Robin Lewis

New York

CEO and Editorial Director at The Robin Report

Opinionated, outspoken and unbiased, The Robin Report delivers a wake-up call to both old-world and new-world retailers and brands.

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Optimising B2B Websites for Strategic Lead Generation

Jan 7, 2025 | business.feefo.com | Robin Lewis

Lead generation is a core part of marketing from which businesses identify, attract, and convert potential clients into prospective opportunities.
Costco and Wawa Build Up Retail Media Networks

Jul 17, 2024 | therobinreport.com | Robin Lewis

Retail media is one of the buzziest trends in retail. Circulars, coupons, and print advertising have evolved into a sophisticated digital platform that is content-driven as well as promotional. All the savvy majors have jumped on their own Retail Media Network (RMN) as part of a unified commerce strategy to inform customers wherever they are whenever they want. And this now-established trend has spawned any number of media brands catering to retailers.
The secret to optimised leadership coaching

Jul 6, 2024 | thehrdirector.com | Hilary Cunningham |Robin Lewis

Leadership coaching can make a real and tangible difference if you get the timing, the tone and the focus right. To be most effective a business needs to hold both discipline and freedom in mind at the same time – for their leaders, their business and the coaches with whom they partner. Coaching for senior leaders is widespread for both individuals and teams, and yet leadership coaching can be hard to define, and hard to really understand if you aren’t on the receiving end.
What Happened to Retail First-Half 2024?

Jul 1, 2024 | therobinreport.com | Robin Lewis

Some days it feels like getting a firm grip on how retail is doing requires a crystal ball. Admittedly, in a digital age with so much data providing relevant intelligence, that may sound pretty stupid. The bigger issue is who do you trust to give you the information that matters? I, for one, assume no one wants to be held captive to GenAI to make critical business decisions. Or rely on forward-thinking speculation based on a bunch of algorithms.
Off-Price Retailer TJX is Unstoppable

Jun 17, 2024 | therobinreport.com | Robin Lewis

Coming off of another incredible year in 2022 with total revenues of $48.5 billion, TJX clocked in at $54.2 billion in total revenues for 2023. TJX continues to add to its current 21,000 vendor list and 4,972 stores across nine countries, including TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Homesense, and Sierra. Simply stated, they are adding 1300 new stores when many other retailers are caving.
Share Your Innovations at 3D Tech Fest

May 29, 2024 | therobinreport.com | Robin Lewis

When it comes to deconstructing the paradox of fashion’s challenge of physical versus digital, Alvanon’s 2024 3D Tech Fest sheds light on the convergence. The free virtual conference, scheduled for September 23-27, explores the innovation behind the transformation of physical and digital technologies in the creation and delivery of fashion. The Robin Report readers are invited to share their solutions and cutting-edge work as speakers at the event.
Why private equity firms need a human capital strategy

Apr 20, 2024 | thehrdirector.com | Andrew Rodgers |Robin Lewis

Major mergers and acquisitions entail a high level of risk for any private equity firm. Between 70% and 90% of M&A fail to deliver on their investment plan, while 60% of transactions actually destroy, rather than create, shareholder value. Even successful M&A face difficulties in realising post-deal value creation. An analysis of over 15,000 companies found performance, growth, and margins typically decrease following a PE acquisition.
Brandy Melville, or Hellville?

Apr 14, 2024 | therobinreport.com | Robin Lewis

HBO recently aired a documentary based on the Insider exposé by Kate Taylor titled “Brandy Hellville & The Cult of Fast Fashion.” It chronicles the toxic culture being spread around the world by one of the hottest of the hot teen apparel brands, Brandy Melville. It’s clever wordplay as a film title considering recent reports that the brand’s toxicity resembles a hellville or an “evil” cult teen brand.
Kevin Plank: Architect of Under Armour’s Continuing Decline?

Apr 1, 2024 | therobinreport.com | Robin Lewis

Hubris: It describes one’s exaggerated self-confidence. Arrogance: It describes one’s belief in superior capabilities over others. In my opinion, Kevin Plank, the founder and CEO of Under Armour in 1996 (and still owner of 65 percent of the brand’s voting shares), has a mix of both. And this is responsible for Under Armour’s continuing decline.
Is Target’s Strategy Causing it to Lose Its “Tarjay?”

Mar 4, 2024 | therobinreport.com | Robin Lewis

Target is launching a new budget brand, “dealworthy,” joining the race to the bottom where prices struggle to cover costs. Dealworthy’s products, many to be priced under $10, might just be the beginning of a downward vortex Target will find difficult to escape from. The market will decide whether Target’s strategy is well-reasoned or not.