I know, I know – the real shootout took place in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881 and defined the dynamics playing out in the “Wild West.” But I will take liberties with the analogy for this article. In the real gunfight, […]
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In early May, I attended the Luxury Roundtable: State of Luxury 2013 in New York, organized and hosted by The Luxury Daily and its editor-in-chief Mickey Alam Khan. It featured speakers from the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Mercedes-Benz, Donna
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For decades, police and law enforcement agencies across the country have adopted the Motto \”To Protect and Serve.\” In light of recent events–bombings in Boston, shootings in Newtown and the all-too-common armed robberies, are we nearing the tipping point when
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Q. What do real estate and finance have in common? A. Richard Baker and Eddie Lampert. Q. What do Richard Baker and Eddie Lampert have in common? A. Both designated themselves retail CEO’s. Q. What do the success factors in
Hudson Bay-SAKS-L&T: Real Estate or Retail? Read More »
Social Shopping is not a brand-new concept, but the term defines a set of phenomena that have been occurring for several years now. At its essence, social shopping has been focused on ecommerce to a great extent and has flourished
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Don’t look now, but Wall Street is actually loving home furnishings retailers…finally. Many of the stock prices of pure-play public retailing corporations that specialize in selling home furnishings —Bed Bath & Beyond, Home Depot, Pier One, Williams Sonoma, Ethan Allen—are
Luxury Retailers Alert: The Aspirant Shopper Is Back, and Ready for School. Five years ago, the luxury sector took a nasty hit.The prevailing message at the onset of the Great Recession to high-net-worth consumers was, “just because you can flaunt
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Shoes are not that easy to buy. Or wear. If you find the style you like they are often out of stock in your size, don’t fit, are uncomfortable or too expensive. Shoes are the one item of clothing I
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How do we use it to drive performance improvement? In my last few articles, I have focused on new metrics and processes available to retailers that help them create and energize a far more participatory and collaborative organization. CEOs and
Data, Data Everywhere… Read More »
Run, do not walk, to the nearest JC Penney store and go see the new home store. It is perhaps the best merchandised, most beautifully displayed and freshest home furnishings department retailing has seen since the first Macy’s Cellar in
