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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.
Bruce Roberts: Iconic Industry Leader and Dear Friend
Last week, the fiber, textile and apparel industry lost one of its most revered leaders and a dear friend of all. Bruce Roberts was a ...
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Thinking Inside the Basket
Q&A with Andy Mantis, EVP of NPD’s Checkout Tracking℠ Anyone who’s anyone in retail is familiar with NPD’s market research prowess, backed by the firm’s ...
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The Great Retail Charade – Diving Into an Economic Black Hole
Charade is a nice way of describing what I believe to be the biggest issue in mainstream retailing today. The charade? “Spinmeistering,” including many of ...
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Walmart – “It’s The Right Thing To Do”
Here is one more glaring example of the absurd and frankly, stupid “short-termism” of Wall Street and the investment community. Doug McMillon, Walmart’s relatively new ...
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Holiday, Schmoliday
Retailers Must Hope for a Lot of Blind-Hope Consumers It’s speculation season again, a time to hope that consumers will temporarily forget about the economic mess around the ...
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Primark – Luck of the Irish? or a Unique Value Proposition
Primark’s value proposition sets the pricing bar so low that it will be almost impossible for competitors to crawl under it. And, they’ve set the ...
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Does Ralph Lauren See the Perfect Storm?
If So, Is Stefan Larsson Up to Chief Navigator? Let’s take a minute and talk about the three major storm fronts that seem to be ...
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In Tribute to Joe Spellman
Joe Spellman was a sweet, loving human being who would always find time to help, console, advise or just be a friend to anybody who ...
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