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Experience
Why Kale Will Save Retail
Cindy Palusamy
April 1, 2015
…And Other Lessons From European Retail\’s Foodie Heroes As many of us remember, the 2014 Chanel Fall/Winter show was a foodie dream for those who ...
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Pirch – The “Third Place” For Kitchen and Bath Lovers
Robin Lewis
March 31, 2015
Who would have thunk that hanging out in a kitchen and bath appliance store could replicate the Starbucks experience for coffee aficionados and Apple for ...
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Old McDonald’s and Its Youngest Customers
Warren Shoulberg
March 30, 2015
While everyone is trying to figure out how to fix the troubled fast food chain, they are missing one very important ingredient…and it ain’t pickles. ...
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Journey of the Chosen Ones – JNCO Jeans Are Coming Back
Robin Lewis
March 11, 2015
Or if you don’t like that original acronym, JNCO (Jean Company), it also now stands for “Judge None, Choose One.” I’m not sure I get ...
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What Can Luxury Brands like Louis Vuitton Learn from Lego?
Pam Danziger
February 25, 2015
Important Lessons, It Turns Out Fast Company just published an interesting story about Lego and its Future Lab, titled “How Lego Became the Apple of Toys.” ...
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Luxury A 2014 Recap and 2015 Outlook
Marie Driscoll
February 24, 2015
It isn’t only consumer product goods companies targeted at the middle class that fared poorly in 2014. Regardless of what the confidence readings or the ...
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Homeless in America
Warren Shoulberg
February 3, 2015
The home furnishings business should be hitting…well, home runs right now. The only thing is that it’s not: a couple of bloop singles at best. ...
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Tory Burch. Doing Almost Everything Right
Jane Singer
January 20, 2015
About a dozen years ago, sitting in her blue and white David Hicks and Billy Baldwin design-inspired kitchen in her 6000-square-foot Pierre Hotel co-op overlooking ...
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