You gotta hand it to L\’Oréal for sheer transparency. In the wake of its mid-July announcement that it was pulling the plug on Clarisonic, it immediately began a digital fire sale, offloading all the iterations of the once-untouchable sonic cleansing […]
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In the game of musical chairs that has been the TikTok acquisition, Walmart and Oracle are still seated as the music stops although they may on be stools, make that stools with a leg missing. Walmart has hung in there
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In the mid-1980s, at a lecture in New York, author and counterculture visionary Robert Anton Wilson introduced his theory about the growth of information, called the \”Jumping Jesus Phenomenon.\” In short, his theory was that it took until the time
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As in Dicken\’s Tale of Two Cities, when we write the story of retail in 2020 it is going to be the best of times for one group of retailers – those deemed essential – and the worst of times
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Recent news headline: Retail CEO announces that luxe retail is the new normal. Another recent news headline: Real estate empresario comments on how overbuilt and expensive New York City has become. We were, of course, shocked to learn that real
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Need something to restore your faith in humanity during this time of global chaos? You might be surprised to learn that data from research firms such as Accenture and McKinsey points to a rise in conscious consumption during Covid. In fact,
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Many of the newly launched retail experience formats we celebrated at the beginning of 2020 have been shuttered by the pandemic, leaving the industry to question how to deliver experiences that align with consumers\’ Covid-19 evoked emotions. With social gatherings
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There are only a few fashion capitals in the world, and they all paint a stark picture for the future of retail worldwide. From New York, London, and Paris to Milan and Tokyo, retailers are searching for relevance as consumers
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As a high school junior, I got invited to a Spring Prom at a fancy private school in Wellesley, Massachusetts by a girl I barely knew. I rented a tuxedo with a Spring-white dinner jacket. It was a hot May
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Last month, retail analysts at UBS further reduced their ratings for department stores. They declared that it was time for brands, particularly those with premium positioning, to \”go it alone\” rather than selling through third-party channels like department stores. The
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