AMAZON'S LATEST FORAY INTO BEAUTY
The beauty business, like most retail categories in department stores, has been in a state of disruption for most of the 21st century. As...
Customer Lifetime Value:
The constant flurry of news emanating from Amazon about fashion and appliances, Prime Day results and the Whole Food acquisition triggers...
LIM COLLEGE FACULTY BLOG KIDBOX- RETAILING 2020
Branded apparel at value prices delivered to your door. A surprise in every box chosen especially for your child with the added benefit...
THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL SELLING/SHOPPING SEASON ARRIVES
It's mid-July, it must be time to think about back-to-school purchases. Many retailers have been planning for this productive selling...
Kors, Kate & Coach: Battle for the Purse Strings
Since Kate Spade was said to be on the market, speculation swirled about which suitor would be the best fit. Two emerged as likely...
Retail Expert Jan Roger Kniffen on the Retail Tipping Point and Why Off-Price Won’t Save Us
Today’s rapidly changing retail environment has upended most of the traditional ecosystem. To get valuable insight into the current state...
LIFESTYLE OR LIFE STAGE: ARE WE MISINTERPRETING GEN Z?
When talk turns to engaging Gens X, Y and Z and their attitudes toward the consumption of products and services, one overused word often...
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE STORE
The pace of change in retail is accelerating and many old-line retailers are tottering on the brink of irrelevancy and sure demise. The...
Angela Ahrendts’ Apple is No “Store” – It’s a Community
Selling stuff in an Apple store is nowhere to be found in Angela Ahrendts’ vision for Apple’s retail business, which she is in charge of...
BE UN-AMAZONABLE
While walking through the gardens at Hever Castle (Kent, Great Britain) imagining what is was like for the young Anne Boleyn to live...