We talk a lot about disruptors and how they have turned retailing upside down, challenging the very existence of entire industry sectors. So here’s another disruptor to put into the mix: activist investors. The beleaguered Whole Foods chain is on […]
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I do not believe for one minute that the mall is dead. Yes, the 75-year-old concept of a “big box with lots of smaller boxes inside” is surely headed in the direction of the buggy whip. Consumers simply do not
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The roller coaster ride of the digital landscape is changing our world into something we’ve never seen before—and this is certainly the case for the retail industry. Amazon’s cross-industry success, the continued rise of artificial intelligence, and the evolution of
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I know you are thinking I got the headline backwards. I did not. Two weeks ago I wrote a blog Store Rationalization or Price Deflation? debunking what some experts were hopefully predicting: that the retail industry is in a period
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Through Online-Only, House Parties and Peer-to-Peer Platforms, Forward-Thinking Beauty Brands Are Skipping Traditional Retail Altogether In my neck of the woods – the Gulf Coast of Florida – it’s easy to spot one of those Mary Kay powder pink Cadillacs
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A Conversation with Karen Katz, CEO, Neiman Marcus Please note: We interviewed Karen as part of the Retail@250 series, several months before Neiman Marcus announced plans to look for an investor. Some industry insiders have cast doubt on the future
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Amazon Should Buy Its Way Into Brick and Mortar Just as Walmart appears to have its own “get big fast” online strategy by acquiring the assets, and more importantly the skills of pure e-commerce players, why doesn’t Amazon get even
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One of Mark Twain’s classics is the double-entendre, “Denial ain\’t just a river in Egypt.” Amazon is a trigger point for denial, which is rampant in consumer retail (or fill in your industry here). Executives, directors and workers are in
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Please note: This article was published before the CEO changeover at Macy\’s. Thinking Out of the Box, Literally Last November Macy’s announced a collaboration with Brookfield Asset Management and an “out of the box” strategy to address 50 owned and
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Okay, okay, we know everyone, including us, has proselytized about the problems retailers face today. The inconvenient disharmonic convergence of factors including changes in consumer attitudes, tech, resource constraints, big data, economics, shifting demographics and politics has skewered the industry
