Over seven years ago I met with Ian McGarrigle, founder and Chairman of the World Retail Congress, when he was launching it. I said something like, “…Ian, I don’t think the world needs another conference.” Today, in my opinion, the […]
My Take on the 2012 World Retail Congress Read More »
Recently, I’ve been crossing the paths of Mickey Drexler’s wanderings and meanderings, both figuratively and literally. It was just a day after I blogged on his ranting and raving about too many stores last week that I literally ran into
A Mickey Drexler/Sir Philip Green “Moment” on JC Penney Read More »
Hey folks, I hate to suck up to Mickey Drexler, and I assure you I am not, because he has once again nailed a major and very dangerous value shift taking place in this industry. He’s said it before in
Drexler Hits the Nail on the Head Again Read More »
You say tomato, I say tomahto. And, “…frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn!” You can call Ron Johnson’s visionary reinvention model currently under “construction,” at least the physical store component, whatever you want. He varies the definition himself,
JC Penney…Department Specialty Store? Mall Within a Mall? Whatever… Read More »
Just the $9.5 billion largest and most diversified apparel company on earth. Have you ever tried to skateboard down Mt. Everest in Vans sneakers? Don’t.Or, did you ever try to hike across the Sahara desert with The North Face mountain
ROBIN LEWIS So, right off the bat, how the heck can one person run a $10 to $12 billion company? ERIC WISEMAN You can\’t! VF has been, and I hope always will be, a team sport. When I look at
QA with Eric C. Wiseman, Chairman, President and CEO of VF Corporation Read More »
In a World of Unprecedented Change “A World of Unprecedented Change” is really an understatement, without a deeper understanding of the powerful dynamics driving such change and the fundamentally new retail models the change will lead to. To begin, one
Re-Inventing Retail: How So? Read More »
Best Practices by Kurt Salmon Most retailers readily admit that the chronic use of excessive, and often unplanned, promotions can have serious consequences in terms of margin erosion and erratic sales. Still, most willingly suffer those consequences in exchange for
Beyond Discounts and Deals: Achieving a Balanced Pricing and Promotion Strategy Read More »
The past several years have been rough on most retailers across all categories and levels. Some of the savviest merchants have responded to the challenging environment with a “stores-within-the-store” strategy, in which individual brands lease space and bring their own
How Analytics Can Help A Stores-Within-A-Store Strategy Succeed Read More »
(The Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Innocent) He’d been an interesting but troubled friend in my youth. Tom had arrived at our fancy New England boarding school as a shy eighth grader interested in books, politics and music.
