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Are Major Drug Chains Losing It to Walmart?
Warren Shoulberg
October 19, 2023
For years, the big national drug chains led by the biggest of the big – Walgreens, CVS and the now bankrupt Rite-Aid – have been ...
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Luxury Brands Expand U.S. Footprint: Good Thing or Too Much of a Good Thing?
Pam Danziger
October 17, 2023
Luxury retailers leased a record-breaking 650,000 square feet of retail space last year, according to a new report from JLL. Turning their attention stateside, luxury ...
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America Isn’t Ready to Say Goodbye to Tupperware…Just Yet
Arick Wierson
October 3, 2023
Way back in May of this year – I know that’s only a few months ago but with the entirety of summer sandwiched in between ...
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Breakthrough Technology Shifts Circularity
Mark Faithfull
October 2, 2023
Cyndi Rhoades is the CEO of UK-based Worn Again and she believes that the inherently unsustainable fast fashion industry can be sustainable, and more importantly, ...
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New York Not Exactly Going to Pot
Warren Shoulberg
September 27, 2023
New York State legalized the sale of recreational marijuana in April 2021. But now, nearly 30 months later, anyone trying to buy legal pot in ...
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Beyond Craftsmanship: A New Business Model
Bill D'Arienzo
September 20, 2023
One of the core issues in international marketing is whether the luxury fashion sector can be truly sustainable. And if so, are there luxury product ...
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The New Retail Space Race
Sanford Stein
September 13, 2023
All you contrarians unite: Store-based retail is very much alive — even on fire. In fact, according to real estate services firm CBRE, the rate of ...
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Aldi: The Little Store That Could
Warren Shoulberg
August 24, 2023
When it opened its first American store in March of 1976, both shoppers and the grocery industry, in general, must have been a bit befuddled ...
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