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The Curious Morality of Crocs
Arick Wierson
October 28, 2026
There is an irony here: Crocs built a global empire by convincing consumers to embrace authenticity and disregard appearances. Yet behind the scenes, the company ...
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Don’t Count Shein Out, Yet
Ross O'Brien
September 7, 2026
The business world thinks Shein’s recent Hong Kong IPO —which valued the Chinese ecommerce fashion giant at only a quarter of its 2022 high—is a ...
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Surviving the Latest Trade War … With Canada
Warren Shoulberg
August 27, 2026
And just like that, we seem to be at war with our closest neighbor, best ally, and first or second-biggest trading partner (depending on how ...
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The Consumer: Anxious, Financially Stretched, and Driving Retail Growth
Pam Danziger
August 26, 2026
Although a convergence of economic and geopolitical pressures is souring consumers’ outlook and pulling sentiment down, when looking at their actual spending—especially heading into the ...
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Will Going Public Change Reformation?
Jaisel Cherry
August 25, 2026
So many DTC companies have struggled after going public; Reformation’s IPO comes at a time when its customer base has significantly diminished, and the brand ...
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The New DMZ
Ross O'Brien
August 10, 2026
The boom and bust of Korea's AI-fuelled financial markets could be foreshadowing a wider global meltdown. The way its digital natives are dealing with their ...
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Cracker Barrel: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 7.25.26
Warren Shoulberg
July 25, 2026
Cracker Barrel is becoming a TRR ongoing miss. Just when you thought its earnings release showing positive numbers was a good thing, a few paragraphs ...
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Kroger’s Consolidation Polycrisis
Phil Lempert
July 7, 2026
Another grocery chain, another acquisition. Now that Kroger has bought Giant Eagle, is it a smart consolidation, or a company desperately spending money it doesn't ...
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