When you’re in the retail business there’s no end to the way competitors and disruptors can derail you. Online competition has to be top of ...

One of the hot topics in business today is the “whither retail jobs” question. On the one hand, there’s a remarkable story in The New ...

“Double, double toil and trouble,” wrote Shakespeare, and I can’t think of a better description of the situation at Ralph Lauren Corporation. “Double, double,” refers ...

Remember Ronald Reagan’s farewell address from the Oval Office? His vision of that “shining city on the hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere ...

Dear Doug: While unknown sources say that Walmart is not interested in making a bid for Whole Foods, I’m sending this note anyway, hoping you ...

Much has been written about the decline and the forecasted death of retail brick and mortar in this country. Additionally, a lot of time and ...

No one has ever accused Amazon of being risk averse. In yet another surprising and bold move that emerged late last week, Amazon proposed a ...

Even by its own blistering-pace standards, it was a busy week of goings and comings at The Estée Lauder Companies. In announcements timed mere days ...