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Lesson 1: History Doesn’t Repeat Itself
Arick Wierson
March 20, 2022
Editor’s Note: Arick Wierson, a columnist for The Robin Report, has undertaken the formidable task of dissecting and analyzing the broad and far-reaching consequences of ...
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Retail Unionization on the Horizon
Pam Danziger
March 1, 2022
During the early days of the pandemic, a new phrase entered our lexicon: essential workers. Defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Essential workers ...
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Gen Z Doesn’t Want Retailers’ Platitudes
Jasmine Glasheen
February 27, 2022
Sorry, mall-based retailers… Gen Z is just not that into you. Yet don’t take this to mean that they don’t visit your stores. Gen Z ...
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Spinning Around
Jan Rogers Kniffen
January 11, 2022
Remember when we (along with me and every other financial exec in department store land) all sold our receivables portfolios? I studied that every year ...
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DEI in Perfumery: About Time
Dana Wood
December 7, 2021
It isn’t just the deep-thinking, hyper-articulate panel participants that have made the Fragrance Foundation’s recent webinar stick out in my mind for a solid six ...
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The Power of Story
Deborah Patton
September 13, 2021
We live in a commercial culture increasingly transforming itself into an endless series of stories. Disneyland/World. Universal. Woof Meow. Harry Potter World. Those are the ...
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Retail Is the Metaphor for This Moment
Arick Wierson
August 29, 2021
Recently was invited to cover a major retail industry event in São Paulo, Brazil entitled Expo Magalu – a one-day extravaganza that brought together, virtually ...
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Amazon’s Non-Department Store Launch
Robin Lewis
August 25, 2021
Is this Amazon’s breakout retail moment? After testing various retail formats, with some “keepers,” they plan to launch what “is akin” to department stores, according ...
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