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Open to Buy: Phia's Cookie Monster
Plus: Loonen Water, Ringer and Baseball t-shirts and retail's obsession with easy pants.
Jul 11
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Sarah Shapiro
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Deep Dive: Week of July 6th 2026 - Nantucket Has The Shoppies
Pop-Ups are popping this week. Plus the Rixo x Dragon Diffusion collab I'm into.
Jul 9
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Sarah Shapiro
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The Rundown: Shopping Across America
Nordstrom celebrates 125 years and what are people buying from Conneticut to Newport Beach?
Jul 7
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Sarah Shapiro
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Open to Buy: What I'm Telling My Friends About
The items I love as a merchant who sees it all. And did you hear, Taylor Swift is married.
Jul 4
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Sarah Shapiro
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Deep Dive: Week of June 29th, 2026 — Chanel Buys Charvet
The brand that refused to scale just got bought. Plus Nike's report card and I read Reformation's S-1
Jul 2
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Sarah Shapiro
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June 2026
The Rundown: The Umbro Collab That Actually Won
A fragrance founder's sampling strategy, Celine's sneaker collab, and the real data on Umbro's mall-brand collabs stacked up.
Jun 30
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Sarah Shapiro
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Open to Buy: What's Behind With Nothing Underneath & Channel Checks
A brand breakdown, and what June looked like from 2020 to 2024.
Jun 27
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Sarah Shapiro
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Deep Dive: Week of June 22nd, 2026 - Tuckernuck's Beauty Bet
Also, do you know what Blonzer is?
Jun 25
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Sarah Shapiro
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The Rundown: Has Canvas Bag Pricing Lost the Plot?
Fendi Baguette data, Hill House Home's Nell Diamond on the Williams-Sonoma collab, and the pricing landscape of canvas totes.
Jun 23
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Sarah Shapiro
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Open to Buy: A Bit of Home & Everything Else
A round-up that has it all. Easy returns, Harry Styles, Hollister, sandals and more.
Jun 20
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Sarah Shapiro
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Deep Dive: Week of June 15th, 2026 - Onitsuka Tigers on the loose & Peptides Gold Rush
Collabs, launches, and the shoe brand you'll want to know more about.
Jun 18
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Sarah Shapiro
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The Rundown: Handbag Math, Fresh Receipts and Violette’s fresh money
Handbags aren’t dead, they are right-sizing.
Jun 16
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Sarah Shapiro
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