Articles on
Management
The Advantages of Disadvantages
James M. Damian
February 13, 2018
Advantage Design It was our imagination, design thinking and an innovation capability that created the technology we used to disadvantage physical retail. Now is the ...
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MIA Shoppers Located by Nomad Retailers
Kate Newlin
February 6, 2018
There are a number of trite sayings that migrate from sports into business. Fish where the fish are. Skate where the puck is going, not ...
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Open Sesame: Kroger and Alibaba
David Merrefield
February 4, 2018
It doesn’t take an enormous feat of memory to recall that quaint term “trade channels.” Yes, there was a time when apparel retailers sold apparel, ...
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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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