Move over LULU
Upstart Activewear Brands Are Nipping at Yoga Giant’s Heels Colby Ziegler and her mom have a lot in common. They both have deep hazel eyes, a passion for Egyptian art, and a twice-a-week yoga habit. What they no longer share, […]
A Retail Story in the North Woods
We are closing out the summer in the Adirondacks. It has been a place our entire family has loved since our children were small. They learned to water ski on the lake, and we went boating every summer day in
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Target\’s Target
Last week I blogged about Walmart’s acquisition of Jet.com, for $3.3 billion. In one fell swoop, Walmart gained Jet’s revenues (estimated at over a billion dollars its first year, nonetheless unprofitable), several distribution centers, 12 million SKUs, a growing millennial
The Decline & Fall of Retail As We Know It
A couple of years ago, the head of Nabisco called me because of a problem his channel partners had plopped down on his doorstep. Seems they had videos of women starting down the cookie aisles of their stores—and then backing
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Leading Through Change: A Perspective from Paul Charron
America@250, a multiyear research initiative and national dialogue launched by A.T. Kearney, looks ahead to what America may be like in 2026 when the nation will celebrate its 250th birthday. This ongoing inquiry includes Retail@250, a study of the immediate
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Tobe / Says
Expect Great Things From Gen Z We’re turning the generation page. Next chapter: Gen Z. This group is cool. They are interesting and interested. This may be the team that reworks all the sociocultural constructs we’ve been flirting with—feminism, gender
Kroger’s Private Recipe
The Kroger Co. Has Been on Quite a Tear For a while now, Kroger has posted what is doubtless the best financial record of any conventional supermarket company. Check out these metrics: For 49 quarters in a row, it has
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Subscription Retail
Subscribing to Experiences (via Products) Consider the role that “experiences” play in our lives today. Every day, people share photos of the places they went, the things they ate, and who they were with—showing the world that they derive meaning
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Out of the Boxspring Thinking
Remember waterbeds? If you’re of a certain age, you’ll recall all the excitement about sleeping on a giant Baggie full of water, it’s therapeutic values far outweighing its… well, weight on your bedroom floor. An entire retail channel of distribution
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Walmart’s Millennial Move
Walmart recently announced their intention to focus on millennials in the apparel category at the Raymond James 37th institutional investors’ conference. With 4500 stores across the U.S. (accessible within 10 minutes of 90 percent of the population) and a growing
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