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Just Adding Home Won’t Make Banana Republic a Lifestyle Brand
Pam Danziger
April 25, 2023
Banana Republic is a brand with a mission: to build a brand with character and a personality that truly resonates with customers. It had that ...
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Undertaker Eddie: It’s Done. It’s Over. R.I.P.
Robin Lewis
April 5, 2023
With all due respect, after two decades of my tracking Eddie Lampert’s brilliant financially engineered demise of Sears and Kmart, while he personally pocketed a ...
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Cautionary Tales of Big Tech and Your Business
Deborah Patton
March 6, 2023
Let’s take a pause. Have you been keeping track of the tech news? We’re entering a new phase of our obsession with technology and its ...
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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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