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Hey Mark, What About the Stores?
Warren Shoulberg
March 1, 2020
Mark Tritton most certainly learned a lot of good things during his three-plus-year tenure at Target where he helped lead one of the most impressive ...
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Cash or Credit?
Paco Underhill
February 25, 2020
New York City recently voted to ban retail businesses from credit card-only operations. City Government has stated that it is discrimination against New Yorkers who ...
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The Apothecary Pivot: Macy’s Starts Thinking Small
Dana Wood
February 23, 2020
\”Flexible retail store format.\” Is that Macy\’s-speak for \”We\’re gonna try something new, and by some act of God, if it actually works, we\’ll shift ...
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The Pier 1 Bankruptcy: Guess Who Is Getting All That Business?
Warren Shoulberg
February 19, 2020
How many inexpensive candles, decorative pillows, bowls and small tables and chairs does it take to equal $332 million? Apparently, quite a few because that\’s ...
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The Next Industrial Revolution
Nick Graham
February 11, 2020
Over 250 years ago the textile industry was the catalyst of the Industrial Revolution. It’s time for the industry to start an environmental one. In ...
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Beyond Recycling: How to Mend Apparel’s Unsustainable Ways
Judith Russell
February 10, 2020
Ask any consumer how to be more environmentally conscious when buying apparel, and he or she will almost certainly tell you to buy products made ...
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The Chinese Supply Chain for U.S. Goods Is About to Get Unhinged
Warren Shoulberg
February 10, 2020
It\’s May 1, 2020 — do you know where your goods are? For retailers and the vendors who supply them, the calendar may only read ...
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The Strange Ever-Growing Walgreens-Kroger Alliance
David Merrefield
February 5, 2020
The Walgreens and Kroger alliance started nearly a year and a half ago when these two retailers agreed that a selection of Kroger private brand ...
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