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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.
Marc Rosen Is a Retail Radical Award Winner: SPARC Is Not
I would love nothing more than to disagree with Nick Egelanian, president of retail development firm SiteWorks. He was quoted in Retail Dive about JCPenney’s ...
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Will Forever 21 Drag Down Shein?
On October 9, 2019, I wrote Forever 21: Cut Your Losses and Die Happily predicting Forever 21’s demise, and why. Predictably, they slipped into bankruptcy. However, they ...
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Earth to Best Buy: Resurrect Your One-Upmanship Over Apple
Best Buy has gone through several strategic iterations not only to survive but also to flourish. CEO Corie Barry (since 2019) succeeded Hubert Joly following ...
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Coach and Michael Kors: An Eddie Lampert Echo?
Oh noooo! Are we going there again? No, I’m not going back to my years of ranting about Eddie Lampert, the brilliant financier who acquired ...
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Gap’s Fifth Hail Mary
For those of you who read my article back in November 2021, Is Sonia Syngal Gap’s Fourth “Hail Mary?” you will understand that Richard Dickson, ...
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Can Allbirds Recover?
How long do you think it’s going to take Allbirds to crash? It happened to A&F in its Michael Jeffries era. It happened to the ...
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Foot Locker’s “Lace Up” Strategy
There’s a military call to action phrase, typically issued by a platoon leader to his/her troops just before going into battle: It’s time to “gun ...
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The Robin Report and ASG/CG Ecosystem
I want to update you on the exciting news we recently shared with you about The Robin Report’s acquisition by ASG/Chute Gerdeman. Our team had ...
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