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Hong Kong Bay Area Blues
					
			
																				
			Ross O'Brien		
				
																						
			January 11, 2024		
				
		
		
			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
					
			
																				
			RoxAnna Sway		
				
																						
			October 31, 2023		
				
		
		
			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
					
			
																				
			Arick Wierson		
				
																						
			October 30, 2023		
				
		
		
			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
					
			
																				
			Adam Levine-Weinberg		
				
																						
			September 25, 2023		
				
		
		
			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
					
			
																				
			Pam Danziger		
				
																						
			August 29, 2023		
				
		
		
			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?
					
			
																				
			Commerce Signals		
				
																						
			August 16, 2023		
				
		
		
			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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						The Latest Homeless Crisis: The Missing $7 Billion in Retail Sales
					
			
																				
			Warren Shoulberg		
				
																						
			July 27, 2023		
				
		
		
			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?
					
			
																				
			Adam Levine-Weinberg		
				
																						
			July 12, 2023		
				
		
		
			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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