Articles on
Management
An Optimistic Kickoff to 2018
Marie Driscoll
January 31, 2018
Retail’s “Big Show” at Jacob Javits Center in New York has been an annual must-attend event for retailers and those involved in the retail ecosystem ...
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Why the Late Ingvar Kamprad Changed the World
Warren Shoulberg
January 30, 2018
Chances are the name Ingvar Kamprad doesn’t mean much to the typical home furnishings shopper, but take his initials – I and K – and ...
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Kudos to Kohl’s CEO Kevin Mansell – “Greatness Agenda” Kicks In
Robin Lewis
January 16, 2018
A winning quarter does not necessarily qualify as a turnaround. But, the initiatives and strategies CEO Kevin Mansell and his team planted during what I ...
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Retail’s Creative Destruction Spawns a New Commerce World Order
Roberto Ramos
January 14, 2018
Contrary to the creative perception most people have of the fashion and retail industries, the biggest challenges facing these industries are institutional risk aversion and, ...
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Urban Icons in Transition
Paco Underhill
January 9, 2018
Ponce City Market opened in 1926 as an industrial site in Atlanta built by Sears Roebuck & Company. A massive brick warehouse and distribution center ...
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Recalibrating: The State of the World & the Consumer in 2018
Roberto Ramos
January 1, 2018
One of the most powerful human attributes is our ability to be contemplative and to observe our actions in the broader context of society and ...
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The Scents and Sense of the Season
Warren Shoulberg
December 27, 2017
T’was a day around Christmas and all through the mall, the smell of Cinnabon and The Body Shop and perfume-spritzing sales girls has been replaced…with ...
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Holiday Happiness: Go for It While You Can
Robin Lewis
December 20, 2017
We live in an era of a perpetual imbalance of supply and demand, and, therefore real-time price deflation across almost all consumer-facing industries. Indeed, price ...
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