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,
Editor’s Note
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,
The Dawn of a New Retail Age
Much continues to be written about the demise of brick-and-mortar retailing, department stores in particular. If you took many of the headlines at face value,
Old-School Remedies
Recently, a well-established independent retailer called me nearly at his wit’s end. He said the first few weeks of the holiday season had been especially
Heave-ho the Status Quo
Unprecedented. Befuddling. Terrifying. Stunning. Disruptive. Ugly. Revolutionary. Deplorable. Unpredictable. Bat crap crazy… No, I’m not rehashing reactions to the presidential election. (Politics have no place
Who’s the Boss, Anyway?
For the future of shoe fashion and foot health, our industry must show who’s the boss here. We owe it to consumers to save them from themselves.
The Amazon Age
It is the ultimate elephant in the room. Not a single industry-related conversation of late goes by without its name coming up at some point.
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