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Gen Z Is Resetting Retail Spending
Finance

Gen Z Is Resetting Retail Spending

Zoomers will take the lead to create more meaning in their holiday celebrations this year because they feel the weight of the modern American lifestyle more acutely than any other generation. A McKinsey health study found Gen Z has the least positive life outlook, including lower levels of emotional and social well-being and higher rates of anxiety, depression, and distress than any other generation.

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Pam Danziger September 29, 2025
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Retail Unwrapped Podcast

AI Is Transforming the Fashion Supply Chain

The fashion industry’s stubborn reliance on outdated supply chain practices is bleeding profits and destroying consumer trust. Traditional approaches to sizing, inventory management, and trend forecasting are creating failures across the entire value chain, from excess inventory that decimates sustainability goals to astronomical return rates that crush margins.

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Retail Unwrapped September 26, 2025
Mangos Ambitious Expansion Plans
Operations

Mango’s Ambitious Expansion Plans

What’s interesting about Mango’s approach is that it has stepped away from fast fashion and is pinning its expansion not only on leveraging its Spanish heritage but on slowing the fashion cycle and concentrating on durable, longer-lasting apparel.

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Mark Faithfull September 25, 2025
How to Manage Political Discourse Fallout
Management

How to Manage Political Discourse Fallout

The real messes don’t come from a bad quarter or a supply chain snag. They come from the chaos no one saw coming: a political storm that drops out of nowhere, boardroom drama that spills into the headlines, an international trend that sweeps the globe overnight, or a TikTok clip that suddenly emasculates a billion-dollar brand in 72 hours.

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Arick Wierson September 23, 2025
Whats the Future for Armani
Experience

What’s the Future for Armani?

Foreseeing issues of succession, Armani created the Giorgio Armani Foundation in 2016 (when he was 82) to ensure continuous guidance for the company’s future management and protect the values and principles that have always inspired the founder’s creative and entrepreneurial activities.

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Marie Driscoll September 22, 2025
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Retail Unwrapped Podcast

How to Build a Retail Media Empire

Spoiler alert: The physical store is an experiential platform that can tap into retail media network ad spending projected to reach $100 billion by 2026. In a digital marketplace, dynamic advertising platforms leverage AI-powered analytics to capture real-time customers.

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Retail Unwrapped September 19, 2025
Will Warby Parker Succeed in Besieged Target
Experience

Will Warby Parker Succeed in Besieged Target?

In the amorphous Target environment, a separate door clearly demarcates Warby Parker from its host store and makes its customers and staff feel safe, secure — clearly in a WP space and place untarnished by a soulless big-box interior.

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Sanford Stein September 18, 2025

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