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Management
Power Plays
Shelley E. Kohan
January 4, 2022
We’ve heard it, seen it, and are experiencing it as a customer or retail management. The employee is calling the shots. There’s a great power ...
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REI: A Radical Co-op
Robin Lewis
December 26, 2021
Like all strategic transformations, it requires enlightened leadership, major capital commitment, dedicated resources, innovative initiatives, and extreme focus matched with a high level of strategic ...
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TSC: A Radical Under the Radar
Robin Lewis
December 22, 2021
For the past three years, the Robin Report has recognized retail brands that have had exceptional results each year, powered by teams that are redefining ...
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Allbirds: Pioneering Sustainable Footwear
Robin Lewis
December 20, 2021
The San Francisco-based Allbirds was founded by New Zealander Tim Brown in 2014. Years later renawables expert Joey Zwillinger came on board with the goal ...
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Peloton’s Radical Vision: Right Time, Right Place
Robin Lewis
December 13, 2021
Peloton has maintained its North Star by not compromising the customer experience for short-term profit goals. It is authentic, transparent, and true to its core ...
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Five Innovative Brands that Deliver Exceptional Results
Robin Lewis
December 6, 2021
For the past three years, we have recognized retail brands that have had exceptional results each year, powered by teams that are redefining innovation and ...
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Is Sonia Syngal Gap’s Fourth “Hail Mary?”
Robin Lewis
November 17, 2021
Mickey Drexler left the helm of Gap in 2002, after he had guided it through almost two decades of meteoric growth from $480 million in ...
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Ulta and Sephora Break into the Big Boxes
Sanford Stein
November 14, 2021
America’s beauty queens, Ulta and Sephora, have been going head-to-head in the U.S. market since Ulta launched in 1990, and Sephora opened its first store ...
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