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The Downsizing of America: Kraft Heinz’s Breakup Is Just the Beginning
Phil Lempert
September 8, 2025
The Kraft Heinz downsizing gives retailers permission to finally act on that reality. Having to walk past 40,000+ items to select the 20 or so ...
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Is Drone Delivery the Last Mile Solution?
Brian Delp
September 1, 2025
Regulation doesn’t erase the core question: Are drones actually the future of last-mile delivery, or are they another shiny object distracting retailers from more urgent ...
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Shipping Logistics at a Crossroads
Brian Delp
August 14, 2025
Retailers with rail-heavy networks may need to reevaluate their long-term exposure. That doesn’t mean abandoning rail altogether, but it does require stress-testing the network for ...
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How Once-Hot Prime Hydration Flatlined
Arick Wierson
July 30, 2025
Prime sprinted into more than 90,000 retail locations worldwide—without first validating real, sustained consumer demand. That’s a risky formula. Shelf space comes at a premium. ...
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Toxic Crossroads for Retailers: PFAS, the Canary in the Chemical Coalmine
Brian Delp
July 24, 2025
Retail doesn’t get to choose the larger policy environment, but it can shape its own brand integrity. In today’s fractured regulatory landscape, where politics drive ...
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All in the Family (Dollar)
Warren Shoulberg
July 16, 2025
Maybe Family Dollar needs to buy a zombie brand like Bed Bath & Beyond or Sears for linchpin products that consumers still value and can’t ...
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Lululemon’s Lawsuit with Costco: Grasping at Straws
Pam Danziger
July 14, 2025
Lululemon’s chances of prevailing and being compensated for lost profits, receiving royalties and/or unspecified damages are slim to none. In such cases, it isn’t enough ...
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The Best (& Most Outrageous) Tariff Tactics
Warren Shoulberg
July 8, 2025
They say necessity is the mother of invention, but that goes for calamity too. Bloomberg recently reported that Robert Keely, who runs a guitar pedal ...
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