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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.
Victoria’s Secret: Behind the Curve
Who would’ve thunk it? How could Les Wexner, the IQ leader of leaders in the pantheon of retail greats, not have thunk ahead of the ...
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Retail in Turmoil
I had a great conversation this week on a podcast with my friend and co-author, Michael Dart, who is also a partner at AT Kearney. ...
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And It’s Walmart by a Nose Ahead of Amazon for Flipkart
Wait a second! Just last week I wrote on the race for global dominance between Amazon and Alibaba. And shame on me for not even ...
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I See a Perfect Storm Plus One (not Stormy)
Reminder: a perfect storm is the result of three strong weather fronts colliding together and delivering havoc on land or sea. I think I see ...
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Alibaba vs. Amazon: Who Will Become Biggest Fastest?
Together, Alibaba and Amazon have about a $1.2 trillion market cap, ($483 billion for Alibaba and $720 billion for Amazon). Maybe they should unite. Not ...
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Radical Thinking
We are living in a shake-up moment of opportunity. Those stores, malls and brands surviving the ultimate shakeout will transform their models, driven by dynamics ...
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WOW!! First Kohl’s, Now Target?
When I heard the buzz last week that Target and Kroger are talking to each other about merging, I said to myself, wow, this platform-sharing ...
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A Powerful New-World Buzzword
I’m going to declare that radical is a new buzzword for the new world. Do you know how radical this moment in time is? This ...
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