by stevenpdennis | Dec 30, 2024 | Predictions, Remarkable Retail, Retail
For the last several years, I’ve made a list of annual predictions for the retail industry, which I share here, on Forbes, and on my podcast. And then, in what can sometimes amount to an act of self-flagellation, I take account of how I did. So without further...
by stevenpdennis | Nov 18, 2024 | Leaders Leap, Disruption, Transformation
I grew up in the outlying suburbs of New York City in the 1960s and ’70s. Like other middle-class kids from the area, I spent many a weekend being dragged around by my mother to go shopping at stores like Abraham & Strauss, Caldor, and Bamberger’s. On family road...
by stevenpdennis | May 22, 2024 | Leaders Leap, Remarkable Retail
As I’ve been saying for awhile now: Shift happens. It’s just happening faster and faster all the time. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the retail industry. Despite the seismic shifts that have unfolded during the past two decades, despite the nearly complete...
by stevenpdennis | Oct 9, 2023 | Being Remarkable, Growth, Remarkable Retail
Anyone who follows the machinations of the retail industry will know that many struggling retailers continue to put forth breathless pronouncements of their alleged transformations. Yet the department store industry in particular seems to be the poster child for...
by stevenpdennis | Mar 21, 2022 | Collapse of the Middle, Innovation
It’s pretty easy to calculate the cost of taking action. When we contemplate a new investment we tally up the capital and operating expenses, prepare our cash flow analysis and try to account for the risk of pulling the trigger. Harder, but often far more...
