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Management
Survival of the Fittest
Mark Cohen and Anthony Karabus
May 25, 2020
The \”once in a life-time\” impact on retail created as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the secular shift that has gradually been ...
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J.Crew and Neiman Marcus: A “Not What You Think” Lesson
Robin Lewis
May 12, 2020
The retail and general business media are jammed with news, insights and perspectives around the bankruptcies of J.Crew and Neiman Marcus. And unfortunately, too many ...
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OMG!! A Final Gap “Hail Mary” Play?
Robin Lewis
May 6, 2020
A Case for Euthanasia? Gap on Life Support In 2011, I opened with this salvo: \”I don\’t care how much cash The Gap is sitting ...
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What the World Needs Now Is Great Leadership
Robin Lewis
April 29, 2020
There are a multitude of leaders around the world, by title only. There is a scarcity of great leaders. The same applies in the retail ...
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Coronavirus Has Pushed A Rapidly Growing List of Retailers to the Edge
Pam Danziger
April 13, 2020
With consumers\’ heightened awareness of the danger of being in confined places with strangers, it is highly unlikely they will flock to stores and malls ...
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Don\’t Let a Crisis Go to Waste
Robin Lewis
April 8, 2020
Like so many of our readers, I too am operating and running The Robin Report remotely, as are my team members. We are fortunate in ...
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Preparing for Recovery
Sarah Holbrook
April 7, 2020
As the clouds of COVID-19 darken, they are eclipsing our ability to see a clear future. The initial shock of the economic, employment and retail ...
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The Crisis Playbook for Retailers is Remarkably Stale
Warren Shoulberg
April 6, 2020
As America\’s retailers struggle to connect with their customers during the most critical crisis in their business lifetimes, the strategies they are using are old, ...
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