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Lesson 2: How the Conflict in Ukraine Will Likely Broaden the Global Divide Between the ‘Haves’ and the ‘Have-Nots’
Arick Wierson
March 21, 2022
Editor’s Note: Arick Wierson, a columnist for The Robin Report, has undertaken the formidable task of dissecting and analyzing the broad and far-reaching consequences of ...
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Lesson 1: History Doesn’t Repeat Itself
Arick Wierson
March 20, 2022
Editor’s Note: Arick Wierson, a columnist for The Robin Report, has undertaken the formidable task of dissecting and analyzing the broad and far-reaching consequences of ...
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Retail Unionization on the Horizon
Pam Danziger
March 1, 2022
During the early days of the pandemic, a new phrase entered our lexicon: essential workers. Defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, “Essential workers ...
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Gen Z Doesn’t Want Retailers’ Platitudes
Jasmine Glasheen
February 27, 2022
Sorry, mall-based retailers… Gen Z is just not that into you. Yet don’t take this to mean that they don’t visit your stores. Gen Z ...
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Spinning Around
Jan Rogers Kniffen
January 11, 2022
Remember when we (along with me and every other financial exec in department store land) all sold our receivables portfolios? I studied that every year ...
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DEI in Perfumery: About Time
Dana Wood
December 7, 2021
It isn’t just the deep-thinking, hyper-articulate panel participants that have made the Fragrance Foundation’s recent webinar stick out in my mind for a solid six ...
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The Power of Story
Deborah Patton
September 13, 2021
We live in a commercial culture increasingly transforming itself into an endless series of stories. Disneyland/World. Universal. Woof Meow. Harry Potter World. Those are the ...
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Retail Is the Metaphor for This Moment
Arick Wierson
August 29, 2021
Recently was invited to cover a major retail industry event in São Paulo, Brazil entitled Expo Magalu – a one-day extravaganza that brought together, virtually ...
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