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America’s Preeminent Mega-Mall Has Always Been Thinking Big…and Small
Sanford Stein
May 1, 2022
America’s mid-20th Century suburban sprawl drove the first big wave of shopping center growth. With that, locally based single-store merchants who thrived in bustling downtowns ...
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The Paradox of Brands
Pam Danziger
April 25, 2022
Paradoxes are both familiar and common to the human condition. They are brain teasers that reveal faults in our senses and errors in human logic. ...
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What Are Screens Doing to Us?
Paco Underhill
April 20, 2022
At age 16 my first step towards independence was a driver’s license. I failed the first test and was mortified – parallel parking in a ...
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High Times for Cannabis in the Retail Industry
Jasmine Glasheen
April 19, 2022
Cannabis has come of age and on the “high” heels of 4/20, the cannabis insiders’ unofficial/official holiday, fashion retailers should take note. The 2022 Cannabis ...
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Innovative Brands Are Stepping Up Their Sustainability Game
Catherine Schetting Salfino
April 17, 2022
As consumers become more aware of sustainability, some fashion brands are making concerted efforts to not just be seen as an eco-conscious brand, but to ...
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Influencers at Any Age
Dana Wood
March 28, 2022
Back in the olden days, women weren’t expected to look stop-traffic terrific at age 60. But try telling that to Janet “Grateful Gardenia” Gunn, an ...
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Fenty’s New Mall Stores Have a Lot to Teach Us
Jasmine Glasheen
March 6, 2022
Rihanna’s intimates brand, Savage X Fenty, opened its first physical store at Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, Nevada in January. Four more locations are scheduled ...
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What Happened to Authentic Streetwear?
Mikelya Fournier
February 21, 2022
Everywhere you look, you see the same jogger outfits with predictable brand logos on display for the world to see. If you stop and ask ...
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