There are three major keys to success: spend time on the floor, truly understand your customers, and develop the ability to lead and inspire people. Retail is first and foremost a human business
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Kat DePizzo, President of Justice Design Lab, reinvented the brand under dramatic circumstances. During the pandemic, with 15 people and a garage full of samples, she relaunched the #1 tween brand in America across 4,400 Walmart doors.
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When you are an architect who works on projects around the world, your perspective about American retail changes through a refined filter. Kevin Roche, Founder of Roche Design Strategy, has the advantage of understanding firsthand the power of Return on Experience (ROE).
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A Russian missile hit the mall’s roof, causing a fire on the fourth floor. It destroyed the ventilation chamber on the fifth floor and affected multiple other areas, including the dome, façade, climate systems, glass installations, and multimedia displays. Inside, the atrium supports collapsed, glass storefronts shattered, and interior decor spanning the second to fourth floors was heavily damaged.
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Join Shelley and Melissa Gonzalez, Principal and founder of MG2 in a conversation about her new book, The Purpose Pivot, which explores why understanding your genuine zone of impact requires ruthlessly eliminating everything without purpose.
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The fashion industry’s stubborn reliance on outdated supply chain practices is bleeding profits and destroying consumer trust.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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To succeed in a retail market characterized by so much choice, these five visionaries are rewriting the rules of retail by being bold and brave.
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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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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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Haley Boehning, founder of Storyforge and former L Brands executive, understands that authentic leadership can revolutionize rethinking career growth. A natural leader, Haley has built her consulting business to help executives and their organizations forge and activate their unique brand stories based on the North Star of purpose and impact.
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