Pardon the Disruption
Steve DennisIdeas and inspiration for navigating the increasing pace of retail disruption
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Stores, Good God Y'all — What Are They Good For?
In 2013 legendary venture capitalist Marc Andreessen predicted that all retail would move online. He said the physical store was a doomed structure, and e-commerce would become the only form of commerce.
Lucky for him, he never specified...
A Faster Horse and the Best Blacksmith in Town
A Faster Horse and the Best Blacksmith in Town
In 2021, Netflix put up a billboard in Hollywood that read:
DON’T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS. WE STARTED WITH DVDs.
Take a moment and let that message sink in.
Three business models in just...
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What 300 Conversations Taught Us About Retail’s Relentless Now
Earlier this week, Michael LeBlanc and I dropped our 300th episode of the Remarkable Retail Podcast. When we launched in the fall of 2020, I wasn’t sure our little C...
Leading at the Speed of Disruption
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Leading at the Speed of Disruption
If you’ve been paying any attention at all you can clearly surmise that we’re not remotely close to peak disruption.
And the pace of change is becoming more exponentia...
Anchor Stores
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ANCHOR STORES
How the Department Store Went from Linchpin to Millstone
The OG Blueprint
The anchor store was never an accident. It was a blueprint.
When the modern American mall took shape in the 1950s and 6...
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Top global retail influencer and analyst. Strategic advisor. Keynote speaker. Forbes senior contributor. Remarkable Retail Podcast host. Best-selling author of "Remarkable Retail" and "Leaders Leap." BS dispelling enthusiast.
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