Make-up for the Playdate Set When she isn’t marching around the house ordering her parents to stop using plastic grocery bags “because sea turtles swallow them and die,” five-year-old Parker is rocking out in her hot pink bedroom to Taylor […]
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By Amy Klaris and Greg Ellis Best Practices from Kurt Salmon The Customer Experience Imperative In Kurt Salmon’s recent conversations with leading retailers, two topics come up repeatedly: customer experience and multichannel. Over the past decade, the two concepts have
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Global Talent Needed at Top Levels Reflections from the corner office by Herbert Mines Associates As companies in the fashion and retail business globalize, they are realizing the importance of international experience. We talked with Brian Meany, a Managing Director
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He’s baaaaaack!! Edward “Eddie” Lampert that is. Yes, once again the storied chief of Sears Holdings (SHLD) provided me, and therefore you, with yet another perspective on how or how not to run a retail business. Actually, when all is
Landing the right executive for a fast-paced e-commerce business often requires a slowdown in the search process Reflections on The Corner Office from Herbert Mines Associates Demand for experienced e-commerce executives is greater than ever. As a result, both multi-channel
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Thanks to a flood of at-home devices, consumers are taking derm-level skincare into their own hands On sale for $1,036, the OxyGeneration Personal Oxygen system featured in the Bliss online catalog is a relative bargain compared to the $1,295 the
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We talked with Adrianne, one of whose many areas of expertise includes online retailing, about the meteoric growth of online shopping, how it’s changing the retail landscape, and what it says about how consumers will spend in the future. Q:
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New E-Commerce Site Offers Luxury Goods, Vegas-Style Sorry, we just couldn’t resist the trite sound bite! Unlike the timed flash sales of the Gilt Groupe, Ideeli and Rue-La-La, whose members addictively rush to the their sites daily to snap up
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Where are retail’s hottest new CEOs coming from? We talked with Hal Reiter, Chairman and CEO of Herbert Mines Associates and the go-to man for C-Suite executive searches. His answers may surprise you. Our industry is in one of the
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The only place where traditional advertising is prospering is in the Mad Men series on AMC. It showcases a bygone era when men wore suits to the office and drank alcoholic beverages at lunch, and few women occupied an executive
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