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Two Retail Complexes, Two Ends of the Rainbow
Just when you have pretty much given up on having a magical retail experience, you discover Industry City in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. On the ...
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TJX: Next Move to Total Dominance
Four years later, I still say, \”The TJX business model is not easily copied.\” In fact, one could make the case that the specific differentiators ...
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Retailing Goes to Pot
You\’re not in Kansas anymore. When you walk in the front door of Planet 13 just off the Las Vegas Strip you are in both ...
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The Store of The Future Is Like Pornography. You’ll Know It When You See It.
The Store of the Future Should Never Be About Buzzwords Take, for example, this introduction to a piece I came across regarding the future of ...
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Gucci Gets It Wrong
Recent headlines: Gucci and Prada Aim for Outrageousness, Instead They Get Outrage (CBS Moneywatch) Gucci Apologizes and Removes Sweater Following \’Blackface\’ Backlash (NPR) Spike Lee, ...
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A New Miracle on 34th Street?
The 28-acre mixed-use Manhattan real estate development will open nearly one million square feet of retail space on March 15. With 18 million square feet ...
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FlexState: Thriving in the Age of Disruption
In a world of increasing algorithm-driven precision, instability is still ironically, or perhaps understandably, a persistent form of normal. It seems that shocks to the ...
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Michelle Gass: Kohl’s Chief “Daredevil”
A little over a year ago, I wrote an article, \”Kudos to Kohl\’s CEO Kevin Mansell – Greatness Agenda Kicks In\”. It was entitled rightfully ...
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