While the massive scale of Shoptalk was impressive, with over 3,100 attendees, of which more than 30% were C-level executives and about 400 of which were CEOs, and over 320 visionary, innovative, entrepreneurial, imaginative, and intelligent speakers, the real reason […]
Customers might not be real retail merchandisers, but they like to play the role online, at least when it comes to consumer reviews. Whether effusive and positive, or outright negative, shoppers are used to not only voicing their opinions, but
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A Revolutionary Shift Surprisingly, 2016 actually looks a lot like 1776. And many of us never saw it coming. Consumers are seeking out unique and small scale businesses that make their own pickles, brew their own beer, and use local
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We know what. We know how. And we certainly know who. The only thing we don’t know is when. But sooner or later—and increasingly it’s sooner—Sears Holdings and its two operating retail divisions, Sears Roebuck and Kmart, will cease to
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Ask a person, “Are you a feminist?” and they may say “No.” That angry activist reputation still lingers. Ask them, “Do you believe all people should have the same opportunities, be paid the same for doing equal work, have the
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Straight talk from Ed Gribbin, President, Alvanon Speed to market, for apparel retailers and brands, has been a topic of interest for only about four to five years, but today, it has become one of the top priorities, if not
The moment I entered the Aria Hotel Conference Center last Monday morning, I began to feel it. The sentiment intensified over the next two-and-a-half days, and accompanied me home to New York where it managed to brighten my whole weekend.
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Brands today are at a crossroads. All Brands: retailers, fashion, food, medical, technology, automotive. No industry is impervious to the Siren’s call towards two equally compelling and mutually contradictory roads. Urbanization takes us to ever more populated, crowded spaces, chock-a-block
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The beat goes on. And on, and on. The energy and collective exchange of knowledge that kicked off day one at Shoptalk was on steroids during day two. And I kid you not. Four fireside chats opened the morning with
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It May Be The Next Biggest Thing It was opening day for Shoptalk’s inaugural three-day retail revolution in Las Vegas. I say revolution because it had a high-energy revolutionary fervor about it. True to founder Anil Aggarwal’s objective, it brought
