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Warren Shoulberg

Warren Shoulberg knows home furnishings. He has been a regular contributor to The Robin Report, Forbes.com, The Business of Home and Home Textiles Today as well as his own blog Warrensreport.com. As the former editor-in-chief for several leading business-to-business publications specializing in home furnishings retailing he has chronicled the good, the bad and the ugly of the business in a career spanning four decades.

His award winning commentaries elicit both praise and complaints. He welcomes them both equally. He has guest lectured at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and been honored by the International Furnishings and Design Association, Gift for Life and the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN, ABC News and other media as an expert in the field.

He expects to be doing this for the duration.

Williams Sonoma: The Robin Report Retail Hit of the Week, 03. 21. 2026

These popular stalwarts have weathered a history of challenging economic conditions. That's the case once again this week when the retailer's Q4 and full-year financial ...
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Chip Wilson: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 3.14.26

Chip Wilson is an ex-retailer, ever since he sold and then gave up control of the company he founded, Lululemon. It was a brilliant retail ...
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Warby Parker: The Robin Report Retail Hit of the Week, 3.7. 2026

Every company that came along after them said they were the "Warby Parker of...whatever" and virtually every one of them failed, collapsed or morphed into ...
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Richard Baker: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 2.27.26

OK, play it again one more time. At first, I thought I was reading the satirical Onion when I saw an interview with former Saks/Neiman’s/HBC/Lord & Taylor/etc., self-styled ...
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Kohls: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 2.21.26

The idea of full price retailers setting aside a dedicated promotional area in their stores goes back at least to the famous “O” tables (opportunities) ...
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Eddie Bauer: The Robin Report Miss of the Week, 2.14.2026

They say the third time is supposed to be charmed but in this case it’s more like three strikes and you're out.
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Is Netflix House the Next Big Retail Thing?

It doesn’t get any more experiential than Netflix’s store format, which takes participatory adventures, hospitality and the ubiquitous gift shop to levels unmatched by anything ...
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Walmart: The Robin Report Retail Hit of the Week, 2.7.2026

Take that Amazon and Google and all the rest of you entitled Magnificent Seven: You've got a new trillionaire member, and it’s not another tech ...
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