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.
Think Like a Radical
Radical thinking leads to radical behavior, leads to radical change. And now more than ever, radical change is what traditional retailers need. These three radicals ...
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Target’s Powerful Acceleration Stage
Back in August of 2016 when CEO Brian Cornell was beginning to frame his strategy for Target’s turnaround and accelerated growth, I wrote that he ...
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“Retail Store” – A Mental Barrier to Radical Behavior
Now more than ever, radical behavior is what traditional retailers need. I was fortunate last week to have met with the incoming CEO of Kohl’s, ...
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Last Week’s Fun and Fury
The Robin Report hosted its annual Advisory Board dinner last week. About 40 of the industry’s C-level leaders gathered at the Acquavit Restaurant for an ...
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The Shakeup Moment of Opportunity
By Robin Lewis The industry continues in its shakeout and shake-up phase, as technology has empowered a nextgen consumer culture which is forcing radical transformation ...
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Where Are the Retail Radicals?
We Need You Now!!! I have my “old world” hat on and I’m scoping in on a bunch of little speedboats circling around my big ...
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Walmart’s “Last Ten Miles” – Quicker and Cheaper Than Amazon
Amazon has been struggling to decrease the cost and increase the speed of the pesky “last mile,” as it defines the last leg of delivery ...
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Grocery Store or Platform?
By Robin Lewis There’s that word “store” again. And it’s been used for centuries to describe physical buildings that store and sell groceries, including packaged ...
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