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.
BJ\’s: A Radical Embraces the Future
The 2021 Retail Radicals winners represent different sectors of the retail industry and based on their strategic initiatives and innovations, these companies have outpaced the ...
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Peloton’s Radical Vision: Right Time, Right Place
Peloton has maintained its North Star by not compromising the customer experience for short-term profit goals. It is authentic, transparent, and true to its core ...
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It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. No, It’s a Retail Drone!
During WWI and WWII, carrier pigeons (or homing pigeons) actually won medals for their valiant acts of bravery. The Germans even had photographer-pigeons with cameras ...
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Five Innovative Brands that Deliver Exceptional Results
For the past three years, we have recognized retail brands that have had exceptional results each year, powered by teams that are redefining innovation and ...
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Is Sonia Syngal Gap’s Fourth “Hail Mary?”
Mickey Drexler left the helm of Gap in 2002, after he had guided it through almost two decades of meteoric growth from $480 million in ...
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What Do Circuit City and Best Buy Have in Common?
How ironic it would be if the same decisions that drove Circuit City into extinction ultimately will do the same to Best Buy? Circuit City ...
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Distribution Always Overrules
My overused statement that this is the distribution century still dramatizes the point that in a world of excess (short-term supply chain disruption aside), only ...
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Will Covid Heal an Industry Disease?
For over three decades of giving industry presentations, and after three co-authored books The New Rules of Retail (plus a revision) and Retail’s Seismic Shift, ...
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