Articles on
Management
The Creatives’ Revolt
Debra Scherer
June 6, 2016
I recently bumped into someone I hadn’t seen in many years, a great artist in his own right, who like me, had receded from the ...
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The Day After Sears
Warren Shoulberg
May 25, 2016
We know what. We know how. And we certainly know who. The only thing we don’t know is when. But sooner or later—and increasingly it’s ...
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Tobe Says: Get Set On New-Gen Feminism
Leslie J. Ghize
May 24, 2016
Ask a person, “Are you a feminist?” and they may say “No.” That angry activist reputation still lingers. Ask them, “Do you believe all people ...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Crisis Management
Len Lewis
May 10, 2016
The history of the world is a study of crisis—natural and manmade. How well we deal with it, if at all, is what sets us ...
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Lundgren Center Conference Focuses on Consumer, Technology and Doing Things Differently
Judith Russell
April 22, 2016
Retailers who improve their connection with consumers, give instant service, and find new ways to enhance the shopping experience will be the ones who survive ...
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It’s Time for a Department Store Renaissance!
Marie Driscoll
April 20, 2016
It has been reported that we are experiencing the twilight of the department store. Critics suggest that this once glorious edifice to consumerism is no ...
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A Korean Story
Paco Underhill
April 19, 2016
Why should any of us in the world of retail pay any attention to the 38th parallel that divides the Korean Peninsula? In an unforgiving ...
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What’s Ahead for JC Penney?
Sanford Stein
April 12, 2016
Much is being written about the successful turnaround at JC Penney at the hands of its CEO, Marvin Ellison, who arrived at the ailing retailer ...
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