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Analyst’s Take: Are Private Equity Firms Enabling Faltering Retailers?
Though it may be depressing to consider, it's necessary to address the question: Time after time, private…
Analyst’s Take: The Inevitable Culture Clash Between Amazon and Whole Foods
How Amazon may strip Whole Foods of its touchy-feely ethos—and why that's a good thing—had how cold brew…
Analyst’s Take: What’s the Value of a Brand?
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Analyst’s Take: A Look at Authenticity—Real and Manufactured
Taking a look at two ends of the same spectrum: small companies' struggle to hang onto their cool cred as…
Analyst’s Take: Food for Thought on Uber & Restaurants
The media is dining out on the fallout from Uber's founder ouster and wondering why restaurants leaving…
Analyst’s Take: Uber’s Corporate Culture, Whole Foods’ Relevance
A look at one company that consumers have become reliant that may die because of its corporate culture and…
Analyst’s Take: How J.Crew & Yoplait Became Dinosaurs
A look at how companies that failed to react and adapt to changing times have allowed new brands that are…
Analyst’s Take: Credit Cards as Lifelines, Consumers Revealed
Store credit cards have been come more than a service and an ancillary revenue source. According to a recent…
Analyst’s Take: Examining the Continuing Saga of Walmart.com vs Amazon
Walmart.com, and its head Marc Lore, have a long history with Amazon, one that's continuing to play out for…
Analyst’s Take: What Starbucks Replacing a Crate & Barrel and Mindy Grossman’s Move Mean for Retail
Food is becoming increasingly central and retail might want to watch out.
Analyst’s Take: What Self-Driving Cars & the Burgeoning Burbs Mean for Retail
A look at how the recent moves away from fashion, toward technology and into the suburbs are affecting retail.
Analyst’s Take: Jenna’s Journey & Amazon’s Clothes Minded Outlook
Taking a look at how J. Crew's creative director and muse ran out of the secret sauce and the quiet way in…
Analyst’s Take: The Value of Retail Experience and Athleisure Breaks a Sweat
Pondering the Sears saga from the top down and questioning if Lululemon's misstep is the first in a…
Analyst’s Take: Sears in Review, Ads as Moral Guides
Lessons learned for the slow demise of Sears and ads have become a sign of the times.