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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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What Do Closings of Bose And Papyrus Stores Say About Physical Retailing?
Warren Shoulberg
January 26, 2020
At first glance, the two couldn\’t be more different. One sold high tech audio equipment, the other stylish, nostalgic paper products. One was a pioneer ...
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NRF 2020: It’s a New Decade and We’ve Finally Put the Retail Apocalypse to Bed
Sarah Holbrook
January 22, 2020
In early January, the global retail tribe marched past the Hudson Yards\’ towers, the Vessel, The Shed and construction cranes to cloister themselves in the ...
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Harnessing Retail’s Girl Power
Pam Danziger
January 19, 2020
We\’ve all heard the statistics: Women account or influence between 70-to-80 percent of all household spending. In retail, women outnumber men on the sales floor ...
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