As a market researcher, I have always been intrigued by what is known as the \”observer effect,\” whereby the mere observation of a phenomenon changes the phenomenon observed. I am keenly aware of it when I design a survey instrument. […]
It\’s a challenging market for luxury brands. Although the United States is still estimated to be the global leader in luxury goods, the luxury market is not recession proof. The growth of the off-price and secondhand retail markets put luxury
Down-Market Luxury Brands Trudge Their Way Back Upstream Read More »
Great strategy is one thing; implementing it is another. I hear the leaders of many of the great retail icons deliver great strategies. They are desperately seeking success in transforming their business models to compete in this new digital/physical world,
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The sky is falling…but it\’s really not. Amidst all the doom-and-gloom about the death of physical retailing and the demise of oh-so-many stores, it turns out that maybe things aren\’t so bad after all. A new study suggests, in fact,
Why Those Store Closing Numbers Are so Very Misleading Read More »
As retailers and manufacturers are scrambling to find and grow alternative revenue streams as a result of their failing core businesses, there is a solution hidden in plain sight. It\’s not what retail executives have been saying. Their typical solutions
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Oat milk is the latest new thing among the rapidly growing number of consumers who are ready to leave behind conventional animal-based milk in favor of \”milk\” made from plants. Some plant-milk adherents may be lactose intolerant or the like,
At 7:00 AM on a Monday morning, 70 percent of the almost five thousand slot machines at this Indian Casino in South California are occupied. How many stayed through the night and how many arrived after an early breakfast isn\’t
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Montauk lies 118 miles east of midtown Manhattan, at the eastern tip of Long Island. Purchased in 1648 by British settlers from the Montaukett Indians, Montauk served as grazing land for settlers’ cattle herds for over a century. George Washington
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The Robin Report collaborated with Richard Jaffe, Advisor, Next Gen and Legacy Retail at Ormond Associates to present Columbia Business School\’s 10th Annual Retail Forum. Hosted by Intel and sponsored by SAP, the theme, Thriving in a Digital Economy, was
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It\’s been 16 years since the American Dream mega-mall began development in the New Jersey badlands of East Rutherford, hulking over the New Jersey Turnpike like a metal and concrete pterodactyl. During that time, owners have come and gone, the
American Dream: Tale of Two Malls Read More »
