By the 1980s, marketers understood that when consumers had all the “essential stuff” they needed and that in the future, those shoppers would buy based on desire, driven by emotion. That supported Maslow’s well-known hierarchy of human needs, a psychological […]
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The term “self-love” has been applied to everything from showing more skin to using a meal planning journal. But marketing is no longer centered around making consumers feel bad about themselves, and I think we can all agree that is
Is the “Self-Love” Industrial Complex Here to Stay? Read More »
When news broke recently that HBC was splitting Saks Fifth Avenue into two, spinning off its ecommerce business from its brick-and-mortar stores, speculation swirled about the thinking behind the move. That news was followed shortly by an announcement that it
How many times have you walked or driven past a grocery-anchored strip center and been surprised? Never. It’s the same old, same old … year in and year out. But you may not have realized that this half-century old phenomenon
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It all started with gasoline stations and small businesses– you remember, the percent added to sales purchases that is passed on from the retailer to the customer. A $36 mug is assessed a three percent charge if paying by credit
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I read great reviews of the film The Summer of Soul, a documentary directed by Questlove, known to many as the bandleader of The Roots, the in-house band for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. A treasure trove of well-preserved
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As much as the pandemic turned so many retail industries upside down it can be argued that one sector of retailing is coming out of this as the most changed of all. The airlines, the restaurants, the hotels and the
The Grocery Business Is Anything But, in the Bag Read More »
I thought I was done with my recent assessment of Authentic Brands Group licensing model as well as their SPARC deal with Simon Properties. I have already commented on the idiocy of placing dying ABG brands into dying malls (Simon
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Luxury and streetwear are not a new combination. But with Dior, Louis Vuitton, Vetements, and more jumping aboard the streetwear bandwagon, it is undeniably the luxury sector’s new darling. Louis Vuitton is a trailblazer in the luxury streetwear market, ringing
Nike/Louis Vuitton Marry Luxury and Streetwear. Will Consumers Support the Wedding? Read More »
As a four trillion dollar slice of the economy, retail is one of the largest employment sectors in the U.S. Prior to the pandemic, it provided direct and indirect employment to some 52 million workers, second only to the healthcare
Is Retail a Career? Read More »
