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Your Local Fruit Stand is a Bellwether
On the corner of 7th Avenue and 12th Street in Manhattan is a fruit and vegetable cart. Others just like it are scattered across New York City. They tend to be run by hardworking immigrants willing to...
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Dov Charney is a Joke: A Dirty Joke and a Business Joke
The media at large has publicly exposed enough of the “dirty” part of this “jokester” that I don’t need to pile on more. Although it might be a more titillating read to add more dirt to the pile, I’ll...
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Tiffany Sues Costco! What’s Up?
In the land of the brand, the Holy Grail, surely, is building a brand that’s universally known and is in constant mention by consumers. Or is it? There’s such a thing as too much familiarity. There are...
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For Moroccanoil, Imitation Is the Most Litigious Form of Flattery
In all likelihood, only Novak Djokovic logs more court time than the corporate counsels of beauty brands in possession of a true rarity; an original idea. Breaking ground in a new category of product?...
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Doing Business in Brazil
Brazil is more than just football! Interesting fashion can be found in every corner of the globe and Brazil is no exception. Compared with China, Brazil has had far less attention from global brands....
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Memo from the Grinch: The Gas Price “Bonus” is an Empty Tank
Economists, experts, analysts, consultants, a lot of CEOs, casual observers and even my friend and CNBC regular Jan Kniffen believe lower gas prices are going to goose holiday retail sales. In what...
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Vegan Is the New Black
What’s more mainstream-American-beauty than Christie Brinkley? Christie Brinkley selling her upcoming face and body de-agers on HSN, that’s what. And for an extra dose of apple-pie wholesome, how about...
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Did Tesco Get Hooked on Drugs?
That’s a strange question, and the answer is even stranger: “yes,” at least figuratively speaking. It all has to do with vendor allowances and the revenue bump they give retailers. These allowances are...
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The Power Of John Fairchild
John Burr Fairchild, who turned a family owned bread and butter garment center trade publication, Women’s Wear Daily, into a fashion powerhouse, passed away last week at 87 years of age. John...
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Ghost Malls: Creative Destruction
In the horror story of the declining fortunes of the American shopping center, the central character is the “Ghost Mall” – abandoned, forlorn, and lifeless — but looming, casting a post-apocalyptic...
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Fiddling with the Roofs
Remember the old adage that “retail follows the rooftops”? If you do, then you probably have fond memories of the Eisenhower administration, the post World War II suburban building boom when Sears...
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A Parking Lot Story
Joni Mitchell wrote the line “They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.” How much of our lives are defined by parking. Call it a tangible ramification of the invention of the wheel or perhaps an...
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