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Pros Give Home Depot and Lowe’s a Lifeline
Warren Shoulberg
June 8, 2026
Two giants continue to serve the average homeowner’s projects, but with the housing market stuck in neutral, Lowe’s and Home Depot are increasingly turning their ...
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Are Your ORC Forensics Up to Date?
Retail Unwrapped
June 5, 2026
Join Shelley and Gary Sankary, Retail Lead at Esri, as they discuss risk assessment and reveal the strategies and forensics tools retailers can use to ...
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What Happened to Doc Martens?
Mark Faithfull
June 4, 2026
Part of the Doc Martens revival has been driven by fashion’s ongoing focus on authenticity; the brand has benefited from being viewed as timeless rather ...
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LVMH Fall From Grace
Pam Danziger
June 3, 2026
Gen Z is forcing LVMH into a strategic pivot it can no longer postpone. The company that once grew by swallowing the luxury industry whole ...
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Ross Dress for Less: The Robin Report Retail Hit of the Week, 05.30.26
Warren Shoulberg
May 30, 2026
Ross has been a bit of a slacker in the off-price space, as the TJX brands always were outperforming everyone. But not this quarter. Ross ...
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Why Retail Imitation Can Derail Trust
Rich Honiball
May 27, 2026
The paradox of best practices matters because retail is moving through a period of intense imitation. The same technologies are being bought. The same consultants ...
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Real Estate Rethink
Steve Morris
May 26, 2026
A retailer’s physical footprint is its largest forward-looking capital exposure on the balance sheet. The retail footprint is not merely a collection of stores; it’s ...
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Everlane: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 05. 23. 26
Warren Shoulberg
May 23, 2026
Everlane, which brought a new sense of values and design to the fashion world, is being acquired by Shein, the Chinese-derived direct seller best known ...
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