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Retail/Brands
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Prepare Accordingly
Okay, so remember a little bit ago when the death knell was rung for denim? When athleisure was going to run it out of town on a rail? Well, something…
Consumers
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Online Frontiers
Paris Fashion Week is underway and with it comes all the creativity and visual drama one expects of the world’s fashion capital. It’s flamboyant and fabulous. Meanwhile, in offices in…
Consumers
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Updating Favorites
This week at the Oscar’s, Sylvester Stallone sat in the audience after having been nominated for his supporting role as Rocky Balboa in Creed, the latest sequel to the Rocky…
Consumers
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Using Data to Create Customer Bonds
Believe it or not, there was a time when shoppers on the East Coast didn’t recognize all the stores on the West Coast. The same was true of shoppers up…
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Accepting Reality
Customers might not be real retail merchandisers, but they like to play them online. At least when it comes to consumer reviews. Whether effusive and positive or outright negative, shoppers…
Supply Chain
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Behind Fashion’s Fabulousness
Every time there’s a major snowfall or painfully cold weather conditions, someone takes to Facebook to make a snarky comment about global warming. But the reality is, 70 percent of…
Retail/Brands
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Urban Boom
If the children are our future, so, apparently, is a lot of urban living. Recent headlines have Millennials leaving the suburbs behind for the nation’s cities, both big and small.…
Consumers
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A Growing Market
It might be clear around the other side of the world, but China’s appreciation of that iconic American product — the denim jean — is strong. Yet indicators show there’s…
Retail/Brands
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Looking Back
This past holiday season, the American consumer could have been called anything from finicky to punctually challenged. But at the end of the day, they quit their procrastinating and spent…