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.
Happy New Year!
Not Much Happy or New About It, Except… This Holiday Season, Santa’s sleigh was so overstuffed that he was able to leave a lot of ...
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The Long Tail Theory
Can Be Reality for Traditional Megabrands A decade has passed since Chris Anderson wrote The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling More ...
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“Costcoholics” Costco’s $113.7 Billion Addicts
A good friend of mine was talking about Costco recently, raving on and on about how she couldn’t resist shopping there at least two to ...
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Q&A with Jerry Storch, CEO Hudson’s Bay Company
Robin Lewis: I told Richard [Baker, Governor and Executive Chairman, Hudson’s Bay Company] a while back that he is a real estate guy, albeit a ...
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Amazon Branded Apparel
Next? Amazon Branded Stores The world does not need another brand of anything, and even more to the point, more apparel brands. However, Amazon Fashion ...
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Amazon – The Rock and a Hard Place For Third-Party Merchants
From a real-time perspective, a snapshot of Amazon reveals a sprawling marketplace with the potential to become the largest transactional agent in the history of ...
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The Big Alibaba Bamboozle
The World’s Largest Counterfeit Market One can find fake or counterfeit brands in shops and on the streets of every major city in the world. ...
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Every Consumer is Now a Retailer
Hey! It’s a Store in Every Closet As if the traditional industry’s beaten and battered retailers don’t already have enough angst sitting on top of ...
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