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Robin Lewis
Imagine Robin Lewis: author; visionary, retail guru and founder/CEO of The Robin Report, enjoying a martini at Louis Backyard, way down in Key West. That’s the picture of a totally relaxed man and his pup. This is where he loves to write and would welcome all retail and brand executives for a slowed-down chat about what they need to do to be successful. So, come on down to the Conch Republic, as the locals call it. And you might not ever want to leave.
Tech-Powered Open Innovation
As I have often said, and continue to do so, we are in the third phase of the \”technology revolution.\” The first phase was a ...
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Black Friday: Now Onward to Holiday Bells
Bah, Humbug! This dispatch is all about the Grinch lurking in what is predicted to be your best holiday sales performance in years. The Grinch ...
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Walmart Town Centers: One More Wow!!!
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 ...
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Walmart’s Leadership and Culture: Repealed and Replaced
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 ...
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Sears: From Behemoth to The Brink
It is finally happening: Sears is on the brink. I\’ve been predicting this from Eddie Lampert\’s Bezos-like \”day-one\” declaration that he was going to return ...
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Henri Bendel: Adrift from the Beginning
I considered myself ahead of the curve when last April I wrote \”Victoria\’s Secret: Behind the Curve.\” Now, I consider myself behind the curve, so ...
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Amazon 4-star: Retail\’s Data-Driven Future
Amazon just put another toe in the water of physical retailing. Its new retail concept, Amazon 4-star, opened in Manhattan\’s SoHo last week playing to ...
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Happy Days Are Here Again? Redux or the Folly of Fools?
It\’s appropriate and timely to speculate on the sustainability of all the wonderful U.S. economic news coming out at the end of the second quarter ...
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