Downtown San Francisco retailing is not dead. But it’s not doing great, either. The reports of the death of Union Square and surrounding downtown neighborhoods
Author: wshoulberg
The Winter of Content?
The start of the new year also brought the start of the winter show circuit for the gift and home sectors, with key events in
Happy New Year
Why is this Chinese New Year’s likely to be very different from previous ones? You don’t need a fortune cookie to figure it out: politics
The Big Thud in Retail in 2025
It’s not been a good start for the new year with more than 1,000 store closings in the home furnishings and products sector alone over
What Exactly is Catalyst…and Why?
The financial overlords of JCPenney and the parent company of brands like Brooks Bros. and Eddie Bauer have done a mash-up of all those parts
At CES, It Was all About AI
Once a show for flat-panel TVs and stereophonic high fidelity (Ok, this was a long time ago), the Consumer Electronics Show has evolved into a