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Snap Break: Fashion’s Much-Needed Time Out in the Era of Social

The notion of time plays a powerful role in inspiring and guiding fashion. Designers formulate their creative perspectives through the influences of the past, the ...
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Costco’s Peculiar Online Strategy

Costco may be crazy like a fox. Costco Wholesale is a huge and successful retailer. Yet there are a few recent signs that it might ...
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Creative Chaos in the Trump Era

Mapping Lifestyle Shifts & Opportunities We humans love to assess why something happens and what will come next. It’s part of our curiosity code and ...
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Plus-Size & Big Men: A Big Deal

In 1985 the average woman in the U.S. wore a size 8. Today she wears size 16-18, according to a 2016 study by researchers at ...
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Cutting Out the Middleman

Through Online-Only, House Parties and Peer-to-Peer Platforms, Forward-Thinking Beauty Brands Are Skipping Traditional Retail Altogether In my neck of the woods – the Gulf Coast ...
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The Future of Luxury

A Conversation with Karen Katz, CEO, Neiman Marcus Please note: We interviewed Karen as part of the Retail@250 series, several months before Neiman Marcus announced ...
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Angela Ahrendts’ Apple is No “Store” – It’s a Community

Selling stuff in an Apple store is nowhere to be found in Angela Ahrendts’ vision for Apple’s retail business, which she is in charge of ...
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Building a Disruptive Brand in the Digital Age

A Conversation with Jeremy Liew, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners Every retailer has heard that there are a million startups coming for its business and its ...
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