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Sustainable Inventory Strategies
Sustainability is moving to the top of many retail CEOs’ agendas. Demands for sustainable businesses are coming from every angle: the consumer, management, government legislation, ...
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Dare to FIT
The fashion industry is now tied for first place in destroying our beloved planet. In 2021, 54 percent of retail bankruptcies were in apparel. And ...
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Macy’s and Kohl’s: A Replay of Target’s Growth Strategy
Spoiler alert: This is a strategic perspective, not a financial review – on purpose. The current three-front perfect storm for Macy’s and Kohl’s could arguably ...
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How Conventional Cotton Can Meet Consumers’ Organic Desires
In general, consumers have a high opinion of all-cotton and cotton-rich apparel. Conventional cotton represents 99 percent of the cotton apparel available at retail, while ...
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Walmart, Ace & Ikea Want to Fix Your Home…Not Just Sell You the Stuff to Do So
Back in the day when Sears Roebuck was the biggest retailer in the world, they would sell you everything, from underwear and lawn mowers to ...
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The Sustainability Tsunami
As a lifelong trend watcher and forecaster, I have often witnessed the influence of “trend convergence” when specific events and circumstances combine to create major ...
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It is 2022, Is the Supply Chain Fixed Yet?
Retailers and consumers alike have made supply chain a household conversation. With favorite brands missing from the shelves and out of stock messages showering the ...
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The Supply Chain Remains Broken in ‘22
Predictions about the end of worldwide pandemic conditions – and their impact on global supply chain logistics – have been ridiculously wrong. Every time “the ...
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