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WeWork craziness. Link
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Bob Iger has been sharing all kinds of interesting stories to preview his new memoir. Why he didn’t acquire Twitter, the idea that if Steve Jobs was still around Apple and Disney would have potentially merged. Link
Stage Stores goes where the growth has been. Off-price. Link
Denim far from dead, just ask Madewell. Link
To remain alive, Forever 21 looking at providing landlords a stake. Link
First look at Walmart’s free standing health format. Link
Streaming old reruns is a big, expensive gamble with no idea on payoff. Link
Roku remains incredibly bullish on cord cutting. Link
Late to ecommerce, Zara is now blanketing the world with it. Link
Stripe, the payment processor for .coms recently increased its valuation considerably. Seems that money still flows into tech startups. Link
Amazon has been tinkering with its’ search results. Link
It isn’t easy being a small retailer. Link
The Fleece Phenom. Link
Casper dreams of being bigger than mattresses. Link
US Retail bankruptcies (Link):
In the battle for the instant messenger of 2020, Slack seems to be winning with startups and Microsoft winning with big businesses (Link):
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Dark crystals and the booming wellness craze. Link