Livestream Selling: Channel Agnostic Nirvana
QVC managed to hook the baby boom generation 35 years ago to buy things on TV. It became the birth of “retailtainment” and proved to be highly addicting. Now, three and a half decades later, millennial’s and Gen Z are going down a digital rabbit hole with livestream shopping; some are calling it Next Gen Commerce. China’s Alibaba pioneered livestream…
Spinning Around
Remember when we (along with me and every other financial exec in department store land) all sold our receivables portfolios? I studied that every year for about 20 years (literally) when I was an executive at…
The Robin Report Weekly Podcast
Demand and Supply…Out of Control
Customer demand is pushing the supply chain to the limits. There’s just too much money chasing too few goods. Join special guest, the outspoken industry expert Jan Kniffen, CEO of J Rogers Kniffen Worldwide, Robin Lewis and Shelley E. Kohan, TRR’s chief strategist, as they debate how the U.S. economy will handle rising inflation (it certainly won’t be a flashback to the 70s) and the systemic problems facing retailers that will separate the haves and have-nots in 2022.
Will 2022 be the Year of the Dark Horse in Retail?
My father grew up on a farm in central Iowa in the 1930s and 40s, and although life in the post-Depression heartland was pretty harsh, among his fondest memories from his childhood are those of his…
Hubert Joly: The Unlikely Retailer
Who is the executive who fixed a retailer that just about everybody thought was unfixable? One who quotes both The Godfather and Camus with equal authority? Someone who was a most unlikely candidate for the job…
Get Tough, or Get Out
As I have often said to many of my friendly colleagues, many of whom are C-suite leaders in the retail industry, I’m fortunate that I only must observe, strategize, and write about the industry for The…
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The Four Pillars of Change
Pillar One: Changing Up the Wholesale Model
Sponsored by Bamboo Rose
The traditional wholesale to retail model is no longer sustainable and retailers need to become nimbler, hold less inventory and increase the speed to market. Who is the real winner? The consumer! Brand leaders and tech innovators discuss how direct-to-consumer, vendor collaborations throughout the supply chain and partner fulfillment models make retail more effective and help reduce the environmental footprint of the fashion industry.