After I listened to NPR’s Life Kit broadcast, I drove to Burbank over the weekend to see for myself, and I counted 214 ...
Fashion is entering a new era of tier convergence. Walmart and Macy’s are pursuing more design authority, sharper merchandising, and stronger emotional relevance, while at the same time prestige ...
By transforming the physical store from a black box into a source of real-time intelligence, spatial intelligence provides ...
TJ/TK Maxx is showing no signs of slowing its international retail expansion. Its first stores in Spain opened in Barcelona in March and Madrid in May, with Valencia following this month. Its ...
It’s no surprise that there’s a lot going on in the mind of the consumer, with concerns about the economy, what’s happening globally, and the pressures of online social interactions. Halloween ...
In my work with retail leadership teams and in conversations with board members, I keep hearing versions of the same concern. The consumer is behaving differently, but too many companies are ...
p(doom)—the Probability of Doom—is a term used in the tech and AI communities to describe the estimated probability that artificial intelligence will cause an existential catastrophe or human ...
For much of the developed world, the department store has become something of an endangered species. In the United States, once-dominant chains have spent years closing locations, consolidating, and ...
No wonder Jo Horgan is in no rush to crack the U.S. prestige beauty market. From her decades-old perch Down Under, the Mecca Cosmetics founder is shaping discourse, creating an ardent fan base among ...
Hey, we get that wherever Sydney Sweeney goes controversy follows. Companies who have used her in their marketing think they are getting good publicity when she dresses—or undresses—provocatively. But ...
Online retail may be on every marketer’s playbook, but physical retail remains the dominant distribution channel for luxury sales. According to Bain & Co., monobrand stores account for 36 percent of ...
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