Author
Marie Driscoll
Marie is a retail analyst, consultant and thought leader. Her career spans equity analysis on Wall Street where she won Best on the Street three times; industry analysis where she is considered one of RETHINK Retails top analyst Influencers for the last five years (2021-2025); and academia where she teaches retail, entrepreneurship, and equity analysis at Baruch, FIT and The New School. Marie also is President of the Retail Marketing Society (RMS) and sits on the RMS board and NRF’s IPC (Industry Partnership Council) board, and is X-Coresight, X-S&P/CapIQ
The New Sustainability
Sustainable fashion has been more of an oxymoron than a reality since the advent of mass merchandising. But social media, internet-enabled transparency and a new ...
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A Roadmap to Innovation
Change the Culture Several major themes at the Retail Innovation Conference emerged, but one of the most dramatic was that for the largest retailer in ...
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The Blurred Line of Marketing and Commerce
The rules of marketing are undergoing a sea change. Agencies have experienced double-digit declines (similar to mall traffic!) as CPG brands bring efforts in house ...
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International Invaders Create New Retail Opportunities
There are so many reasons for the demise of the traditional mall, including (and first on the list) a lack of newness and excitement that ...
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An Optimistic Kickoff to 2018
Retail’s “Big Show” at Jacob Javits Center in New York has been an annual must-attend event for retailers and those involved in the retail ecosystem ...
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RetailTech Companies That Will Help You Navigate The New Normal.
Reachify: Solving for too many options and too much information in software solutions It’s all moving so fast with too many technology solutions promising to ...
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Authentic Brands Group, The Brand Doctor
Ever wonder where your once-beloved brand went when you no longer see it in your department store of choice? Did it get acquired, go bankrupt, ...
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Un-Amazonable Retail Concepts, For Now!
For too long, consumers have had too few fashion shopping choices. Department stores morphed from emporiums of the latest designs to vast undifferentiated caverns of ...
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