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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 season, second only to the holiday selling season, since October 2016, though shoppers aren't earnestly in the ...
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Kidbox- Retailing 2020
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Think like an Entrepreneur
Digitization has allowed new disruptive entrants to capture any incremental growth the apparel retail industry has offered. VC-backed web-based businesses operate to a different set of values--scale quickly, profits later.
Meanwhile, social media ...
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A Look at Gen Z
Luxury Daily brought together about 100 marketers at its second annual Luxury Roundtable 2017: Engaging Gens X, Y, & Z on May 3 with more than a dozen panels and keynotes to focus on these younger cohorts and their attitudes towards the consumption ...
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Video Shopping 2.0
Online/Amazon might be destroying the business model of many retailers, but most ecommerce sites come in a weak third in terms of discovery, engagement, and experience, the key differentiators in a world where product fast becomes commoditized. Here ...
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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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The Fashion Group International's Rising Star Awards Event
by Michael Londrigan, Dean of Academic AffairsWho could - or would - pass up a chance to have lunch at Ciprani’s 42nd Street location?On January 24 The Fashion Group International (FGI) held their annual Rising Star Awards event there and it was ...
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Today's Fragrance Industry: A Mountain of Mediocrity
I am writing this to encourage those who are interested in the fragrance industry to approach the art of perfumery with integrity and a desire to return to the artistry that has long vanished from the craft. If you wish to enter this highly ...