$20 Bills For $15 Files For IPO
On Thursday $20 bills for $15 announced that it is preparing to debut on Wall Street through an initial public offering. The company said it has applied to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq...
View ArticleWhat We Often Get Wrong About E-Commerce—And Why It Matters
When it comes to the vast and complex world of retail, nothing in the past three decades has been more disruptive than the advent and wide-spread adoption of online shopping. Yet, the e-commerce of...
View ArticleThink Big. Start Small. Scale Fast.
Will the Metaverse radically transform your business over the next few years? Is the answer to your increasingly fragile customer relevance to move from being less format-centric to thinking about your...
View ArticleThe Myth of The Great E-commerce Acceleration
One of the most pervasive retail industry narratives is the belief that online shopping growth was massively accelerated by the pandemic. Set your WABAC Machine to the spring of 2020 and you’ll find...
View ArticleRegrets? I’ve Had A Few.
Are you trying to live a life with no regrets? Well good luck with that. Not only is it non-sensical, it can be harmful. Trying to live a life without regrets, is to play it way too safe. It’s to miss...
View ArticleStore Expansion May Not Be A Slam Dunk For Struggling Digitally Native Brands
Warby Parker’s disappointing earnings report is just more evidence of what I call the profitless prosperity of disruptor brands. They join a growing list of retail innovators that are posting strongly...
View ArticleToo Much Of A Goods Thing: Retailers Are Drowning In Inventory
Target is the latest retailer to reveal that it bought too much stuff and will need to take aggressive action to get its inventory levels back in line. These moves will include cancelling orders and...
View ArticleMy Bold Retail Predictions for 2023
As I share my annual retail predictions I’m reminded of a joke a colleague of mine recently shared with me: Q. What’s the difference between God and a retail futurist? A. God doesn’t think he’s a...
View ArticleRetail’s Escalating Commitment to a Failing Course of Action
Anyone who follows the machinations of the retail industry will know that many struggling retailers continue to put forth breathless pronouncements of their alleged transformations. Yet the department...
View ArticleMy 2024 Retail Predictions: A Baker’s Dozen
In 2018 I started sharing my annual retail predictions. Looking back, let’s just say mistakes were made. But some—like “physical retail isn’t dead—boring retail is” and my dour outlook on many much...
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