Macy’s recently licensed 300-square-foot shops to Best Buy in 10 of its stores as a test. This is just one more example of how savvy retailers envision the future retail business model. The future model, using Macy’s as an example, […]
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Apparel brands know international expansion is a necessity. But despite its importance, it’s often mishandled as companies chase quarterly earnings targets and race for market share. Too often, apparel brands expand too quickly without a clear retail expansion strategy that
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There’s a lot of buzz these days about new CMO imperatives around customer experience, and it’s often spoken in the same breath with age-old priorities such as branding. I am struck by this last-century disconnect, still all too prevalent in
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Terry Lundgren, CEO of Macy’s, borrowed this quote during his opening remarks at the University of Arizona Global Retailing Conference in Tucson back in April, attributing it to NYU-Stern Marketing Professor Scott Galloway, who also happens to be one of
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By now, you\’ve heard the news that Target is launching new smaller stores under the CityTargets name. Likewise, Walmart continues to introduce smaller-scale stores as it seeks to expand into urban locales. Big-box retailer Best Buy is focused on its
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