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The Great Retail Demassification

The Death and Diminishment of Malls and Other Big Footprints We are on the edge of the Great Retail Demassification. Prior to the “great disruptor” ...
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The British are Coming, The British are Coming

Marigay McKee’s Revolution? First of all, along with many industry luminaries, I extend a warm welcome to Marigay McKee to this side of the pond, ...
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Amazon “Nailed”…For Now

Jeff Bezos was quoted at an Aspen Institute awards dinner, “Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.” Okay Mr. Bezos. However, I must say ...
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China Seeks Low-Cost Production

In the United States Beware of what you wish for. For all of the “pollyannas” who have been rooting for manufacturing jobs returning to the ...
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Now it’s Eddie “The Whining Professor” Lampert

The ‘fat lady’ is getting ready to sing. I don’t know if Eddie Lampert’s recent quote in The New York Times was intended to be ...
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It\’s a Bird, It\’s a Plane…NO, It\’s Amazon

It’s a state. It’s a city. It’s a country. It’s a movie producer, a real estate broker, a publisher, a wholesaler, a fashion house, a ...
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COTTON LEADS™ Us to the Promised Land

All-In for Planet Earth As my readers know all too well, I usually write about significant strategic events that have noteworthy impact on both our ...
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“Bargain Fever” Meets “The Age of Oversupply”

Like Abbott and Costello Meeting Frankenstein If you read “Bargain Fever: How to Shop in a Discounted World,” by Mark Ellwood, you will roll on ...
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