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The Fast Fashion Disconnect
Catherine Schetting Salfino
October 4, 2021
A year ago, it seemed like Covid might finally have been the one opponent powerful enough to thwart fast fashion, the category known for inexpensive ...
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Compressing the Supply Chain to Connect with Your Consumer
Wolfgang Hoffman
September 26, 2021
I need to be honest. I was one of those skeptics about online shopping back in the mid-90s and well into the 2000s when Amazon ...
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Is Delta the 2021 Holiday Grinch?
Robin Lewis
September 22, 2021
In our September 18th podcast we discussed six major issues that retailers and brands are wrestling with going into the 2021 Holiday season. At the ...
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Marketplaces Make Money
Brad Eckhart
September 14, 2021
With growing consumer dependence on sites like Amazon, Uber and Airbnb, we are squarely in a platform economy. This means that a significant amount of ...
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Two Things Changing Retail Forever
Robin Lewis
September 1, 2021
Triggered by Walmart’s recent announcement that they are launching a delivery service called Walmart GoLocal (that can be shared with any, and all other retailers, ...
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America’s Great Service Crisis
Shelley E. Kohan
August 24, 2021
Even before the pandemic hit the U.S. market, customer service has been on a decline. Looking back over the past year and half, America’s “Great ...
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Brands Dip into Resales
Sarah Holbrook
August 22, 2021
That 2015 Balenciaga teddy bear faux fur coat that I decided against haunts me to this day. While the luxury resale market is expanding along ...
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Why the New Bed Bath & Beyond Store is the Best Retail Redo…Ever
Warren Shoulberg
August 2, 2021
Few individual retail stores have had the ups and downs of the Bed Bath & Beyond store on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. And with its ...
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