Are Apparel Retailers Shooting Themselves in the Footprint?
The Shift To E-Commerce May Be Too Much, Too Soon On a recent afternoon I spent 20 minutes doing errands that a year or two ago would have taken me about eight hours to do. Instead of jumping into my...
View ArticleWhat Your Intern is Really Thinking
I’m here to set the record straight about the Millennial work ethic, by giving you a little insight into the world of internships. They have become the popular alternative to entry-level positions, and...
View ArticleMillennials in the Workplace – True or False
We Millennials can be a little difficult to decode at work; our incessant attachment to our phones; our buddying up with senior executives; our loose understanding of office hours. Many of our...
View ArticleRules of Engagement
Cotton’s 24-Hour Runway Show and Push-Pull 2.0 Click to See Chart Full-Sized The retail universe has long-since expanded beyond the confines of physical floor space and time. Online retail outlets have...
View ArticleInnovators Unite!
“I told you so” seems to be the rallying cry of all the retail pundits out there who think they were smarter than Ron Johnson. Every one is throwing stones and is offering multiple reasons for what...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With This Employment Picture?
Last week’s employment data looked pretty rosy. The economy added 175,000 new jobs in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than many economy-watchers and investors anticipated, but...
View ArticleThe Harder They Fall
Consumers love celebrities and are more than willing to fork over billions of dollars for things they endorse. But do you want them to land on your product when they fall from grace? That multi-million...
View ArticleMeet the Millennials
Multi-Faceted, But Not Beyond Understanding Retailers need to tune into the 18-to-30 crowd that comprises almost a third of all Americans – a bigger population segment than Baby Boomers. The Millennial...
View ArticleFOMO & the Retail Experience
A Nation of Smartphone Junkies It’s a truism that an overwhelming number of people today are addicted to their electronic devices. According to Pew Research, the cell phone has been the most quickly...
View ArticleSocial Networks – Flipping Traditional Marketing on its Head
Attention all: You are no longer in control of your marketing messages. How many times, and in how many ways, have we declared that today’s consumer has total power over all of commerce? Hundreds?...
View ArticleMonitoring the Digital Watercooler
Ever since the first merchant set up a tent at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, the world’s first mall, or Sears met Roebuck, employees have complained about employers. But there’s a new twist on the old...
View ArticleLessons from Offshore
Lesson #1 – Returning Turtles “Organized retail” is the term we use to describe modern trade in the emerging market. It is an explosion that has quietly been transforming access to goods across the...
View ArticleHoly Guacamole: Millennial Favorite Chipotle Turns Neurological Connectivity...
My 16-year-old son John’s idea of a gourmet meal is a burger and fries, so I was surprised one evening a couple of weeks ago when, after a busy day that left me no time to cook, I asked him where we...
View ArticleMillennials in the Workplace
Maude Standish, Trends Analyst, Millennial, and Co-Founder of Tarot, tracks cultural trends and sociological back-stories of Millennials, particularly how they view and behave in the workplace in an...
View ArticleShoppable’s “Distributed Commerce”
The Ultimate In Preemptive Distribution In my co-authored book, The New Rules of Retail, one of the new rules is preemptive distribution. Simply stated, it is defined as distributing a product to reach...
View ArticleMillennials: Retail Experiences Around the World
By Victoria Kulesza, Tiffany Lung, Kei Sato and Daniel Swanepoel At the World Retail Congress in October 2014, a panel of Millennials presented their takes on the Future of Retail. Here is an excerpt...
View ArticleBeauty’s Buying Blitz: It’s the Early Aughts All Over Again
If it weren’t for the massive stack of 2015 promo calendars clogging our mailbox (thank you, Triple-A Termite Control and Super Shiny Carwash!), we’d bet our bottom dollar it was 2000 all over again....
View ArticleYouth Retailers Rebounding in 2015…or Not?
What’s happening in the tumultuous youth market? The way youth retailers are faring reflects the typically fickle trend-sensitive nature of this market. Based on recent earnings reports, I think...
View ArticleWhy Kale Will Save Retail…
…And Other Lessons From European Retail’s Foodie Heroes As many of us remember, the 2014 Chanel Fall/Winter show was a foodie dream for those who love fashion. A monumental moment celebrating the...
View ArticleRetail Reality Check
On June 4, 2015, The Robin Report and FGI co-hosted a retail symposium focusing on new approaches and technologies that are changing the way retailing is done. The panel moderated by long time industry...
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