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The Great Retail Demassification
Robin Lewis
March 18, 2014
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
Robin Lewis
February 25, 2014
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
Robin Lewis
February 4, 2014
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
Robin Lewis
January 27, 2014
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
Robin Lewis
November 13, 2013
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
Robin Lewis
November 7, 2013
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
Robin Lewis
October 24, 2013
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”
Robin Lewis
October 15, 2013
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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