Articles on
Experience
Barbie: The Doll, the Movie, the Stuff…Your Life
Warren Shoulberg
July 17, 2023
The intersection of movies and merchandising is a long, tortured road with more than its fair share of boffo success stories and bombs…both at the ...
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The Gen Z Communication Crisis
Jasmine Glasheen
July 6, 2023
It’s time for some straight talk about Gen Z and retail. This isn’t about their ethical, social justice, and climate issues. It’s about a current ...
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Airports: The New Mall
Paco Underhill
June 22, 2023
The modern airport has become a version of cold war Berlin — a city divided. In the biz it’s called landside and airside, separated by ...
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Quiet Luxury: The New Face of Normcore
Jasmine Glasheen
June 21, 2023
In 2023, simplicity is a rebellion. Let’s talk about the trend that TikTok is calling the “old money aesthetic.” If #BarbieCore is the antithesis of ...
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Pop Goes the Retailer
Warren Shoulberg
June 19, 2023
If you look up the word “Pop-tailer” in the dictionary, you will find…well, actually you won’t find anything. It doesn’t exist…until now. That’s because we ...
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The Dubai Retail Scene
Paco Underhill
June 11, 2023
In the first Star Wars movie there is a scene where Luke Skywalker and Obi-Won Kenobi walk into a bar looking for Han Solo. The ...
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The 20 Million Dollar Man: Johnny Depp Re-Ups With Dior Sauvage
Dana Wood
June 6, 2023
It must feel pretty great to be Johnny Depp right about now. Not only was the heavily tattooed, 59-year-old bad boy lavished with a raucous, ...
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The New Wave of Barbiecore
Jasmine Glasheen
June 5, 2023
Pink. It was once viewed as the solitary color with which to express femininity. But as we get closer to the July 2023 release date ...
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