The past year has seen upheaval across the entire U.S. retail sector, with retailers being taken to task for everything from excess store square footage to failing to understand and adapt to shifting consumer behavior. Today’s retail shakeout, however, has […]
Questions About Retail Innovation? Look Globally for the Answers. Read More »
It’s hard to have missed the cascade of articles written about Shoptalk from its day-one entry into the retail ecosystem exactly two years ago. It came in with a bang and continues to create bigger bangs. You might even be
Shoptalk: The Retail Industry’s School, Curriculum & Faculty Read More »
This summer, Amazon celebrated its third annual “Prime Day” by offering 30 hours of sales on more than 100,000 products on its sites worldwide. It declared a brand day on the calendar as if it were a holiday, which is
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A new generation of consumers challenges the old definition of luxury. At its core, the luxury goods industry has always been defined by a simple paradox: its products—designed as a celebration of youth and beauty—are generally only accessible to customers
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Since 2000, fast fashion—the speedy delivery of inexpensively produced hyper-fashion trends—has been a boon to retailers that subscribe to the model, as well as to sellers of polyester and other inexpensive textile fibers. The predilection of polyester over natural fibers
Preference for Polyester May Make Fast Fashion Brands Vulnerable Read More »
Each day brings news of big changes in Washington, and both denim brands and retailers are anxiously trying to make sense of what it all means for them. The lack of clarity will affect the value denim produced in Mexico
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And What Do They Really Look Like? Five years ago we emerged from the worst recession since the Great Depression. In the subsequent years of recovery, we had a pretty good idea of what to expect in the fashion and
Where Are My Customers? Read More »
The roller coaster ride of the digital landscape is changing our world into something we’ve never seen before—and this is certainly the case for the retail industry. Amazon’s cross-industry success, the continued rise of artificial intelligence, and the evolution of
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We all know there is no free lunch in life, particularly in the retail world. However, Shoptalk’s inaugural fall event — Shoptalk Europe, which will be held in Copenhagen on October 9-11, 2017 — offers any U.S. retail executive who
No Free Lunch? Wrong: Shoptalk Europe Offers a Free Lunch+ Read More »
Shoptalk 2017 in the Rearview Mirror: Part 2 Here’s what smart companies are working on with all these new-economy brainiacs. We’ve compiled some highlights of the major trends, presented, discussed and predicted at Shoptalk in Las Vegas, March 2017: AI/AR
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