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What Will Happen When 3000 Amazon Go Stores Open?

The Amazon Go concept is innovative enough that it may prove to be a highly disruptive force. Yet, it might be a little too soon ...
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Is the “Game of Thrones” a Loser for Retail?

Avid fans know, at the end of this season’s Game of Thrones, we find House Lannister having killed or alienated all of its allies, just ...
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VF to Lee and Wrangler: Adios!

This is a tale of two worlds: the old and the new. VF is exiting its final two old-world brands, Lee and Wrangler. They are ...
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What Upscale Outlets Can Learn from Prada

I’ve been to a lot of outlet and off-price stores in my life, but nothing prepared me for SPACE, the cavernous emporium in Tuscany that ...
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Five Tools to Survive the Retail Apocalypse

Zombie apocalypses are not so good. But many would argue that retail is right in the middle of one – Patient Zero has been infected ...
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Walmart: A $500B Lawn Dart Desperately Seeking a Patch of Grass

A lot of people have begun to sing Walmart’s praises. I’m not one of them. In fact, Walmart is a company I have an increasing ...
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The Amazon Effect on Whole Foods

It has been almost exactly one year since Amazon made its stunning buyout of specialty grocery retailer Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. So, what ...
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Prime Day 2018

You may have enjoyed the fireworks last week on July 4th and beach and backyard time with family and friends, but over at Amazon the ...
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