Articles on
Management
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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The Challenges of Change Management
Jon Dano
October 27, 2021
In the workplace, everyone experiences change. How we experience it can vary greatly. Over the many years of my career, I have been a recipient ...
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SaksWorks and SPARC: Victims of Fatal Attractions
Robin Lewis
August 18, 2021
I’m not quite sure where I want to go with this. I think we may wind up with many more questions than answers. However, one ...
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Leadership in an Evolving Pandemic
Deborah Patton
August 17, 2021
Leading in a Time of Ambiguity Living though a pandemic is shadowed by nearly constant uncertainty. We take three steps forward, two sideways and unfortunately, ...
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Forever 21: Third Try in China, Charmed or Strikeout?
Robin Lewis
August 11, 2021
On October 9, 2019, I wrote Forever 21: Cut Your Losses and Die Happily and predicted Forever 21’s demise, and why. And predictably, they slipped ...
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Saks\’ Bold Move
Pam Danziger
July 21, 2021
When news broke recently that HBC was splitting Saks Fifth Avenue into two, spinning off its ecommerce business from its brick-and-mortar stores, speculation swirled about ...
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CSR in the Age of Transparency
Sarah Holbrook
July 18, 2021
I read great reviews of the film The Summer of Soul, a documentary directed by Questlove, known to many as the bandleader of The Roots, ...
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Is Retail a Career?
Arick Wierson
July 11, 2021
As a four trillion dollar slice of the economy, retail is one of the largest employment sectors in the U.S. Prior to the pandemic, it ...
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