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Arick Wierson

About Arick Wierson

Arick Wierson is a nationally renowned political and business columnist for CNN, Observer, CNBC and Vice and a six-time Emmy® Award-winning television producer and documentary filmmaker. Wierson served as a long-time political and media advisor to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. You can follow him on twitter @ArickWierson

Hollywood and Retail Need More Activists Like Maggie Q

By Arick Wierson   |   May 4, 2022

Margaret Denise Quigley – best known by fans around the world as Maggie Q – has become one of Hollywood’s biggest names over the last decade and a half. The Hawaii native got her start in acting in the late 90s while living in East Asia when she began transitioning out of fashion modeling. Her athleticism, beauty, and raw acting talent caught the eye of Jackie Chan who saw her potential as an action star, and took it upon himself to mentor Q, schooling her on the finer points of martial arts made for entertainment. She recently connected with …

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Lesson 3: How Retail Proceeds Forward

By Arick Wierson   |   March 22, 2022

Editor’s Note: Arick Wierson, a columnist for The Robin Report, has undertaken the formidable task of dissecting and analyzing the broad and far-reaching consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it relates to global retail. Understandably, we are presenting Wierson’s commentary in serialized lessons. This is the third of a three-part series. Lesson 3: The Losses Incurred in Russia Will Force Retailers and Brands to Proceed More Cautiously as They Contemplate Future Overseas Investments By the latest count, according to the list …

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Lesson 2: How the Conflict in Ukraine Will Likely Broaden the Global Divide Between the ‘Haves’ and the ‘Have-Nots’

By Arick Wierson   |   March 21, 2022

Editor’s Note: Arick Wierson, a columnist for The Robin Report, has undertaken the formidable task of dissecting and analyzing the broad and far-reaching consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it relates to global retail. Understandably, we are presenting Wierson’s commentary in serialized lessons. This is the second of a three-part series. Lesson 2: How the Conflict in Ukraine Will Likely Broaden the Global Divide Between the ‘Haves’ and the ‘Have-Nots’ There is never an ideal time for war and bloodshed, but the conflict in …

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Lesson 1: History Doesn’t Repeat Itself

By Arick Wierson   |   March 20, 2022

Editor’s Note: Arick Wierson, a columnist for The Robin Report, has undertaken the formidable task of dissecting and analyzing the broad and far-reaching consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it relates to global retail. Understandably, we are presenting Wierson’s commentary into serialized lessons.  This is the first of a three-part series, Lesson 1: History Doesn’t Repeat Itself … nor Does it Necessarily Rhyme Since it came out in 2020, Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money, has sold more than one million copies and has …

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What Retailers Can Learn from Super Bowl LVI’s Groundbreaking Halftime Show

By Arick Wierson   |   February 16, 2022

I couldn’t care less about the Bengals or the Rams – in fact, if anything, they both kind of left a sour taste in my mouth because each team had managed to snatch victories from my hometown Minnesota Vikings, beating them by just 3 and 7 points, respectively, during the regular season. But I was really – and I mean really – looking forward to Super Bowl LVI, played last Sunday in Los Angeles because, for the first time ever, the Super Bowl Halftime Show would be featuring five (actually six, as it turned out) living legends of Hip Hop – a first …

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Five Takeaways for Retailers from CES 2022

By Arick Wierson   |   January 18, 2022

Well, that was interesting. When CES 2022 came to a close, one day ahead of schedule; attendees were dismissed early as “an additional safety measure” for minimizing the risks of Covid-19. (Apparently the brain trust at the Consumer Technology Association – the entity which produces the annual Las Vegas extravaganza – didn’t think that the risks of Covid-19 would be all that high on the first few days of the show.) The Show Must Go On Granted, show organizers were pretty much in a no-win situation. The pandemic had already forced the …

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Will 2022 be the Year of the Dark Horse in Retail?

By Arick Wierson   |   January 10, 2022

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 many horses, each one of them different shades of black. As a youngster, he had a black Shetland Pony named “Spanky.” Then in middle school came “Spot,” a black Murgese. And in his final years of high school, his father – my grandpa, who by this time was feeling a bit less worried with the worst of the Great Depression more than two decades in the …

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The Future of the Retail Gas Station

By Arick Wierson   |   December 29, 2021

Next time you find yourself on a road trip through Pennsylvania, consider a short detour to the corner of Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in downtown Pittsburgh. Admittedly, today there is not much to see – nothing more than a nondescript office building abutted by Walter’s Automotive Repair Shop. But back in 1913 this small parcel of land was the site of arguably the biggest revolution in American retail – the advent of the modern gas station; if you know where to look, there is even a historic marker that commemorates America’s “First …

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