Steve Dennis

Nearly five years ago I wrote that a Saks/Neiman Marcus merger seemed inevitable .

Discretionary categories like luxury and big ticket home purchases performed disproportionately poorly as inflation remained sticky and interest rates remained high.

In 2018 I started sharing my annual retail predictions. Here is my latest batch of prognostications for the year ahead in retail

Recent earnings reports from the world’s top luxury players have mostly brought bad news.

Saks buying long-term rival Neiman Marcus may create a stronger combined entity but there are many vexing issues to be resolved if and when the deal receives FTC approal.

For remarkable retailers, in-store shopping bounced back quickly, and the notion that physical retail is dead or dying continues to be greatly exaggerated.

As I’ve been saying for awhile now: Shift happens.

More retail predictions for 2024 including on Nordstrom, Apple’s Vision Pro, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Temu, Shein JC Penney, WeWork, the Metaverse.

Once again I reveal my annual list of bold retail predictions 2024, including the future of AI, the growth of DTC, the outlook for luxury department stores, and a reckoning for disruptor brands.

Anyone who follows the machinations of the retail industry will know that many struggling retailers continue to put forth breathless pronouncements of their alleged tr...