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Pam Danzinger - coronavirus Starbucks China

Starbucks Wuhan Success Story

The United States has hit the pause button on the economy literally. On March 16 President Trump asked Americans to call a halt to their ...
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Chris Walton - Retail Love - The Robin Report

Retail Love in The Time of Coronavirus

Coronavirus coverage is everywhere. One cannot turn on the TV, scroll through social media, or shout at his or her neighbor from more than six ...
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COVID-19: Short-Term Opportunity, Long-Term Problem

To overstate the obvious, in this understated war against COVID-19 we are trying to hide from an enemy we can\’t even see, smell, touch or ...
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Daivd Merrefield - Earth Fare - The Robin Report

Earth Fare Gone

Earth Fare, the chain of 50 natural and organic supermarkets, is as good as gone. The company has filed for Chapter 11 and announced that ...
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2019 Retail Recap - Mark Cohen - The Robin Report

2019 Retailing: The Best and Worst of Times

A Tale of Two Cities Shamelessly taking a cue from the opening lines of Charles Dickens\’ \”A Tale of Two Cities,\” 2019 was the best ...
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The Robin Report - Walmart Jet Gets an F in Marketing

Walmart and Jet.com Failed “Marketing 101”

The leadership team at Walmart failed to develop a positioning strategy for the two brands. It appeared that the strategy was simply to operate the ...
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Deborah Patton - The Art and Science of Retail - The Robin Report

The Art and Science of Retail

If you were to distill what consumers want from any retail transaction down to two factors, it would be convenience and experience. And these two ...
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How Quaint: Stores Are Back in Vogue

Whenever expert sources float out a major lemming-like prediction, there are three sequential reactions. The followers react in exaggerated ways, going to the extreme opposite ...
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