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Bloomie’s Is Proving A Retailer Can Shrink To Prosperity

Macy’s Inc, the corporate parent of luxury department store Bloomingdale’s, has been trying to shrink itself to prosperity over the past five years without much success.Back in 2018, the company generated $25 billion in revenues and $1 billion in net income out of 867 stores – 649 Macy’s, 55 Bloomingdale’s and 163 specialty Bluemercury beauty […]

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Just Adding Home Won’t Make Banana Republic A Lifestyle Brand

Banana Republic is a brand with a mission: to build a brand with character and a personality that truly resonates with customers. It had that in spades on its founding in 1978 by Mel and Patricia Ziegler when it was named Banana Republic Travel & Safari Clothing Company, selling the virtual safari experience through clothes. […]

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As Consumers’ Economic Outlook Turns Bleak, Their Spending Slows

On the heels of the Census Department’s depressing March retail sales report, with February seasonally-adjusted retail and food service sales revised downward to -0.2% from January and March down another 1%, comes more sobering news from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.It just released notice that personal consumption expenditures on goods dropped 0.4% in March in […]

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Sephora At Kohl’s Proves The Power Of A Platform Approach To Store Openings

Kohl’s just announced it’s opening another 250 Sephora at Kohl’s locations this year, bringing the total number of Sephora-enhanced locations to 850 by year-end, reaching nearly 80% of Kohl’s total footprint with the ultimate goal to be present in every store.The Sephora at Kohl’s shops are 2,500 sq. ft. full-sized stores, not just little popups, […]

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Consumer’s Cognitive Biases Are Keeping Spending Strong, For Now

The National Retail Federation (NRF) is out with its 2023 retail forecast; on its face, it’s reassuring. Retail sales growth in 2023 should exceed the 3.6% average growth level tracked in the pre-pandemic years from 2013 through 2019.So far, consumers have kept retail sales buoyant, thanks to their psychological makeup, but soon, their shopping behaviors […]

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