Amazon Should Buy Its Way Into Brick and Mortar Just as Walmart appears to have its own “get big fast” online strategy by acquiring the assets, and more importantly the skills of pure e-commerce players, why doesn’t Amazon get even […]
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One of Mark Twain’s classics is the double-entendre, “Denial ain\’t just a river in Egypt.” Amazon is a trigger point for denial, which is rampant in consumer retail (or fill in your industry here). Executives, directors and workers are in
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Please note: This article was published before the CEO changeover at Macy\’s. Thinking Out of the Box, Literally Last November Macy’s announced a collaboration with Brookfield Asset Management and an “out of the box” strategy to address 50 owned and
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Selling stuff in an Apple store is nowhere to be found in Angela Ahrendts’ vision for Apple’s retail business, which she is in charge of as its SVP. Her vision of the brand (as I interpreted her words), is that
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We all live in a topsy-turvy world. There are more than a few reasons that we know this is true, but for the moment let’s focus on this strange fact: Amazon, the quintessential online retailer, has recently dipped its toes
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Okay, okay, we know everyone, including us, has proselytized about the problems retailers face today. The inconvenient disharmonic convergence of factors including changes in consumer attitudes, tech, resource constraints, big data, economics, shifting demographics and politics has skewered the industry
A Conversation with Jeremy Liew, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners Every retailer has heard that there are a million startups coming for its business and its customers. Knowing which ones will succeed, and which ones will sputter, is another matter—and can
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Thanks to Fung Global Retail and Technology, we can show two revealing charts that raise more questions than answers. First of all, while the announced number of store closings total roughly 500 more than store openings, Fung doesn’t account for
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Across industries, backbone systems are showing heavy signs of wear and tear. TOBE fears that the remedy may be more rebuild than renovate. Easier said than done we know, but it bears a frank discussion. The bright side: there are
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A Conversation with Michelle Lam, CEO, True&Co. Perhaps the most talked-about concept in modern retailing is big data. Every brand is enchanted with the idea of using sophisticated analytics to improve its understanding of consumers and drive smarter decision making
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