Editor’s Note
You Gotta Have Fate
Having reported on this industry for close to 25 years, the routes successful companies take to reach the promised lands never cease to amaze. Sure,
Stranger Things
WHEN LAST YEAR came to an end, I (wrongly) believed 2016 was like no other year in retail, not to mention politics. Boy, what a
Better Days
There are days, and then there are days that feel like the End Times. Now, for example. Deadly hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires are just a
Who’s Next
Who’s the next up-and-comer destined to set the shoe world ablaze? The next Crocs, Uggs, Toms, Hunter, Merrell (Jungle Moc), Vibram FiveFingers, Hoka One One,
Smackdown
At what point is a brand’s product priced low enough these days? When it’s a steal—literally? Must the price be chopped so low that the
And So It Goes
The tectonic shifts rumbling through the retail landscape in the past year were earthshaking enough, but these past few weeks have created shockwaves on a
Looking for Good
Well, the latest quarterly sales reports came in and—surprise—department stores took another drubbing. The figures were “WannaCry”-like with comparable store sales down at J.C. Penney,
The Kingdom and the Power
If you took an informal poll of industry members right now, the overall sentiment would probably skew heavily negative. I’ve covered this industry for two
Another Brick in the Wall
To say things have been a bit strange lately would be an understatement of yuuuuge proportions. Society has reached a whole new level of odd,
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