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Prediction Markets Threaten Retail

As prediction markets and online betting insinuate themselves into everyday life, retailers face an unfamiliar competitor for consumers' money, attention, and appetite for gratification.
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The Curious Morality of Crocs

There is an irony here: Crocs built a global empire by convincing consumers to embrace authenticity and disregard appearances. Yet behind the scenes, the company ...
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Don’t Count Shein Out, Yet

The business world thinks Shein’s recent Hong Kong IPO —which valued the Chinese ecommerce fashion giant at only a quarter of its 2022 high—is a ...
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Surviving the Latest Trade War … With Canada

And just like that, we seem to be at war with our closest neighbor, best ally, and first or second-biggest trading partner (depending on how ...
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The Consumer: Anxious, Financially Stretched, and Driving Retail Growth

Although a convergence of economic and geopolitical pressures is souring consumers’ outlook and pulling sentiment down, when looking at their actual spending—especially heading into the ...
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Will Going Public Change Reformation?

So many DTC companies have struggled after going public; Reformation’s IPO comes at a time when its customer base has significantly diminished, and the brand ...
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The New DMZ

The boom and bust of Korea's AI-fuelled financial markets could be foreshadowing a wider global meltdown. The way its digital natives are dealing with their ...
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Cracker Barrel: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 7.25.26

Cracker Barrel is becoming a TRR ongoing miss. Just when you thought its earnings release showing positive numbers was a good thing, a few paragraphs ...
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