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R.I.P.– Bankrupt Brands Spell Trouble for Beauty
Call it the Great Reckoning. After a few consecutive years of suspiciously explosive growth in the indie beauty scene, an era when virtually everyone you ...
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Emerging Renaissance of European Malls
The argument is simple: malls may not be the income powerhouses they once were but we’re still enduring their pain. Malls have been through the ...
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Hong Kong Bay Area Blues
Many (Western) China watchers have been foretelling the economic decline and collapse of the world’s second-largest economy for decades. This outlook, often fueled by a ...
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Q4: Opportunities and Challenges for Retailers
Many retailers count on holiday sales for 20 to 30 percent of their annual sales, with some stores deriving even more annual revenue from the ...
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The Birkenstock IPO Flop
Despite all the pre-IPO hype that the listing of Birkenstock shares would rival the meteoric launches of other household footwear names like Nike, Crocs, and ...
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Nordstrom Rack: Chasing Growth Before Success
Between 2008 and 2018, Nordstrom Rack grew at an extraordinary pace. In that 10-year span, Nordstrom’s off-price revenue more than quadrupled as the retailer rapidly ...
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Retailers: Get Ready for the Weather to Turn
For some 300 years, people have relied upon low-tech barometers to predict weather changes measured by the air pressure. When air pressure is high, it ...
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How Is America Shopping Post-Pandemic?
Where is the American consumer shopping these days? In-store or online? This in-depth report explores U.S. retail purchase behavior
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