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Distribution Always Overrules
Robin Lewis
November 3, 2021
My overused statement that this is the distribution century still dramatizes the point that in a world of excess (short-term supply chain disruption aside), only ...
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A Dream Swamped in New Jersey
Warren Shoulberg
November 1, 2021
They say if you build it, they will come. But they never said you had to finish building it first to get them to show ...
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Four Trends Building the Home Industry
Warren Shoulberg
October 26, 2021
Americans may finally be starting to emerge from their homes again after an 18-plus month pandemic-induced hibernation, but they are by no means forsaking them. ...
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Will Covid Heal an Industry Disease?
Robin Lewis
October 20, 2021
For over three decades of giving industry presentations, and after three co-authored books The New Rules of Retail (plus a revision) and Retail’s Seismic Shift, ...
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Old Navy Plus-Size Risk
Micheal Kaplan
October 17, 2021
Old Navy recently made news headlines by entering the inclusive size market. Again. They created great TV commercials with Aidy Bryant touting sizes 0-30 in ...
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Supply Chains in Free Fall
Robin Lewis
October 6, 2021
The global supply chain disruption and destruction has been widely covered here in the U.S., obviously chilling retail C-suites to the bone. However, as it ...
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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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