Ever since Homo Sapiens appeared some 200,000 years ago, they, or we if you prefer, have had one thing in common—a distrust of everything new and fear of the unknown. We made tools, hunted, circled the unidentified threat and if […]
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Fast fashion is the darling of the fashion retail today. Whereas women’s clothing store sales have declined 2.7 percent from 2016-2017 in the U.S., a recent report from Hitwise shows the fast fashion market has grown has grown 21 percent
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As posted last September in The Robin Report, I congratulated Kohl’s for having the vision to initiate a test of Amazon shops in 10 of their stores. Amazon shops would sell devices and make home appointments to teach consumers how
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I spoke to a class of about 20 millennials this week at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology). When I got to the part where I was speaking to the choir about an AT Kearney study that characterized millennial and Gen
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“What do you bring to this party?” This is the very direct and consequential challenge consumers are posing to brands today. Empowered with an increasingly sophisticated eye and shiny new filtering tools, these new no nonsense consumers are precisely editing
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Private label has always been around, but the quality and breadth of items available today are a far cry from the Brand-X macaroni and cheese in plain white boxes in the value sections of 1970s supermarkets. In fact, today we’re
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Could Jeff Bezos have a new strategy for his physical retailing plans: rent rather than own? Jeff Bezos may be outsmarting the rest of the retailing world…again. While everyone speculates on which physical retailer Amazon will buy next, Bezos may
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The beauty industry is facing the biggest and most complicated period in its history. Some might say, “The beauty industry is broken.” Others may ask, “Are the days of ten-time markups on luxury makeup and skincare products numbered?” Luxury, while
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Who would’ve thunk it? How could Les Wexner, the IQ leader of leaders in the pantheon of retail greats, not have thunk ahead of the curve about the fact that his iconic Victoria’s Secret brand was behind the curve, so
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