RIP: Rest in Pieces Flash Sale Sites Born 2007 – Died 2016 In the history of retailing channels of distribution, perhaps no single format has had a shorter lifespan than the catalog showroom. Rightfully so, most people would say, since […]
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At the risk of getting all Mark Twain-y, the reports of the death of the American fragrance biz have been greatly exaggerated. Which isn’t to say it’s in fantastic shape at the moment; far from it. But the inexorable slide
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What’s old is new again. It’s back to the future. Mobile phones are the new stores. These and many other metaphors reflect how the technology age is taking us back in time to century-old retail models. Living with technology on
Eddie (no vision) Lampert: A Century Late and an Idea Short Read More »
The New Thalia Sodi Collection Targets Rapidly Growing Hispanic Market She has 45 million albums sold. She is followed by more than 24 million people across Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She stars in eight telenovelas that are watched by more
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There has been a great deal of gnashing of teeth during the past decade or so about the demise of the center aisle of grocery. Excitement has migrated to the peripheries, e.g. fresh everything from veggies to dairy to baked
The “What If” Factor Read More »
Is retailing being swept up in a robotic revolution or is the whole thing just so much sci-fi pie-in-the-sky? As fond as I am of alliteration, I’m on the side of the true believers. For nearly a century, mankind has
Why buy a dress when you can make one in three weeks? Traditional retail is being disrupted. The consumer has too much choice, too much information to get through, and too many channels in which to shop. However, the consumer
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Now that the dust has settled on one of the greatest, most entertaining and knowledge-filled seminars in recent memory (the annual Robin Report and Fashion Group International seminar, held a couple of weeks ago), we can get down to understanding
The Convergence of The Sex and Science of Retailing Read More »
This Technology Age and the fundamental transformation it’s driving across all industries requires its leaders to have a marathon mentality — strategic, but with sprint-speed action, tactically. It’s a marathon because the transformative dynamics are enormously complex and will require
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Is this a great time for supermarkets to be rolling out new formats or expanding to new geography? The outlook for either isn’t too promising. As readers of “The Robin Report” well know, the industry has experienced the long goodbye
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