The retail industry may be under siege, but when it comes to the holidays, they are the mothership optically for nostalgia, sentimentality and remembrance of better things past. If you live in an urban area with sidewalk traffic, it is […]
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In one minute and 25 seconds, Alibaba scored shock and awe sales of $1 billion. Say again!!? Not only that, sales exceeded $10 billion in five minutes and 21 seconds faster than last year. Then they went on to finish
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Ever since Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff declared that \”Loyalty is dead,\” in a November 2017 interview with Mad Money\’s Jim Cramer, business leaders have been wringing their hands. But listen beyond the attention-getting soundbite, and you will learn that what
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What\’s behind all the empty storefronts in New York City? Faith Hope Consolo, head of retail leasing for Douglas Elliman Real Estate, told the New York Times, \”When you walk the streets, you see vacancies on every block in all
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Wow! Another huge disruption coming out of McMillon\’s Walmart. They seem to have one speed only: meteoric. One could say I spend too much time covering their warp speed, almost-daily initiatives. But, how can I not? As the largest retailer
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Netflix has made the personal journey into storytelling more addictive than ever. Binge watching is a real thing, serving as the perfect antidote to our stressed out, trigger-ready anxiety, fueled by today\’s global surface noise. Netflix has become a proxy
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I vaguely remember the phrase \”repeal and replace\” as a political slogan the Republicans used to gin up support for getting rid of Obamacare. As we know, nothing really happened. Well, it is happening at Walmart, based on the reversal
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Why did VF Corporation spin off Lee and Wrangler and how can this lead to bigger growth opportunities for these legacy brands? Analysts and industry experts have weighed in by pointing to classic brand management portfolio strategies as the explanation.
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The Amazon Go concept is innovative enough that it may prove to be a highly disruptive force. Yet, it might be a little too soon for anyone in established food retailing to despair. Nonetheless, let\’s take a closer look the
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The Container Store has launched a new space program. And its target is not necessarily the moon, but to reach for that most unworldly retail destination these days: relevance. The retailer that practically invented the idea of a store devoted
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