What happens when an abundance of ambition meets empty execution? The result might be called “Lidl.” The truth is that Lidl, the discount grocer from Germany, has been opening stores in the U.S. for nearly a year now, but has […]
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Together, Alibaba and Amazon have about a $1.2 trillion market cap, ($483 billion for Alibaba and $720 billion for Amazon). Maybe they should unite. Not a chance for that to happen. The brilliant minds and egos of both Jack Ma
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In retail’s new normal, the convergence of digital and physical is prevalent throughout the industry. From trends of smaller-format stores incorporating more digital components and carrying less inventory, to hyper-personalization, the retail landscape is continuing to evolve. Now is the
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It doesn’t take an enormous feat of memory to recall that quaint term “trade channels.” Yes, there was a time when apparel retailers sold apparel, food retailers sold food and department and mass merchandisers were broad-line retailers selling a little
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The model of committed consumption, on which subscription services are based, is a rapidly growing portion of our spending. Retail is headed in a frictionless direction, and auto replenishment contributes greatly to that, making the concept of committed consumption and
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Much has been written in The Robin Report about the epic struggle between Amazon and Walmart for supremacy in U.S retailing. The advantages enjoyed by each of these behemoth retailers is obvious: Amazon is unburdened by physical store locations and
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For those who have not yet had the pleasure of visiting Minneapolis in winter, I can testify from firsthand experience, it is a bone-chilling experience. This year’s Super Bowl is sure to give many more people a taste of the
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Buyers of online apparel subscription services, which have been likened to a virtual personal shopper, reach just over four percent of the online apparel buying population, according to NPD’s Checkout e-commerce data, which analyzes purchases at the receipt level. This
A winning quarter does not necessarily qualify as a turnaround. But, the initiatives and strategies CEO Kevin Mansell and his team planted during what I questioned might have been a flatlining period (Is Kohl’s Flatlining?) (roughly between 2012 and 2016)
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If the CVS–Aetna deal results in CVS developing a new, unified healthcare solution that begins with lowering costs through the disintermediation of pharmacy benefit managers and builds on the walk-in clinics already operating out of some Target stores to evolve
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