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Taking Stock of Ulta: With Peak Store-Saturation and Amazon Breathing Down Its Neck, Can It Continue to Rock?
Dana Wood
October 29, 2018
If you\’re a beauty retailer, it\’s unquestionably fantastic news when Kylie Jenner tweets to her 25.5 million Twitter followers about how psyched she is that ...
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What Will Happen When 3000 Amazon Go Stores Open?
David Merrefield
October 17, 2018
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?
Daniel Duty
August 27, 2018
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!
Robin Lewis
August 22, 2018
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
Judith Russell
August 7, 2018
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
Chris Walton
July 31, 2018
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
Mark Cohen
July 22, 2018
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
David Merrefield
July 17, 2018
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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