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Management
Is the Pet Business Going to the Dogs?
Warren Shoulberg
February 29, 2024
How much is that doggie in the window? Probably less than it was two years ago…maybe a lot less. During the worst of the pandemic, ...
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VF’s New CEO, Bracken Darrell: “It’s a Strategic Thing”
Robin Lewis
February 27, 2024
VF has been on a spree. In 2004, it paid $396 million for lifestyle brand Vans. They purchased bootmaker, Timberland, for $2 billion in 2011, ...
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Not Your Usual Suspects: 10 Global Retailers Worth Watching
Arick Wierson
February 5, 2024
With the specter of inflation seemingly tamed and the prospect of the U.S. Federal Reserve lowering interest rates as many as three times throughout 2024, ...
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The New DTC Is Directionless to Consumer
Warren Shoulberg
January 29, 2024
In the end, Showfields and Neighborhood Goods billed themselves as department stores, and they did what so many department stores have done: They went out ...
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CEO a Go-go
Warren Shoulberg
January 23, 2024
Running a big retail chain is no easy job in the best of times. In a year like 2023, it was a bitch. After two ...
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Can Overstock Ever Get Beyond Bed Bath & Beyond?
Warren Shoulberg
January 15, 2024
If you thought all the drama surrounding the Bed Bath & Beyond brand was over when the company went out of business in 2023, you ...
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Avon Makes a Play for Next Gens with Next-Gen Tech
Dana Wood
January 9, 2024
When does a promotion feel less like a promotion, and more like the ultimate uphill battle? That’s what it feels like when you’re given the ...
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Yeti Takes Customer Experience to Another Level
Robin Lewis
December 27, 2023
There is no well-respecting hipster, boomer, next gen, or everyone in between that doesn’t turn to Yeti first in solidarity for the health and wellbeing ...
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