On a busy Saturday, the radio was tuned to a cultural trivia game show called Ask Me Another. The segment I heard was called “Closing Time,” a game that revolved around “bygone retail chains.” At… Read More
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Is Plus Size Fashion Dead?
Alexandra Waldman, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Universal Standard wasted no time in defending “Plus Size Fashion Has No Future,” the title of her SXSW session. She noted that if one evaluates the female apparel… Read More
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Retail, Culture, and Everything
Shoptalk and South by Southwest ran consecutively this year. In spending time at both, certain correlations stood out. The implementation of artificial intelligence in retail was examined in detail at Shoptalk, whereas its role in… Read More
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The Circular Fashion Future
As Marie Kondo’s https://konmari.com tidying up mantra streams into our bedrooms via Netflix, we stand, touching the clothes in our closets waiting for that spark of joy. The valuable, yet dispiriting items stuffing our wardrobes… Read More
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The Pop-Up Steps Up
I recently visited the Hermès Carre Club in the Meatpacking District of New York. I became a member of the “Club,” which existed for four days, by signing in (my data capture) with a team… Read More
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Facebook’s much-loved acquisition Instagram, now with over one billion users, has been a boon to users, retailers and brands. The app’s initial role as a creative outlet has evolved into a tool whose prowess at… Read More
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Innovation for the Risk-Averse Retail Radical
Micro-Risks The Lean Startup approach, based on the book by Eric Ries, is about starting small and testing until your ideas are fully baked. The book details many well-funded Silicon Valley failures, and while the… Read More
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The Once Humble Podcast Has Arrived
Podcast’s Ascent The term “podcast” hearkens from an earlier era. Podcasts appeared after the introduction of the Apple iPod and is the only media platform named for a technology no longer in use. This American… Read More
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Streetwear Goes Mainstream
For those whose exposure to hip-hop doesn’t extend far beyond the Hamilton soundtrack, there was a rush to Spotify and Apple Music when Kendrick Lamar ‘s album “Damn” won the Pulitzer Prize for music. While… Read More
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Insights, Innovation and Conjecture from SXSW Interactive 2018
The key learnings from SXSW 2018, which took place in Austin, Texas in mid-March, were both exciting and challenging. The interactive festival, which has become a thought leadership institution rivaling TED and Davos, is now… Read More
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