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.
Whole Foods: Amazon’s Huge Mistake
Robin Lewis
March 3, 2020
At some point just around the birth of Amazon, Jeff Bezos said he must get big fast, (to own unreachable market share ahead of copycats) ...
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Macy’s: Out of the Box or a Different Box?
Robin Lewis
February 18, 2020
Macy\’s is going bold and fast with Market by Macy\’s! The 20,000 square-foot boutique opened recently in the Southlake Town Square lifestyle shopping center in ...
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The Robin Report Unveils the Retail Radicals: The Movers and Shakers of Legacy Brands
Robin Lewis
February 3, 2020
We are pleased to announce the winners of The Robin Report 2020 Retail Radicals. We have worked in collaboration with SAP on our second annual ...
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Walmart and Jet.com Failed “Marketing 101”
Robin Lewis
January 29, 2020
The leadership team at Walmart failed to develop a positioning strategy for the two brands. It appeared that the strategy was simply to operate the ...
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How Quaint: Stores Are Back in Vogue
Robin Lewis
January 21, 2020
Whenever expert sources float out a major lemming-like prediction, there are three sequential reactions. The followers react in exaggerated ways, going to the extreme opposite ...
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RH Ahead of Wall Street Transforming an Industry
Robin Lewis
January 8, 2020
In late December, I had two out-of-this-world experiences. Out of this world, but into the universe created by RH CEO, Gary Friedman. The first experience ...
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Autos, Apparel and Resale
Robin Lewis
December 8, 2019
When the race to the bottom hits…well, the bottom (read: when there are no more costs to cut and when pricing cuts into margins) there ...
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Three Valuable Reports
Robin Lewis
December 4, 2019
Alvanon has three special reports designed to help you make informed decisions, wherever you or your company are on their trajectories. When Caring for People ...
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