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What to Do About Gen Z’s Consumer Power
Jasmine Glasheen
October 12, 2020
Generation Z never did what marketers told them to. This is especially true when it comes to where they spend their hard-earned cash during a ...
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Are Department Stores Getting the Wake-Up Call on Inventory Management?
Adam Levine-Weinberg
October 11, 2020
Amid a disastrous second quarter for department stores (and most apparel retailers, for that matter), one company stood out: Dillard\’s. Dillard\’s didn\’t exactly have a ...
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Why (Most) Brands Can\’t Just Go It Alone
Adam Levine-Weinberg
September 7, 2020
Last month, retail analysts at UBS further reduced their ratings for department stores. They declared that it was time for brands, particularly those with premium ...
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\”Anchors Away” Foot Locker: Full Power into the Neighborhood
Robin Lewis
September 2, 2020
In a sentence: Is Foot Locker possibly shedding its mall anchors and accelerating the rollout of its neighborhood Power Stores? For what reason? To escape ...
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Malls Wedded Department Stores: Now a Collapsing 64-Year Marriage
Robin Lewis
August 26, 2020
The wedding took place in 1956 in Edina, Minnesota with the opening of Southdale Center, the first enclosed mall in the U.S. Its beloved anchor ...
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Chip & Joanna Gaines Build Out Magnolia
Warren Shoulberg
August 23, 2020
Not too long ago if you were to tell anybody that the center of the American home furnishings design world was in Waco, Texas they ...
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Covid’s Accelerant on the Future of Retail
Robin Lewis
August 19, 2020
Everyone is looking for a silver bullet. I\’ve argued forever that understanding the data leads us in the right direction for running a business that ...
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At Home Finds Itself the Right Store at the Right Time
Warren Shoulberg
August 17, 2020
If you\’re looking for a story about yet another retailer devastated by the Covid pandemic, barely surviving and on the brink of insolvency…this isn\’t it. ...
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