The Amazon Go concept is innovative enough that it may prove to be a highly disruptive force. Yet, it might be a little too soon for anyone in established food retailing to despair. Nonetheless, let\’s take a closer look the […]
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You can\’t open a newspaper or turn on the TV without seeing the good news: U.S. consumer sentiment is strong and the outlook for retailers has shifted from, \”how long will we be able to hang on,\” to \”just look
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Hear that? It\’s the sound of the other shoe dropping. Several months ago, when I first wrote about Deciem for The Robin Report, a good chunk of my piece was devoted to just getting this mind-boggingly complex, Toronto-based company on
The Container Store has launched a new space program. And its target is not necessarily the moon, but to reach for that most unworldly retail destination these days: relevance. The retailer that practically invented the idea of a store devoted
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I considered myself ahead of the curve when last April I wrote \”Victoria\’s Secret: Behind the Curve.\” Now, I consider myself behind the curve, so to speak. I should have written in that same article that Henri Bendel was even
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The Robin Report has always been a proponent of transformational change. For those of us who attended Shoptalk\’s inaugural event in March of 2016, it became obvious that this educational platform to rescue and propel retail into the future was
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As retail continues its renaissance, leading brands are continuing to innovate around their consumer experiences – opening new types of physical stores, experimenting with new online capabilities, collaborating with nontraditional partners and doing so all at a rapid speed. This
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As attendees fill the rows at New York Fashion Week, many of the seats will be filled with \”influencers,\” both real and self-identified. As brands try to weed out who sits where, the issue with influencers goes deeper. A lot
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Amazon just put another toe in the water of physical retailing. Its new retail concept, Amazon 4-star, opened in Manhattan\’s SoHo last week playing to huge crowds. It dawned on me that this is a major model for the future
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A silver tsunami is rolling through the retail business. But is anyone really watching? This stormfront represents the growing army of 65+ consumers in urban, suburban and rural areas who are not only internet savvy, but also love shopping at
