Of course, Forever 21 is now on life support. On January 28, 2015, I wrote an article titled “Uniqlo and Forever 21: What Are They Smoking?“. It clearly predicted that Uniqlo would never become a… Read More
In my article in July of this year, I opened with a question, “Is Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart beginning to buckle under the pressure from last century’s comfortable mindsets and a culture that has… Read More
Just a year ago I wrote that Q2 2018 was a wonderful quarter with GDP jumping 4.3 percent. However, I suggested that the hyperbole coming out of the Trump administration that we’re roaring back to… Read More
Wall Street continually sets itself up as a “short-termer,” a piñata stuffed full of a bunch of day-traders that I can’t whack at hard enough on behalf of the publicly-owned, legacy retail sectors. These are… Read More
Great strategy is one thing; implementing it is another. I hear the leaders of many of the great retail icons deliver great strategies. They are desperately seeking success in transforming their business models to compete… Read More
Three clicks on your mobile device or laptop will deliver (most often for free) whatever you want the same day, or in a day or two, wherever you want it sent or to be picked… Read More
Is the retail industry, and for that matter, all consumer-facing industries in denial? Actually I think they have not yet detected the real cancer, soon to metastasize. A lot of the coverup has been perpetuated… Read More
Is Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart beginning to buckle under the pressure from last century’s comfortable mindsets and a culture that has succeeded by doing the things they’ve always done, but just doing them better?… Read More
Check out my podcast on being a Radical in retail. I recently sat down with industry heavyweight Steve Sadove (former Chairman and CEO of Saks and former President of Worldwide Beauty Care and Nutritionals at… Read More
Retailers still don’t get it. How many times and in how many ways do I have to rant and rave about the one enormous competitive advantage the brick-and-mortar players have over the online experience? According… Read More
