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Join Shelley and David Katz, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Randa Apparel and Accessories, as they challenge why reading the headlines is not the same as understanding what those headlines mean and why they matter. David’s gray swan model reveals how key trends are bellwethers for significant shifts.
Vacancy rates in shopping malls could rise to nearly 10 percent over the remainder of the year as Russia’s ill-conceived war continues to hit the home front. The market has given way to a long-term malaise that puts Russian consumers in a bind, although many international geopolitical critics will shed no tears.
The State of Luxury Report has just been released! This comprehensive research report reveals that luxury is not retreating, it is recalibrating. The industry has entered a new phase defined by discernment, selectivity, and strategic discipline. Although growth has slowed in luxury goods, experiential luxury continues to outperform.
Store managers need to do the right things more consistently. Excellence requires discipline, resisting the urge to react, instead to proactively lead. Great stores are built from the inside out—through strong leadership, consistent execution, and teams that know exactly how to win.
We’re entering an era in which resellers compromise apparel value, rather than enhance it.
Customers are competing for repurposed goods, but their intentions go beyond looking cool at their next dinner; they intend to resell when they’re done with them. Professional resellers are also vying for top-notch goods.
By continuing to expand its partnerships with more and more retailers, Uber Eats is rapidly becoming the de facto leader in same day delivery services for big retailers. In addition to Home Depot, the latest: Kiehls, FedExOffice, Blick Art Materials, Sephora, Academy Sports and Choice Pet.
. Join Shelley and Ron Thurston, author of Retail Pride and Human Pride and a 30-year retail veteran across Apple, Gap, Tory Burch, and Saint Laurent, as they challenge the automation narrative that most retail leaders are getting wrong. Learn how to strengthen data and insights with AI while humans provide the essential judgment.
TRR’s special report, The Ground Has Shifted: A Framework for Retail Strategy in a Disoriented Economy, details the retail landscape of mid-2026 defined by a convergence of macroeconomic and consumer disruptions.
Revenues for the Big Three off-price retailers exploded by $2.5 billion in their first quarters. Why?
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