I just finished the 54-page 2014 Accenture Holiday Shopping Survey; and while I’m still in a state of ‘stat-overwhelm,’ I’m also left with a nagging thought. With our culture’s unceasing need to simplify things (abbreviation-nation syndrome), we may be losing sight of the obvious. E-commerce and the relative newbie, mobile […]
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I thought I wrote the final word and all that was worth saying two weeks ago about the inevitable collapse of Sears in my article Sears: Nothing Left But its Past. As I said then, there’s nothing left but its
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Last year, US e-retail sales hit $263 billion, according to Forrester Research Inc., representing 8% of total retail sales. The company predicts that by 2018, e-retail will reach $414 billion. While it’s a staggering number, it will still only account
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It all began in Philadelphia, birthplace of innovative and uniquely American ideas and products: Philadelphia Cream Cheese (proof that God exists); Rocky I-V (more proof); and kites flying into lightning storms. Imagine, all this and more emanating from the sparkling
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Economists, experts, analysts, consultants, a lot of CEOs, casual observers and even my friend and CNBC regular Jan Kniffen believe lower gas prices are going to goose holiday retail sales. In what some call the “gas bonus,” this means that
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Maude Standish, Trends Analyst, Millennial, and Co-Founder of Tarot, tracks cultural trends and sociological back-stories of Millennials, particularly how they view and behave in the workplace in an inter-generational workforce. To put their worldview into perspective, here are the Top
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I find myself in a quagmire of confusion about all these new tech concepts, phrases, words, and now the overwhelming stream of algorithms. This technology era we are living in is as mysterious as it is magical. For example, algorithms,
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Brazil is more than just football! Interesting fashion can be found in every corner of the globe and Brazil is no exception. Compared with China, Brazil has had far less attention from global brands. But that’s changing. As I’m typing
Doing Business in Brazil Read More »
US consumers are discriminating as to where they spend, and while demand has come back in what may seem unexpected categories, there is emphasis on experience and on purchases as investment. Readers of Lou Gerstner’s book, Who Says Elephants Can\’t
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My 16-year-old son John’s idea of a gourmet meal is a burger and fries, so I was surprised one evening a couple of weeks ago when, after a busy day that left me no time to cook, I asked him
