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Management
Creating Diets Beyond the Diet
Kate Newlin
June 23, 2019
I was interviewed the other day by a reporter for the Commercial Observer, asking me about the \”fast food\” salad chain, Sweetgreen. Described by Wikipedia: ...
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The Future of Retail Discovered in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
David J. Katz
June 19, 2019
In the 1960s, before the term \”retail experience\” existed, CEO and industry icon, Marvin Traub, created \”retail as theater\” at Bloomingdale\’s on 59th Street. Traub ...
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Hey Retailers! Real Growth Takes Real Risk
Kate Newlin
June 9, 2019
Where can real retail find real growth? Can it? Or are we doomed to the daily lamentations, ringing of hands and rending of garments as ...
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Art Peck’s “Hail Mary” Won’t Save The Dying Gap
Robin Lewis
June 5, 2019
Paul Pressler (CEO, Gap — 2002-2007), passed his failing patient (Gap), over to CEO Glenn Murphy who was the unsuccessful surgeon who operated on Gap ...
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On the Edge of the New Era
RoxAnna Sway
June 3, 2019
I am going to put on my futurist hat and project 100 years into the future and make a really far-out prediction. I predict that ...
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Retail’s Night at the Museum
Kate Newlin
June 2, 2019
I.M. Pei\’s recent death and consequent obituary in The New York Times puts us all in mind of his far-reaching impact. One of the typically ...
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Kohl’s and Amazon: Just the Beginning
Robin Lewis
May 22, 2019
Just when you think you\’ve heard enough from me about Kohl\’s; you haven\’t. You\’d think that CEO Michelle Gass has a weekly calendar that reminds ...
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Hyper-Personalized & Preemptive Commerce
Shelley E. Kohan
May 12, 2019
Five key trends for 2020 include Preemptive Distribution, Mobile Proliferation, Price and Product Personalization, Retailer Collaborations with Technology Companies and Associate Empowerment & Virtual Assistance. ...
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