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Why Not Start Off Your Year with the Deal Junkie?

Anybody who is anybody in the mainstream retail industry knows Gilbert Harrison, the founder and CEO of Financo, and now Chairman of Harrison Group. Simply put, Financo was a firm that did deals, and the maestro of course, was the […]

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Is 2022 Back-to-School Back to Normal?

It may seem like only yesterday that you heard kids singing, “No more pencils, no more books…” but here we are again deep into the 2022 Back-to-School season for retailers who supply all the stuff students need (and maybe don’t […]

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Hubert Joly: The Unlikely Retailer

Who is the executive who fixed a retailer that just about everybody thought was unfixable? One who quotes both The Godfather and Camus with equal authority? Someone who was a most unlikely candidate for the job that has now come […]

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Will Covid Heal an Industry Disease?

For over three decades of giving industry presentations, and after three co-authored books The New Rules of Retail (plus a revision) and Retail’s Seismic Shift, one core fact remains that too much supply has been chasing too little demand in […]

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JC Penney: Too Big to Fail

I\’m no Andrew Sorkin, who given the chance, could probably make another blockbuster book, Too Big to Fail: JCP the Sequel. However, he would probably have to give the story a massive spin. While the notion of \”too big to […]

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Shein Gets Bookish with New Alibris Collab

When you think of rare books, do you think about Chinese fast fashion retailer, Shein? You soon will, as Shein is following in H&M and Zara’s footsteps by expanding into lifestyle categories. However, unlike H&M and Zara, Shein is dealing […]

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A Fresh, New Look at “The Nordstrom Way”

[…] speaking about Nordstrom for 35 years—first as the Seattle correspondent for WWD and later as the author of three different books on the company, beginning in 1995 with the bestselling “The Nordstrom Way: The Inside Story of America’s Number One […]

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WHSmith: A 200+ Year-Old Icon in Danger

[…] The retail store part of the business specializes in selling a range of items from greeting cards and stationery to books and magazines. While it offers the convenience of everyday and gifting staples in one place, its merchandise mix offers […]

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