, 2019 for the annual Columbia Business School Retail Forum hosted by Robin Lewis, Richard Jaffe and the W. Edwards ...
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Shoptalk 2.0: If It Ain\’t Broke…Fix It Anyway
In the old-world corporate phase of my career, I can\’t remember how many times I was told \”If it ain\’t broke, don\’t fix it.\” Looking ...
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Richard Baker is my Name – Real Estate is my Game
What does Eddie \”fast buck\” Lampert have to do with this? Before I get to the significance of the title of this article and HBC\’s ...
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Art Peck’s “Hail Mary” Won’t Save The Dying Gap
Paul Pressler (CEO, Gap — 2002-2007), passed his failing patient (Gap), over to CEO Glenn Murphy who was the unsuccessful surgeon who operated on Gap ...
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The Tech Hunters
The next big thing is being rolled out by the thousands on almost a daily basis. To name them in the aggregate, we\’re calling them ...
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Kohl’s and Amazon: Just the Beginning
Just when you think you\’ve heard enough from me about Kohl\’s; you haven\’t. You\’d think that CEO Michelle Gass has a weekly calendar that reminds ...
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Amazon Go Stores Will Go: Walmart Eats Their Lunch
For sure, Amazon took all the oxygen out of the room and the breath away from the entire retail industry. And it continues … except ...
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