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NRF Holiday Forecast at Risk
Pam Danziger
November 30, 2020
For the last 25 years, the National Retail Federation (NRF) has kicked off the holiday shopping season in early October with its forecast for holiday ...
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Beauty’s Shifting M&A Landscape
Dana Wood
November 29, 2020
As a beauty journalist who came of age in the 1990s, I was shocked and a little sad to see that Perricone MD, a proto ...
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Heading into the Homestretch, It’s Sycamore by a Mile
Robin Lewis
July 29, 2020
During this whirlwind of retail bankruptcies, while the pandemic rages on with no end in sight, it should be a field day for private equity ...
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What’s Money Got to Do with It?
Jeff Harbaugh
July 28, 2020
There are certain commonalities, trends, and uncertainties we should (hopefully) have top of mind as we take this epic journey that increasingly looks to be ...
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J.C. Penney May Survive Covid-19 (For the Wrong Reasons)
Adam Levine-Weinberg
July 13, 2020
The moment of truth is nearing for J.C. Penney. The struggling department store chain faces a July 15 deadline to gain lenders\’ approval for its ...
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At What Cost?
Gregory Stock, PhD
April 15, 2020
Our Covid-19 response — like virtually all policy — is being shaped by people who are leading protected lives. They personally have little at stake ...
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What Retailers Really Need Now
Rebecca Fitts
April 5, 2020
Besides online sales, what retailers need most right now is rent relief, in any size, shape or form! Many of them may need rent abatement ...
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Reflections of a Trade War Correspondent
Sarah Holbrook
December 16, 2019
In the words of New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman, \”At this point I\’ve lost count of how many times markets have rallied in the ...
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