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Holiday 2022: Merry? Or Not So Bright?
Each fall the retail industry and news networks chime in with Q4 predictions. This year, especially with looming mid-term elections, continued post-pandemic pressures and rising ...
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If These Clothes Could Talk
The clothing industry has gaps among the product, their partners, today’s consumer, and even in their supply chains. Regardless of the ongoing initiatives, technology and ...
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Dupes Undermine Prestige Brands
With more than 60,000 monthly searches, and nearly a half million downloads since its 2018 debut, the comparison-shopping app Brandefy is a success by any ...
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How Fashion Looks Inward During Climate Week
Now that New York Fashion Week has wrapped, the city is experiencing Climate Week NYC. And while the former event is full of glamor and ...
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Is 2022 Back-to-School Back to Normal?
It may seem like only yesterday that you heard kids singing, “No more pencils, no more books…” but here we are again deep into the ...
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Victoria’s Secret: Is a Turnaround Possible?
I coined the phrase, “positioning drift” to define the collapse of A&F about eight years ago, following about 25 years of incredible growth under the ...
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Claims Abuse and Fraud: Bigger than Chargebacks?
The uptick in ecommerce has inspired many trends for businesses of all sizes and stripes —and not all of them are positive. While most omnichannel ...
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Amazon and the Big Boxes
Amazon’s Anguish The “defining” pure-play ecommerce behemoth Amazon flourished over its first two decades, despite lacking storefronts and retail real estate. But that was then. ...
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