Kim & Coty: Kim Kardashian Moves to Reclaim Coty’s Stake in SKKN BY KIM
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Gap’s Fifth Hail Mary
For those of you who read my article back in November 2021, Is Sonia Syngal Gap’s Fourth “Hail Mary?” you will understand that Richard Dickson, soon to take the helm as CEO of Gap Inc., will be the fifth …
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Can Allbirds Recover?
How long do you think it’s going to take Allbirds to crash? It happened to A&F in its Michael Jeffries era. It happened to the Gap after Mickey Drexler’s era. It happened to Michael Kors and Tommy Hilfiger, both under
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Fashion Specialty Stores Caught in a Squeeze Play
Fashion specialty stores are caught in a squeeze play. Blame it on the democratization of fashion. But there’s also the proliferation of ecommerce with over $208 billion in online fashion retail sales each year. But there’s more at play here
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Helicopter Parents Drag Down the Frontline Retail Workforce
Helicopter parents are nothing new. From the first Cro-Magnon child that ventured out into the hunt, there was certainly an anxious mother standing behind that youngster, magnifying the dangers he could encounter. With that said helicopter parenting has taken a
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The Latest Homeless Crisis: The Missing $7 Billion in Retail Sales
As recently as just a few years ago, Bed Bath & Beyond did over $5 billion in annual retail sales. Tuesday Morning was doing close to $700 million a year before it closed. Christmas Tree Shops, privately owned before it
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The Ralph Lauren Renaissance
Few fashion brands have been as enduring over the past five generations as Ralph Lauren. Now even Gen Alpha and Metaverse avatars are wearing RL. But it all hasn’t been perfect in RL paradise. This iconic brand, like so many
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Innovations in Smart Checkout
Nobody likes waiting in line for a checkout lane to open. No one likes waiting in line, period. Self-checkout was supposed to solve for that, but self-checkout comes with its own set of frustrations, not the least of which is
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They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Retail Parking Lot
This might come as a surprise to New Yorkers who are constantly on the prowl for a choice parking spot – an aspect of Big Apple life that, at times, can even turn bloody and violent – but the truth
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AI and the Law Team Up Against Organized Crime
Shoplifting, shrink, or shrinkage in retail is not new, however, the insurgence of organized crime is. Fueled by the large-scale, untraceable “fencing” of stolen goods over the internet, combined with a new level of unprecedented criminal brazenness, the safety of
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