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Is Alibaba Really Worth It?
Robin Lewis
September 3, 2014
On the verge of becoming the biggest initial public offering in US history, one has to wonder if it’s really worth the $187 billion some ...
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Disruption Dysfunction
Robin Lewis
August 19, 2014
The Harvard Business School may have a different answer, but here’s my definition of a Disrupter: The guy who comes into your market and screws ...
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Apple Addicts Still Mainline Steve Jobs
Robin Lewis
August 18, 2014
Excerpted from the New, New Rules of Retail By Robin Lewis and Michael Dart On January 9, 2007, on a big stage at the Macworld ...
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Whole Foods Market: Conscious Capitalism or Unconscious Greed?
Robin Lewis
August 6, 2014
So are we adding a luxury food brand to the “designer derby” of racers seeking more growth (for its own sake) by reaching down to ...
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Q&A with William P. Lauder
Robin Lewis
August 5, 2014
We sat down with William P. Lauder, Chairman of The Estée Lauder Companies, the $10 billion global beauty juggernaut, and talked about the evolving retail ...
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Amazon: Trouble in River City?
Robin Lewis
July 28, 2014
Or Wall Street’s Magical Leprechaun Jeff Bezos does have that “Leprechaunish” look about him. Wall Street certainly bought into the fable that Mr. Bezos (symbolically ...
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Dov Charney is a Joke: A Dirty Joke and a Business Joke
Robin Lewis
July 23, 2014
The media at large has publicly exposed enough of the “dirty” part of this “jokester” that I don’t need to pile on more. Although it ...
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The Coming Crash of Michael Kors…Take it To The Bank
Robin Lewis
July 16, 2014
Michael Kors, the brand, is becoming ubiquitous, and that’s the kiss of death for trendy fashion brands, particularly those positioned in the up-market younger consumer ...
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