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“The Killer of a Skateboarding Legend Went Unnamed for Years. Could Deaths Have Been Prevented?” by David Sjostedt via The San Francisco Standard

by admin | Jan 24, 2023 | Community, Industry, News, Public Health, Skateboard

Jake Phelps skates a halfpipe at the Hunters Point ramp in San Francisco in 1986. | Courtesy Thrasher Magazine When it was reported that San Francisco skateboarding legend Jake Phelps died peacefully in his Bayview home on March 19, 2019, the legions of global...

“New Retail: How the “Store” Will Undergo Transformation” by Sanford Stein via The Robin Report

by admin | Dec 25, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Community, Industry, Predictions, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies

For the vast majority of the 20th century, retailing had been largely transactional. The store was the place where the goods were seen, sold, and stored (hence the term). With the advent of ecommerce that definition became questioned, and the change-averse retail...

“This is How Fashion Can Help America Recycle” by Catherine Schetting Salfino via The Robin Report

by admin | Nov 27, 2022 | Community, Industry, Sustainability

The slogan “reduce, reuse, recycle” has been around for decades. But it’s only more recently that the fashion industry has begun examining how such actions could improve their sustainability efforts while giving their clothing a second life. America Recycles...

“Why E-Commerce Needs Brick-and-Mortar Retail” by Lukas Martinelli via Total Retail

by admin | Nov 19, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Community, Data Driven Performance, E-Commerce, Industry, Internet, Local Search, m-commerce, Omnichannel, Predictions, Resources, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies, Social Commerce

As e-commerce has exploded in popularity, the question of how brick-and-mortar retailers would fare in the future has been widely debated. The notion of a “retail apocalypse” reached a crescendo during the pandemic as year-over-year e-commerce grew two to five...

“The future of Class C malls: Renovation, services help revive vacant plazas” by Melissa Daniels via Modern Retail

by admin | Nov 13, 2022 | Brick & Mortar, Commercial Real Estate, Community, Resources, Retail Strategy

Ivy Liu This story is part of The Great Mall Overhaul, a joint Modern Retail and Glossy editorial series looking into all the ways the businesses underpinning malls have been upended. For years, a 25,000-square foot space that once housed a Big Deal Outlet...

“5 Reasons Why Surfers Are Just the Worst” by Alexander Haro via The Inertia

by admin | Nov 10, 2022 | Community, Industry, Surf

A surfer, contemplating why he too is just the worst. Photo: Unsplash I love to surf. I love surf culture. I love surfers. I love the little things that make surfing and surf culture what it is. And those little things, a lot of the time, are absolutely...