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 trips we often stopped at Howard […]| Steve Dennis
The reasons that iconic, once-vibrant brands fail are varied and in some cases complex. But an argument could be made that because they existed and thrived| Steve Dennis
Have you ever seen a timid trapeze artist?| Steve Dennis
One reason meaningful transformation can be so hard is that up to a certain point, change isn’t transformation—it’s merely keeping up. What used to| Steve Dennis
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 resetting of the competitive playing field, despite a radical redefinition […]| Steve Dennis
As we entered this century it became ever more clear that we were moving from a world of relative scarcity to one of vast abundance. As everything that can be| Steve Dennis