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The Back Page
Robin Lewis
February 11, 2013
JEFF BEZOS AND THE NORDSTROMS THINK ALIKE “We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards,” said Jeff Bezos. His credos: long-term thinking, customer ...
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The Bottom: Where Is It?
Robin Lewis
February 7, 2013
Talk about “race to the bottom,” what’s happening on a global economic scale should scare the heck out of all of us. Listen to this. ...
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“Innovate Or Die”
Robin Lewis
January 29, 2013
I ask you, is this the face of innovation or death (or both)? Most of you elder statesmen out there, like myself, know this guy. ...
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Will Robots be the New “Associates?”
Robin Lewis
January 29, 2013
It’s zombie-land out there. Nobody talks anymore. They tweet and text. Nobody meets anymore. They tweet, text, email and occasionally have phone conferences. And, we ...
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Captain Lampert Takes The Helm
Robin Lewis
January 10, 2013
To Go “Down With The Ship?” Or Just Another Abracadabra Strategy? I just got all twitchy and excited when I heard the news. “Fast Buck ...
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ShowroomEE or ShowroomOR
Robin Lewis
January 8, 2013
More on Insane Pricing \”Wars\” Once again, we’ve got even better disruptive technology tools, among what seems like a never-ending stream of them. If the ...
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Dear Reader…
Robin Lewis
December 9, 2012
We are living in an era of enormous disruption. And, it’s happening in almost every aspect of our lives: politically, economically, socially, culturally—and across all ...
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More Financial \”Free-Falling\” at JC Penney
Robin Lewis
November 13, 2012
Wow!! Another disastrous quarter, and the beat goes on. Louder and louder it gets, and the media and financial analysts are having a field day. ...
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