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An Anti-Tech Backlash
Forget the Metaverse, AI, self-driving cars, and aerial drone pizza delivery; there is an emerging movement among customers who are focusing on yesterday instead of ...
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The Reinvention of America’s Superhighway Gas Stations
This is a story about a giant buck-toothed beaver, a forlorn legacy brand that is going to be reborn under new owners and a store ...
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An Enlightened Neiman Marcus Group Workforce Ethos
Since Neiman Marcus Group filed for bankruptcy in May 2020 and emerged four months later with $4 billion in debt, it has largely gone off ...
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Helicopter Parents Drag Down the Frontline Retail Workforce
Helicopter parents are nothing new. From the first Cro-Magnon child that ventured out into the hunt, there was certainly an anxious mother standing behind that ...
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Barbie: The Doll, the Movie, the Stuff…Your Life
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
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
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
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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