The following is taken from a fresh new article from Retail Insider: "Enterprise Ireland is set to host its first-ever consumer retail showcase in Toronto on April 29, 2025, bringing…
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In 141 days, the new NFL season will kick off. I can’t wait to see the fan outrage about how the league is rigged whenever the Kansas City Chiefs take…
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“We shape our buildings and thereafter they shape us.” - Winston Churchill Yes, there is some coincidence that I quoted a wartime prime minister after the events of last week…
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Retail Dive recently reported that Old Navy had quietly added occasionwear to their product mix. Affordable occasionwear is saturated by ultra-fast fashion and marketplaces like Amazon. Finding such product in…
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Let’s discuss denim for a moment. As many of you know, I was a merchant for the bulk of my retail career. And, during those days, I bought a ton…
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Microsoft’s AI Tour is making the rounds in its global tour. Toronto was a recent stop. Alysa Taylor, CMO of Commercial Cloud & AI, and Chris Barry, former President of…
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Fashion types can be wound up pretty tight. Fashion brands, however, should learn from software and tighten up even more. When it comes to feedback loops, the cream of the…
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“What’s old is new.” Nah, old is old. “We’ve got to get back to our roots.” Really? Have you ever heard of a tree leaving its roots behind and trying…
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Over the weekend, I took to the snow covered streets of Toronto and made my way to the Eaton Centre. My intention was to review Saks but I was pleasantly…
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Convenience stores have drastically changed since my childhood where a 7-11 was on the same block as my apartment building. No longer are these simply a stop for scratch tickets,…
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The WSJ published an article titled: Amazon, King of Online Retail, Can’t Seem To Make Its Physical Stores Work Well, guess what? They don't have to. One comment in the…
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Store Spotlight: Louis Vuitton x Murakami Pop-Up, SoHo NYC I visited the LV Pop-Up after NRF with my good friend Marco De Carli of DINN Design. We visited a few…
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Fun fact, I was on a beach in the south of Portugal when NRF rolled around in 2023. It was nice. It was calm. It was WARM! I attended in…
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We are pleased to announce that The Whole Sale — Profitable Wholesale Strategies for Brands is now available for sale. You can purchase a PDF copy directly from our website: www.retailstrategygroup.com/downloads/the-whole-sale Or, you…
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Here is an excerpt from our upcoming ebook: The Whole Sale - Profitable Wholesale Strategies for Brands You might wonder what holiday movies have to do with brand-retailer relationships. Well,…
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In 1836, Rowland Hill innovated the delivery of letters in Great Britain. You might wonder how. Hill upended the concept of how to pay for postage. At the time, mail…
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Scott Galloway said earlier this year that “The problem with predictions is that they’re a terrible business.” And, business is booming. This is the time of year where predictions get…
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It’s that time of year where predictions for 2025 will be thrown around. Now, I’m not certified in prognostication or claim to be a retail soothsayer. However, there are some…
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Did you hear that the head of Fast Retailing, the company that owns Uniqlo, has threatened to leave the US in response to onerous tariffs and a push to manufacture…
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I gotta tell you, there’s a lot of bad selling going on out there. I think I’ve lost count of the poorly written, cold emails that hit my inbox. Most…
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