Author
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.
Walmart’s Jetblack Democratizes Distribution
“Distribution channels,” as they were once called before the Internet, are being wiped out by a stealth democratization process arguably begun by Amazon. Walmart has ...
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Macy’s Brand Ambassadors: Radical and Brilliant
I have often said and written that the traditional retail sector has a huge untapped advantage over e-commerce. They can they create a compelling “Starbuckean ...
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JCP’s Marvin Ellison: Fleeing Death or Flying into the Future?
Did Marvin Ellison leave JCP to become CEO of Lowe’s, fleeing the emergency room sensing Penney’s impending death, or did he take flight to a ...
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Macy’s: Beyond The “Numbers”
Before we get to Macy’s knocking Q1 out of the park, or blowing past many of the street\’s estimates, let’s contemplate the real win, the ...
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Eddie “The Doctor” Lampert
I find it hard to believe that “Fast Buck” Eddie actually believes that people in the retail industry and Wall Street actually believe that he ...
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Macy’s STORY Move
I’m hoping that Rachel Shechtman, founder of the storied STORY theme shop, will perform a real “miracle on 34th Street” and on the many other ...
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Kohl’s Amazon Shops Gain Traction
As posted last September in The Robin Report, I congratulated Kohl’s for having the vision to initiate a test of Amazon shops in 10 of ...
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Facebook and Creepy Tech
I spoke to a class of about 20 millennials this week at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology). When I got to the part where I ...
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