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Patagonia: Conscious Capitalism

I’m offering yet another report on Patagonia that I’m tossing into the ring, now full of one adulatory article or broadcast interview after another. However ...
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Walmart Accelerates the Fashion Journey

Walmart is making fashion a priority. The strategy is to pursue niche DTC brands, and primarily those that have appeal for younger, higher-income consumers. According ...
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Printemps Sets Sites on Lower Manhattan

The concept of the global retailer has been pretty much a mixed bag with a wildly uneven success rate. With the exception of the occasional ...
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The New Reality of Renting Where You Live

Remember the old days – actually just a few years ago – when you went to rent an apartment and you usually spoke to a ...
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New Chinese Proverb: Make Low Fast, Sell High Faster

Shein (pronounced shee-in), the China based sizzling hot, (or should I say way cool), fast-fashion brand is transcending Zara, who created the model a couple ...
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A New World Order for Retail

The retail industry has been a major beneficiary of the waves of globalization iterations in recent decades. We have optimized our supply chains, barely raised ...
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Wayfair Is Getting Physical…Finally

Call it omnichannel. Call it platform neutral. Call it be-where-your-customer-is. Whatever you call it, calling it late is a very risky business strategy indeed. And ...
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Amazon Fiddles Around While Losing on the Ground

The quasi-metaphor, “Nero fiddles while Rome burns,” refers to Amazon fiddling around with test stores while two of their fiercest competitors, Walmart and Target, continue ...
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