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Solving the Returns Nightmare

Think about it — retailers have made it easier than ever for us to spend money on anything, anywhere, anytime. I can buy something on ...
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Is Walmart Losing Touch with America?

Nowhere was the confusion more confusing this year than in the case of Walmart. Every week Walmart appeared to be doing its damnedest to stay ...
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Macy’s: Charade on 34th Street? (Part 2)

Note: This is the second of a two-part series. The article is strictly the opinion of the author and not necessarily the viewpoint of The ...
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Amazon as The Largest Pop-Up in Distribution’s Third Wave

In the July 2004 edition of The Robin Report I wrote a prophetic article titled, Pop-Ups: Not Just Ads — Do the Poppers Get It? ...
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First, The Bad News. Then 2019: Tough, Tougher or Toughest

The state of our economy is currently a paradox of \”good\” and \”iffy\” as we enter 2019. Low unemployment and slightly rising wages do not ...
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Black Friday: Now Onward to Holiday Bells

Bah, Humbug! This dispatch is all about the Grinch lurking in what is predicted to be your best holiday sales performance in years. The Grinch ...
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Big Three Set the Table for the Future of Food

As food retailing\’s big three go, so goes all of food retailing. That\’s not as extravagant a claim as it might seem. Walmart, Kroger and ...
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The Grocery/CPG Business Wakes Up to A New Reality

[two-thirds-first]\”It\’s cheese-moving time.\” Both the figurative and literal meanings of those words spoken by Groceryshop CEO and founder Anil Aggarwal could not have been truer ...
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