Steven dishes out sound advice for MLCs | Trevor Smith (Citiphile)
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Steven Alan warns emerging brands: “Don’t become a slave to your valuation.”

The highlights from Steven’s conversation at Loose Threads. (990 words)

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The Rack: a short term boost at the expense of long term brand equity? | Suzi Pratt (Getty Images for Nordstrom Inc.)
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Nordstrom’s off-price strategy is becoming a problem.

Is the department store prioritizing short term gains over long term stability and brand equity? (274 words)

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Emily Weiss speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015 | Noam Galai (Getty Images for TechCrunch)
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The one thing that gets overlooked about Glossier’s Emily Weiss.

Few influencers have figured out how to turn their power into product-based, scalable companies. (285 words)

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Reformation's new SF showroom is a mix between Tesla and Bonobos | Reformation
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Regina Connell: “The solution for big retail lies in thinking small.”

Consumer behaviors are shifting, and e-commerce has brought on much anxiety. But a great deal of the damage has been self-inflicted. (1,077 words)

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Surfs up in Osaka, Japan | Saturdays NYC
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In Asia: Awful news for prestige players, great news for emerging brands.

According to a new study, affluent Singaporeans are staring to care increasingly less about logos and brand names, and are seeking out luxury brands beyond the usual prestige players. (463 words)

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Breaking a sweat at Migros Fitnesspark Puls | Monocle
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Brilliant: There’s a Swiss grocery chain moonlighting as a gym.

Tomatoes and treadmills don’t appear to be a natural mix, but one Swiss grocer has perfected the recipe. (277 words)

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Fear the beard | PSFK
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Outlier CEO Abe Burmeister: “Scale doesn’t make problems go away, it makes them bigger.”

Burmeister discusses why scale is a false benchmark, why Google has him obsessing over product quality, and the reasons behind his hot ‘n heavy Apple fetish. (950 words)

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Community and commerce | The Commons
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For the future of the American mall, look to Bangkok.

The American shopping mall is dying, but one development in Thailand is showing them the future. (409 words)

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Peddling hard into LVMH's waiting arms? | Rapha
Business

This might be the biggest reason why LVMH is so eager to buy Rapha.

Beyond revenues, what makes the cycling brand such a mouth-watering target for LVMH? (454 words)

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Things are getting weird in Vancouver | Kit and Ace
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Kit and Ace pivots (oddly) from activewear to ‘mindfulness’. Chip Wilson is written all over this.

After scaling back its unicorn ambitions, we wouldn’t be surprised if this new direction at Kit and Ace is a direct result of Chip taking over as CEO in September. (813 words)

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