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Visit Devon Yard to See the Future of Anthropologie

People are born curious. It\’s in our DNA. Actually, there is a curiosity gene. Researchers postulate that humans are driven to explore new things and ...
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Macy’s Brand Ambassadors: Radical and Brilliant

I have often said and written that the traditional retail sector has a huge untapped advantage over e-commerce. They can they create a compelling “Starbuckean ...
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JCP’s Marvin Ellison: Fleeing Death or Flying into the Future?

Did Marvin Ellison leave JCP to become CEO of Lowe’s, fleeing the emergency room sensing Penney’s impending death, or did he take flight to a ...
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Matthew Shay, President and CEO of NRF, Needs a Wake-Up Call

NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay recently published an article on LinkedIn entitled, The 3 Worst Articles on the Retail Apocalypse – And Why They’re ...
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And It’s Walmart by a Nose Ahead of Amazon for Flipkart

Wait a second! Just last week I wrote on the race for global dominance between Amazon and Alibaba.  And shame on me for not even ...
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Think Like a Radical

Radical thinking leads to radical behavior, leads to radical change. And now more than ever, radical change is what traditional retailers need. These three radicals ...
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Key Values for the New Pull Economy: Relevance, Curation, Authenticity and Inspiration

The facts from 2017 are in! We have officially moved from an economic engine in which the retailer possessed the power and the consuming masses ...
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The Death of Retail Is Greatly Exaggerated

The retail industry is alive and well, despite the stories of doom and gloom that have dominated headlines. Yes, some sectors, namely the big box, ...
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