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Finance
I See a Perfect Storm Plus One (not Stormy)
Robin Lewis
April 11, 2018
Reminder: a perfect storm is the result of three strong weather fronts colliding together and delivering havoc on land or sea. I think I see ...
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Albertsons Goes Headlong into Health Care
David Merrefield
March 5, 2018
Albertsons’ proposed buyout of the parts of drugstore chain Rite Aid that won’t be acquired by Walgreens flings the supermarket operator into the fast-changing healthcare ...
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Retail\’s Q4 Sales Results
Chris Walton
February 7, 2018
Do we have amnesia? A mere six months ago at Shop.org in Los Angeles, I remember sitting amidst heated debates, akin to the Miller Lite ...
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Cryptocurrency – Game Changer or Disaster in Waiting?
Len Lewis
November 1, 2017
Since revisionist history seems to be taking center stage in Washington and elsewhere, let’s take a stab at our own. Were he alive today, Thomas ...
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Activist Investors Drive Change at Whole Foods
David Merrefield
May 31, 2017
We talk a lot about disruptors and how they have turned retailing upside down, challenging the very existence of entire industry sectors. So here’s another ...
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Are We Into Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?
Robin Lewis
March 8, 2017
According to Moody’s Investors Service, 13.5 percent of their retail and apparel portfolio is distressed, compared to 16 percent during the Great Recession. This little ...
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Cash
Paco Underhill
September 19, 2016
The 21st-century economist understands cash on a global market scale. Trillions are sitting in accounts across the world. The largest global technology companies are sitting ...
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In Nabbing IT Cosmetics, L’Oréal Luxe Just Bought a 21st Century Seat at the Direct-Sales Table
Dana Wood
August 8, 2016
Roughly 10 days ago, after returning home from a lengthy trip across the Pond, I reluctantly eyeballed a sizeable pile of mail (junk and legit), ...
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