The number of emails in my inbox alerting me about sales is seemingly infinite, and frankly, I’m losing interest. The funniest was Cache’s “our sale’s on sale.” Really?!?! Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s regularly have fine jewelry on sale and clearance, a […]
Prestige Jewelry: Coming to Your Local Outlet? Read More »
Many of the most successful rebranding efforts of the last year, the most forward-facing of them all, have all used the same weapon of choice: their archives. Brands as highbrow as Dior, to as proudly lowbrow as Levi’s, have looked
Brands Looking Forward, Look Back (Way Back) Read More »
There’s a growing disparity in the way some economic data have moved since the recession. On the one hand we have employment and income figures, which tell the story of a sluggish U.S. recovery with a long way to go
The $2 Trillion American Rip-Off Read More »
All-In for Planet Earth As my readers know all too well, I usually write about significant strategic events that have noteworthy impact on both our industry and the larger canvas of life, so to speak. We at the Robin Report
COTTON LEADS™ Us to the Promised Land Read More »
America’s Care Providers My mother died two weeks ago at age 90. She had been diagnosed with Dementia 10 years ago. Her slide into darkness was heartbreaking. Even at the end, part of her remembered who she was; an alpha
Musings on Who’s Really Addressing the Aging Read More »
Consumer Insights From MasterCard Advisors The Emergence of the Small Store Format We’ve heard much talk about the waning era of the “big box.” In 2012, we saw many headlines relating to planned store closures by Best Buy, with similar
Not Too Big to Fail? Read More »
Like Abbott and Costello Meeting Frankenstein If you read “Bargain Fever: How to Shop in a Discounted World,” by Mark Ellwood, you will roll on the floor belly laughing until you read “The Age of Oversupply,” by Daniel Alpert. Then
“Bargain Fever” Meets “The Age of Oversupply” Read More »
Perhaps the Dayton family should have come up with another name for its discount department store start-up back in 1962 if it wasn’t prepared for the inevitable – and as-it-turns-out endless – questions raised by retail observers, competitors, suppliers and,
Opening the Door on Target’s new Threshold Read More »
Why do customers visit brick-and-mortar stores when it is often easier and cheaper to buy online? It’s obvious…because consumers want to see and touch the product, experience the brand, interact with people with the hope of solving a problem, or
Store Employees’ Roles Need to Change…and Change Begins with Leadership Read More »
Consumers love celebrities and are more than willing to fork over billions of dollars for things they endorse. But do you want them to land on your product when they fall from grace? That multi-million dollar celebrity endorsement deal for
The Harder They Fall Read More »
