Last night I had the craziest dream, where I was actually interviewing Martha Stewart herself. Of course it was all just a dream and it never actually happened, but it seemed so real! (Must have been a damn Rachael Ray […]
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Penney Nabbing Johnson From Apple Sets ‘Huge Expectation\’ “It\’s injecting rocket fuel into Mike Ullman\’s growth strategies of turning J.C. Penney into a more exciting brand,” said Lewis, also chief executive officer of the Robin Report. “It\’s placing a huge
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Why is it only politicians, sports stars and hollywood hunks are secretly supporting love children, tweeting naughty pictures of themselves, or assaulting (okay, allegedly assaulting) hotel maids? You never hear about the Wichita Walmart Regional Manager doing it. Why is
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The High-End Customer Returns From Exile Best Practices from Kurt Salmon As the economy begins to recover, high-end consumers are coming out of their self-imposed shopping hibernation, creating a bright outlook for the luxury segment. The luxury market is expected
The Increasing Allure of the Pop-Up Store Consumer Insights from Mastercard Advisors Last November, Hermes did it in West London. This spring, Apple (AAPL) did it in Austin. And in October, Brides did it in downtown Manhattan. That’s right, they
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Reflections from the Corner Office from Herbert Mines Associates Herbert Mines Associates recently conducted a leadership survey of 135 retail Presidents and CEO s about critical issues facing the industry. Hal Reiter, Chairman and CEO of Herbert Mines Associates, tells
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Kermit was wrong: It is, in fact,easy being green. The hard part is getting anybody to pay for it. The home furnishings business, like a lot of consumer product industries, has struggled with how to make its products more environmentally
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To semi-paraphrase Gordon Gekko, when it comes to an ever broader swath of the skincare market, green is good. At least that’s the assumption an industry-watcher could make when scanning the 2011 list of finalists for the much-coveted Cosmetic Executive
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In the spring of 1976, as a young researcher working for a small nonprofit organization, I was invited to a lunch discussion at the Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, which occupied an elegant town house on New York’s Upper
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Amazon on a Level Playing Field So, you big guys (and by that I mean you, Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), Best Buy (BBY), Sears (SHLD), Gap (GPS), Macy’s (M), Barnes & Noble (BKS), and a whole bunch of others) are
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