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What Do Zuckerberg, Musk and SBF (Who?) Have in Common?
Robin Lewis
November 16, 2022
Zuck, Musk and SBF: What do these entrepreneurs have in common? A large dose of hubris, ultimately soaring to failure. And they are not alone. ...
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Retail Could Have Been a Game Changer at CGI
Arick Wierson
October 3, 2022
Some use the moniker ‘Davos-on-Hudson’ to describe the Clinton Global Initiative – better known colloquially as ‘CGI’ by global movers and shakers. But no matter ...
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Dress Codes Are Back, But Consumer Response Is Mixed
Jasmine Glasheen
September 13, 2022
Retail operates like a pendulum. For years, the fashion pendulum has been swinging towards the hyper-casual. I wrote about the alleged “death of athleisure” as ...
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Learning from Collusion: The Gen Z Darling Brand
Jasmine Glasheen
July 17, 2022
Want to see a brand that embodies every single facet of the next-gen purchasing ethos? Look no further than Collusion, the most successful brand in ...
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A Closer Look at Retail & Labor in Inflationary Times
Rob Kaufelt
June 26, 2022
As the former owner and CEO of Murray’s Cheese and a veteran supermarket executive, I feel compelled to weigh in on the current economy with ...
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Walmart and Target: Canaries in the Coal Mine?
Robin Lewis
May 24, 2022
If Walmart and Target are canaries in the retail coal mine, maybe there’s a third canary in the economic coal mine named Elon Musk who ...
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Sephora and Kohl’s: Mismatched?
Jasmine Glasheen
April 5, 2022
The groundbreaking Sephora and JC Penney collaboration has ended. And then just as quickly, Kohl’s tripled down on their in-store Sephoras, with plans to expand ...
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Unexpected Unkowns
Robin Lewis
March 30, 2022
So, if you think what is swirling around the world is just more complicated and painful than normal times, and that we will once again ...
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