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.
Amazon’s Non-Department Store Launch
Is this Amazon’s breakout retail moment? After testing various retail formats, with some “keepers,” they plan to launch what “is akin” to department stores, according ...
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SaksWorks and SPARC: Victims of Fatal Attractions
I’m not quite sure where I want to go with this. I think we may wind up with many more questions than answers. However, one ...
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Forever 21: Third Try in China, Charmed or Strikeout?
On October 9, 2019, I wrote Forever 21: Cut Your Losses and Die Happily and predicted Forever 21’s demise, and why. And predictably, they slipped ...
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The Great Fragmentation and AI: The Case for Neighborhood Shops
If you think of yesterday’s “mass market” as a nice glass bowl, that market today has shattered into a thousand small fragments of glass. This ...
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ABG’S Chief Spinmeister
I thought I was done with my recent assessment of Authentic Brands Group licensing model as well as their SPARC deal with Simon Properties. I ...
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Victoria’s Secret: Too Little Too Late
In 2018 after three years of a steady decline in Victoria’s Secret’s share of market (from 32 percent in 2015 to 21 percent in 2020, ...
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Mirror, Mirror on The Wall, Who’s the Fairest of Us All?
“Who’s the fairest of us all” was made famous by the evil queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as she stood in front ...
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ABG, SPARC and JCP Fading Into The Sunset
Great brands don’t die, they just fade away. And where do they go to expire? Authentic Brands Group, of course. Talk about rolling up a ...
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