Back in August of 2016 when CEO Brian Cornell was beginning to frame his strategy for Target’s turnaround and accelerated growth, I wrote that he was “putting his money where his mouth was”. Indeed, to execute his bold plan he […]
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Now more than ever, radical behavior is what traditional retailers need. I was fortunate last week to have met with the incoming CEO of Kohl’s, Michelle Gass – wicked smart and full of knowledge about consumers and how to engage
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Contrary to the popular storyline, shopping centers are not going away. They are transforming into an entirely new entity, and in the process rescuing and reviving the downtown shopping districts in major cities across the country. Yes, the old-style mall
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The “American Dream” may not be dead after all. It’s just getting more compact. Small living spaces, once characterized by squalid, disease-ridden inner-city tenements and home to those that were forced to live in poverty, have become the hip places
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If you’re a retailer who sells tech products, or apparel, or footwear, you may have noticed a shift in online versus in-store sales of certain items Maybe you’ve seen your best customers suddenly start to fall off. Have they lost
The history of luxury retail has proven that some brands have maintained a distinct level of status and demand despite global, economic, political shifts. However, as companies are forced to respond to an increasingly demanding consumer, some luxury fashion houses
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Albertsons’ proposed buyout of the parts of drugstore chain Rite Aid that won’t be acquired by Walgreens flings the supermarket operator into the fast-changing healthcare industry — and has big implications for food sales as well. Albertsons plans to acquire
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The retail real estate industry finds itself at a crossroads. One fork leads to a problematic Darwinian scenario in which weak centers and malls continue to close due to changing demographics and/or digital competition. The other path leads to a
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The Robin Report hosted its annual Advisory Board dinner last week. About 40 of the industry’s C-level leaders gathered at the Acquavit Restaurant for an evening of relaxed networking and learning. Each one could be considered the smartest person in
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By Robin Lewis The industry continues in its shakeout and shake-up phase, as technology has empowered a nextgen consumer culture which is forcing radical transformation across all consumer-facing industries. The shakeout has already shuttered thousands of stores, with more to
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