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Connecting with the Heart at Ashley Stewart
Two weeks ago I took the drive to Newark, New Jersey to celebrate the opening of Ashley Stewart’s new concept store, coined “The Ashley Stewart Lab.” This is the first new Ashley Stewart store since 2013, when then private equity investor and Ashley ...
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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 organizational culture at many retailers is not prepared for the future. Their processes and procedures are ...
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Consumer Loyalty is a By-Product of Personalized Experiences: Connect the Data Dots
Personalization is the next iteration of a digital strategy to mitigate consumer trends for sharp value pricing and/or convenience. Products move through a lifespan and fast become commodities as consumers seek lower prices.
Products that add to ...
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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 there and get lost in the garden’s maze (long before the thought of marriage to King Henry VIII entered her mind), ...
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Shoptalk 2017 Recap
The retail/ecommerce ecosystem met at Shoptalk 2017, the nextgen ecommerce and retail four-day event, to discuss new business models, strategies and technologies that serve a connected consumer. Old and new retailers and brands as well as new ...
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Valuable on the Ground Insights from Edward Hertzman
Speaking at the Retail Marketing Society meeting on March 8 was Edward Hertzman, founder of Hertzman Media Group/Sourcing Journal, who provided insight from his unique blended vantage point of part media, part global sourcing consultant on "Sourcing ...
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The 2017 Luxury Outlook
The world is under siege. Technology is changing everything. Retail, marketing, elections are all being disrupted. Even the heretofore relatively staid €249 billion global personal luxury goods market. The status quo is gone. Consumers are driving ...