With all due respect to the analysts, journalists and consultants who make a living keeping track of all the companies that comprise the retail industry, it has been my opinion for some time now that the popular measures reported on […]
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I was among the very first, if not the first, some thirty years ago, to declare the demise of the department stores. And, indeed, their share of market, particularly in apparel, has steadily declined during those years, lost to the
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Luxury fashion flash sale phenomenon Gilt Groupe has only been in existence for four years, but already has annual sales of over $500 million and a valuation of a billion dollars. We spent an hour recently with CEO and Founder
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Is Bed Bath & Beyond the best retailer in America? Well, it depends on who you ask. Ask a financial analyst and you’re likely to get a pretty positive response. Through the best and worst of retailing cycles, Bed Bath,
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On a Monday evening this past September, I had a bit of time to kill before a press event celebrating the launch of Dr. Fredric Brandt’s new radio show on Sirius XM. And because I’m beauty-obsessed (both personally and professionally),
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After months of dour predictions, sub-par economic forecasts, and stubbornly high unemployment, the retail industry is positively quaking going into holiday – but industry experts are predicting gains of about 3% at retail, which is cause for celebration in today’s
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Best Practices From Kurt Salmon The retailing landscape looks much as it did in the throes of the Great Recession. Unemployment remains persistently high, consumers lack confidence in the economy, and talk of a global economic crisis is everywhere. But
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When my maternal grandfather, a Sephardic orphan, arrived in the New World in the late nineteenth century, he landed in a place where if you weren’t born here, your skin wasn’t pink, and English wasn’t your native language, then you
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Just this once, I’ve decided to look on the brighter side…..but only briefly. Bubbles can be very positive and fun. And, I’m not talking about an old girl friend. The bubbles (lower case b) I’m talking about are those serendipitous
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I’m a leading edge Baby Boomer, born at a time when life was simple and filled with optimism and possibilities. Now, that time is past and the world around us has changed. And, of course, we are getting older. We
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