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Is Alibaba Really Worth It?

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

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

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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