Keeping Up With The Kids: Today's Teen Market Opportunity
When it comes to keeping up with teens and what they want and like, it can seem like the most valuable skill is that of reading minds. But it turns out that in the business of catering to their shopping
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What's The Deal With Cannibalization?
Cannibalization. It's a topic that you don't always hear about in retail, perhaps outside of an engagement with a consulting firm, but it's one worth revisiting from time-to-time. As retailers look for avenues of growth, it can also mean that
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What's New: Week of April 8
Could it be that spring is finally here, for real this time?? The weather seems to confirm this, and retailers are heralding the real entrance of warmer temps with merchandise that's made for days spent in the sunshine. Read on
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New CEOs for Conde Nast and Madewell and Poosh Goes Live
CONDE NAST GETS A NEW CEO The print media industry has been going through well-documented upheaval and transformation, as ways to consume content have completely evolved over the past ten years. It's a struggle that goes straight to the heart
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Fashion Gets Royal
Images courtesy of Getty Did you catch the headline yesterday that Harry and Meghan are back on Instagram, this time with a joint account? With the anticipation of the royal baby mounting, it's a good time to look back on
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Hudson Yards: New Mall But Is Anything Really Different?
Full disclosure: I spent the first five years of my career in malls, recording and tracking customer traffic patterns, browsing behaviors, and conversion rates. While my days as a retail anthropologist are well behind me, parts of that time that
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What's New in the "What's New" Section?
Image Courtesy of Reformation Today we're launching a new column that highlights the latest drops at trend-forward brands and retailers around the globe. Our goal is to save you the time scouring the "What's New" section of retailers' sites and
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Adalab Meets StyleSage
Last month, we had an amazing team of five female developers from Adalab create a brand new front-end for our User Analytics Platform. And we learned a lot from the experience. Adalab is a developer's bootcamp particularly focused on women
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