I don’t know if “weed” is legal yet where CEO Tadashi Yanai, (Tokyo-based Fast Retailing Company, including the Uniqlo brand), or CEO Don Chang, (Los Angeles-based Forever 21) run their companies, but maybe they’re getting delusional on some other substance. […]
Uniqlo and Forever 21: What Are They Smoking? Read More »
Now that Eddie “sell the assets” Lampert is turning his dying retail business into a real estate play, he should retain Richard Baker as a consultant. If Lampert can afford him. Of course Richard doesn’t need the money, so he
Richard Baker Is Smarter than Eddie…or Is He? Read More »
Maude Standish, Trends Analyst, Millennial, and Co-Founder of Tarot, tracks cultural trends and sociological back-stories of Millennials, particularly how they view and behave in the workplace in an inter-generational workforce. To put their worldview into perspective, here are the Top
Millennials in the Workplace Read More »
I am not sure about where you live, but around here in southeastern Pennsylvania, it seems like wherever I drive, I am never far away from a mattress store, and a discount one at that. It makes me wonder how
The struggle between retail titans and industry disruptors is in the news more and more often. We are all well-versed in how companies such as Etsy and Rent the Runway, both of which were named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list,
Competing in the New Normal Read More »
\”Let’s face it, the fashion business does not attract the nation’s best and brightest…\” As told to me by one of the titans of retail, the ex-CEO of a major American brand. Doubts about my own personal career choice aside,
Are You a Fashion Titan or a Fashion Disrupter? Read More »
Launching a signature fragrance is both exceptionally difficult and wonderfully exciting. It is also daunting and exhilarating. A fragrance launch is many things, but what it is not, is rocket science. While both involve an attempt to blast off and
Private Brand Primer: Five Things Not to Do When Launching a Signature Fragrance Read More »
Consumer spending increased by 3.7% in June, the highest 12-month smoothed monthly increase in almost two years, according to data released last week by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This year, Americans will spend $12 trillion on stuff, slightly more
The Hidden Message in How Americans Spend Read More »
Creative destruction, change management, business transformation —call it what you will, but something’s underfoot in the department store channel. After decades of ceding market share to specialty formats and channel consolidation, has the worm finally turned? In addition to economic
A Hopeful Look at the US Department Store in 2014 Read More »
I heard good things about Joe Fresh from a friend a couple of years ago, so I visited the Madison Avenue store, which initially opened in October, 2011 as a pop-up. It was a bright, fun place in a convenient
Is Joe Fresh Still Fresh Enough? Read More »
