Big national retailers are continuing to roll out smaller stores, the latest being Whole Foods which owner Amazon has been retooling since the day it
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DTC Increasingly Directionless
With the closing of both Showfields and Neighborhood Goods — two of the highest profile physical retailers showcasing direct-to-consumer brands in leased-department-formats — the entire
What We Learned from Holiday ’23
Hey, it didn’t set the retail world on fire…but it didn’t wash it out either. The Christmas shopping season just wrapped up was a little
Is Amazon the Smartest…or Dumbest Retailer Around?
Amazon may be the dumbest physical store retailer in the business. Then again they might be the smartest. Their news this week that they were
Ralph Lauren Opening First Namesake Store in Canada. Wha?
Canadians hate it when you say their country is just like its neighbor to the south…only a little colder and with gravy and cheese on
Think Local…Even if You’re Global
Trying to localize each retail location while operating at efficiencies of scale has been the Holy Grail for big national retailers for just about forever.