New Year’s Predictions For Retail
After more than thirty-five years of real-life experience as a senior executive for some of the best-known and most successful retail companies... Read More
Now That’s Authenticity!
In this context, authenticity means: Does the product deliver what it says it will? It doesn’t matter whether the product is a... Read More
“Happy Holidays”
During the 1970s, when I was working for a department store in San Francisco, my job at that time was buyer of... Read More
Vionic Footwear Is the Latest Wholesaler to Expand into Brick-and Mortar-Retail: Why Should They?
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On November 2, 2017, the Vionic footwear brand opened its first retail store on the second floor of the Westfield Center in... Read More
Taxes and the Right Way to Run a Successful Retail Business
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No well-run retail business ever based a single important decision or developed an important strategy based on their tax rate. Ever. The... Read More
The Customer-Donation Drive That Touched Everyone’s Heart
Back when I was the corporate leader of the UGG retail organization (UGG-Australia footwear) for its U.S. stores, we used to collect... Read More
What Will It Take for Amazon to Succeed with Whole Foods? The Rest of the Formula
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Amazon made some quick and dramatic changes to Whole Foods as soon as they became the shop owners last week, namely to... Read More
Leadership: Retail Communities, the National Community, and Putting People First
Just this week, Howard Shultz, founder and chairman of Starbucks, held a company-wide meeting to talk to employees to create a sense... Read More
Does Amazon Know What They’re Doing … or Have They Bitten Off More than They Can Chew?
The answer to that question remains to be seen. Amazon is a hugely successful business. They came from nowhere in just a... Read More
Fidget Spinners and Tulips
A major fad right now is the fidget spinner. Have you seen one? If you haven’t, go get one today. They only... Read More