We caught up with Zach Pandl, Senior Economist at Goldman Sachs to get a reading on the global economy, and his thoughts about our complex financial future and the implications for the retail sector. Robin… Read More
Philanthropy and Your Brand I first heard of Toms nearly five years ago while wedding dress shopping with my niece. To judge the right length of the dress, the sales person asked what type of… Read More
As often happens in the retail technology space, hype can be distracting. Consider Square. As 2016 opens, Square is surrounded by its initial public offering hype and CEO drama. That’s unfortunate. Because retailers should be… Read More
Bain & Company forecasts the size of the global personal luxury market at $230 billion. And it worries it will grow by only one percent this year. Bank of America says, “No! This is too… Read More
Made In Italy “All I know is, when I see a ‘Made in Italy’ label, I want to buy it!” This is typical of comments I hear from the sophisticated fashion set I run with… Read More
Art, theater, and retail have all been intertwined in American culture going back nearly two centuries, to Godey’s Lady Book in 1830. As recently as the 1950s, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Sari… Read More
To put it mildly, the current retail climate, both meteorogically and financially, has to be one of the most dynamic we’ve ever seen. The forces of nature, distribution, and global conflict have created a new… Read More
The world, just at this moment, is riveted by the spectacle of a precariously balanced high wire act in something approximating Hunger Games cum Circus Maximus. We are all watching. We cannot look away. Each… Read More
The World’s Largest Counterfeit Market One can find fake or counterfeit brands in shops and on the streets of every major city in the world. I conjecture that there are probably more in China’s shopping… Read More
A pop-up shop in the chicer-than-chic 16th arrondisement in Paris. Multi-page ad layouts in Vogue and Vanity Fair. Alliances with Net-A-Porter and buzzy New York skin doc Dendy Engelman to get the word out about… Read More
