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Management
Walmart: The Robin Report Retail Hit of the Week, 2.7.2026
Warren Shoulberg
February 7, 2026
Take that Amazon and Google and all the rest of you entitled Magnificent Seven: You've got a new trillionaire member, and it’s not another tech ...
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Chip Wilson’s Fight To Save Lululemon, Redux
Pam Danziger
January 14, 2026
Is founder Chip Wilson able to save Lululemon, or will his ego push the brand further into irrelevance? And the answer is: One man’s ego ...
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How Melissa Gonzalez Went from Wall Street to Retail Visionary
The Robin Report
January 13, 2026
Melissa Gonzalez didn't plan to revolutionize retail. The Principal and founder of MG2 and author of The Purpose Pivot, left her Wall Street career for ...
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Why Chief Storytellers Are a Bad Idea
Thaler Pekar
January 8, 2026
Effective retailing demands that we enable people to find, believe, and share their own stories. And to do so enthusiastically, without hesitation. They shouldn’t have ...
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Saks Global: Another Trainwreck
Mark Cohen
January 7, 2026
Baker, as a real estate manipulator, gets high marks. As a retail leader and retail strategist, however, he has been an abject failure.
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What on Earth Happened to Retail in 2025?
Deborah Patton
January 5, 2026
The biggest surprise is that the economy is still chugging along as strong as it is. You’d think that the consumer would be shutting down ...
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Cornered: Retail CEOs in Succession
Warren Shoulberg
December 29, 2025
The most highly visible hires in the retail world over the past few months have been at Walmart and Target. Both boards chose insiders to ...
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Gap’s Reinvention: The Peril of Chasing Relevance
Marie Driscoll
December 24, 2025
For Old Navy or Gap, it’s a risky strategy to assume consumers will meaningfully find beauty or accessories as essentials. And the bigger risk is ...
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