I have spoken for years about the need for fashion brands and retailers to dramatically shorten the time it takes to go from product ideation and design onto the customer’s back. As Mike Todaro, executive director of the Americas Apparel […]
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I closed the heavy curtain and was alone with the mattress in the mock bedroom. The noise of the shopping mall was muted in the background and there was a faint odor of orange peel, by no means unpleasant. I
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In an “if a tree falls in the forest” way, is an announcement of a business alliance between two companies really an announcement if neither side publicly cops to it? I’m referring to the report (rumor? wishful thinking?) that surfaced
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To meet growing consumer expectations and remain competitive in retail’s evolving industry, it is essential to establish a strong digital core and leverage the benefits this provides: understanding motives behind consumer purchases, creating personalized shopping experiences, offering innovative delivery services,
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We Need You Now!!! I have my “old world” hat on and I’m scoping in on a bunch of little speedboats circling around my big old legacy ship. And more of them keep popping up, and faster. Not one of
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There are so many reasons for the demise of the traditional mall, including (and first on the list) a lack of newness and excitement that creates moments of discovery and delight. Retail success is actually based on just a few
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Warren Buffet always said, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” That may be true in the rarified atmosphere of mergers, acquisitions and stock trades. But with all due respect to the Oracle of Omaha, getting down
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Amazon has been struggling to decrease the cost and increase the speed of the pesky “last mile,” as it defines the last leg of delivery to the consumer. In fact, they have been working toward owning their own shipping business
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The Super Bowl is the single biggest advertising event of the year. This year the Super Bowl reached 103.4 million people and a 30-second ad cost $5 million. To give some spending perspective, Sunday Night Football, the highest rated weekly
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By Robin Lewis There’s that word “store” again. And it’s been used for centuries to describe physical buildings that store and sell groceries, including packaged goods. The store, as burned into our minds over all those years, was static. Consumers
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