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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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Missing Retail Sales

The Latest Homeless Crisis: The Missing $7 Billion in Retail Sales

As recently as just a few years ago, Bed Bath & Beyond did over $5 billion in annual retail sales. Tuesday Morning was doing close ...
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Can Overstock Reroute Its Road to Irrelevance?

When Bed Bath & Beyond named Overstock.com as the “stalking horse” bidder for its intellectual property last month, it wasn’t much of a shock. Overstock ...
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