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Management
Lead Like Her: Carla Vernón’s Authentic Leadership Approach
The Robin Report
April 14, 2026
As an expert in founder-led companies, one of Carla Vernón’s contributions at The Honest Company is to protect Jessica Alba’s vision and bring the company ...
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Retail in 2028: A Foresight Report
Sarah Holbrook
April 8, 2026
Foresight is a critical tool right now. Our assumption is that a future, serious economic shock sits firmly within the zone of plausibility. Should an ...
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Kroger vs. Walmart: The War Grocery Didn’t Anticipate
Phil Lempert
April 6, 2026
The grocery industry has spent three years watching Kroger struggle through a failed merger, a leadership crisis, a botched automation strategy, and the slow erosion ...
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Tim Baxter: Insights from a Retail Visionary
Deborah Patton
March 26, 2026
Reimagining the retail model has often been a fool’s errand, constrained by resources and lack of imagination. Short-term goals often cloud the vision required to ...
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Chip Wilson: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 3.14.26
Warren Shoulberg
March 14, 2026
Chip Wilson is an ex-retailer, ever since he sold and then gave up control of the company he founded, Lululemon. It was a brilliant retail ...
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Lead Like Her: Marcy Schaffir, Turnaround Legend
The Robin Report
March 10, 2026
Marcy is a customer-centric strategist and innovator; founder of Schaffir Consulting in 2022 she has been one of the most successful leaders in the industry ...
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How Barnes & Noble Made a Comeback
Mark Faithfull
March 5, 2026
The Barnes & Noble strategy of deferring to local taste over stock-wide uniformity and treating stores as community hubs rather than depots of inventory stands ...
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Richard Baker: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 2.27.26
Warren Shoulberg
February 28, 2026
OK, play it again one more time. At first, I thought I was reading the satirical Onion when I saw an interview with former Saks/Neiman’s/HBC/Lord & Taylor/etc., self-styled ...
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