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Victoria’s Secret: Is a Turnaround Possible?
Robin Lewis
August 17, 2022
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?
David Speights, PhD
August 16, 2022
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
Sanford Stein
August 15, 2022
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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More is More for Expanding Home Stores
Warren Shoulberg
August 14, 2022
Don’t believe everything you read about the home furnishings business having fallen off the cliff and can’t climb back up. Plenty of big retailing companies ...
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Key Merchandising Strategies for Economic Uncertainty
Christine Cho
August 3, 2022
We keep hearing about the impending recession which would mean a pull back in consumer demand just in time for the holiday season. But recent ...
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Inventory Apocalypse
Robin Lewis
August 2, 2022
As the famed retail icon, Mickey Drexler once said, “Inventory is the enemy of every retailer in the world.” And in today’s totally unknown and ...
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CPG Faces a Crisis of Conscience
Kate Newlin
July 28, 2022
By now we all know the adage, “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks a nail.” Our familiarity with the saying does not ...
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Why Microplastic Pollution is Still Fashion’s Concern
Catherine Schetting Salfino
July 26, 2022
Although numerous residents of New Jersey are still openly bemoaning the plastic bag ban that took effect in May, millions of people around the globe ...
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