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Buc-ee’s: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 8. 8. 26

We get that companies want to protect their valuable brand names, but Buc-ee's, really? Over the past few months, they've sued at least half a ...
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Return on Experience by Store Design

Are you sure you’re measuring what matters? Talk to the finance team, and they have entrenched benchmarks defining a brand’s success. What they don’t have ...
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EU Dispatch: European Luxury Feels the Heat

Fashion brands are facing the prospect of higher inventory costs thanks to an EU ban on destroying unsold apparel, accessories and footwear. As of July ...
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Home Retailers: Search for Life Beyond Furniture

With the entire home furnishings category, especially furniture, in the doldrums, retailers in the sector are looking at new categories, including services, as the way ...
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Shein: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 8.1.26

Shein, the Chinese-origin online seller of trinkets and baubles, first came on the U.S. scene in 2017, and then really exploded in the early 2020s. ...
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The Hidden Threat of the Cyclospora Outbreak

Who's watching the lettuce? A market that's learned it can shrug off a cyclospora headline in one quarter is also a market that isn't anticipating ...
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EU’s Backlash Against Asia

Asia’s infatuation with Western expansion has hit a few speed bumps. EU legislators and watchdogs have put guardrails in place against the proliferation of cheap, ...
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Target: The Robin Report Retail Miss of the Week, 7.4.26

We like many of the things the new CEO over there at Target, Michael Fiddelke, is doing to try to wake up this sleepy retailer ...
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