\”There are three kinds of lies,\” Mark Twain famously wrote over a century ago. \”Lies, damned lies, and statistics.\” The conventional media reporting on the ...

Over the past decade, \”omnichannel\” has become one of the most common buzzwords in retail. Retail executives, industry consultants, and analysts all agree on the ...

It all started with gasoline stations and small businesses– you remember, the percent added to sales purchases that is passed on from the retailer to ...

I thought I was done with my recent assessment of Authentic Brands Group licensing model as well as their SPARC deal with Simon Properties. I ...

In some ways, this week’s Chapter XI filing by shopping center REIT Washington Prime Group seemed preordained.  However, it’s instructional to recall that at the ...

With news that both Melbourne, Australia-based Afterpay and Minneapolis native Sezzle are planning IPOs on U.S. stock exchanges in the months ahead, joining San Francisco-based ...

Over the past decade I’ve been blathering on about this being the distribution century, meaning that consumers and retailers, both armed with technology, would drive ...

In recent weeks, Macy’s has resumed expanding its Backstage off-price chain, following a pause while the department store giant fought through the worst of the ...