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
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Give a Little, Get a Lot. Or Not.
February 23, 2016 By Jane SingerPhilanthropy 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
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MPOS: Moving Beyond The Hype
February 17, 2016 By Mathieu LouryAs 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
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Rx for Genuine Growth at Retail: Find, Train, Incentivize
February 9, 2016 By Kate NewlinBain & 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
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Origins
December 29, 2015 By Marie DriscollMade 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
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Applied Theory on Brazil: Notes From the Tropics
December 21, 2015 By Paco UnderhillArt, 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
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If It’s a Race to the Bottom, Then Who Really Wins?
December 9, 2015 By Nick GrahamTo 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
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Retail Could Become the Hunger Games
November 23, 2015 By Kate NewlinThe 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
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The Big Alibaba Bamboozle
November 18, 2015 By Robin LewisThe 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
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The Unlikely, Hard-Won Hipness of Elizabeth Arden (Yes, Elizabeth Arden)
October 29, 2015 By Dana WoodA 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
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