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Hi friends, happy Friday! 👋   Welcome back to This Week in Retail! This week we’re discussing some of the challenges facing the plus size business and structural problem that need to be fixed before expansion into extended sizing can be successful. Comment below and let me know what you think! Subscribe now The Rocky Road […]

Hi friends, happy Saturday! 👋   Welcome back to This Week in Retail! I’m so excited to start writing these weekly newsletters again. There’s no podcast episode this week, I’m currently figuring out how I want to relaunch my podcast so stay tuned! This week we’re taking a second look at social commerce and the biggest

Hi friends, happy Friday! 👋   I’m BACK! It’s been a while since my last newsletter. I took a bit of break over the holidays but I’m really excited to get back to writing. This week’s topic is probably one of the most important pieces that I’ve written for my newsletter so far. It may seem

👋  Hi friends, happy Friday! Welcome back to This Week in Retail. Today we’re going to talk about one of my favorite articles of the entire year; The State of Fashion 2021 report by Mckinsey and Business of Fashion. You can read the full report here. Subscribe now Podcast Episode There’s bad. And then there’s

Podcast Episode One of the most interesting developments happening in retail today is the mass commoditization of certain products and services. Before we dive into this concept, let’s take a step back and give a little context around what commoditization means and how we got here within the retail space. When the same product or

Podcast Episode As the dust begins to settle from the first wave of Coronavirus, and stores and restaurants begin to hesitantly reopen, we are beginning to see the carnage caused and how it has paved the way for the “new normal”. Typically during economic crises, the weak are exposed and the strong get stronger, and

It’s no secret that eCommerce sales have skyrocketed since the beginning of the pandemic. US eCommerce jumped +49% in April, with online grocery delivery as the largest driver of this growth, surging +110% between March and April. While these numbers are great for our overall economy, an increase in online delivery services comes at an