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Macy’s: Beyond The “Numbers”
Robin Lewis
May 23, 2018
Before we get to Macy’s knocking Q1 out of the park, or blowing past many of the street\’s estimates, let’s contemplate the real win, the ...
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Why Walmart Sold Asda
David Merrefield
May 22, 2018
In an unfortunate lapse of judgement, Mike Coupe was caught on a hot mic crooning the ditty made famous by the musical 42nd Street,” We’re ...
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Victoria’s Secret: On a Precipice or a Platform?
Ken Hewes
May 21, 2018
With its U.S. sales, earnings and customer affinity deteriorating, many analysts are questioning the future of Victoria’s Secret. In his article “Behind the Curve,” Robin ...
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Eddie “The Doctor” Lampert
Robin Lewis
May 17, 2018
I find it hard to believe that “Fast Buck” Eddie actually believes that people in the retail industry and Wall Street actually believe that he ...
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Pier Pressure
Warren Shoulberg
May 16, 2018
What do you have when you’re a retailer that didn’t really know who its customers were? That had confusing, difficult-to-navigate stores…and too many of them…and ...
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A Roadmap to Innovation
Marie Driscoll
May 10, 2018
Change the Culture Several major themes at the Retail Innovation Conference emerged, but one of the most dramatic was that for the largest retailer in ...
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Why Zara Wins, H&M Loses in Fast Fashion
Shelley E. Kohan
May 6, 2018
Fast fashion is the darling of the fashion retail today. Whereas women’s clothing store sales have declined 2.7 percent from 2016-2017 in the U.S., a ...
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Kohl’s Amazon Shops Gain Traction
Robin Lewis
May 3, 2018
As posted last September in The Robin Report, I congratulated Kohl’s for having the vision to initiate a test of Amazon shops in 10 of ...
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