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Robin Lewis and Jan Rogers Kniffen are two of the world's most influential experts on the retail landscape... and they love to argue. Hand on to your shopping bag as we take a look at the massive change happening in the retail marketplace. Also,

Robin Lewis and Jan Rogers Kniffen are two of the world's most influential experts on the retail landscape... and they love to argue. Hand on to your shopping bag as we take a look at the massive change happening in the retail marketplace. Also, look out for Robin's book Retail's Seismic Shift (link below).

Robin Lewis

Chief Executive Officer

The Robin Report

http://www.therobinreport.com/

Jan Rogers Kniffen, CEO

J Rogers Kniffen World Wide

https://www.jrkwwe.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Retails-Seismic-Shift-Respond-Customer-ebook/dp/B06Y5RD7B4

Guests Stephan Rabimov, Julie Zerbo, and Mickey Boardman discuss the current state of fashion journalism. Charles Beckwith asks if it can even exist at major publications. The conversation turns to movements like #meetoo and its impact on the fashion i...

Discussing the logistics of managing one of the world's largest costume rental houses with the Director of the Universal Studios Costume Department, Poppy Cannon-Reese. - Poppy is a former costume designer who stepped into the role a few years ago...

Los Angeles Magazine called Pocket Square Clothing "the king of the Made In L.A. accessories scene." The brand was started in 2011 by two UCLA graduates who set out to just make interesting things. Andrew Cheung and Rodolfo Ramirez are the founders,

Sara Angelucci is the woman behind Armature, a Los Angeles-based clothing and jewelry brand. She makes and sells zeitgeist-inspired pieces both ready to wear and unique in the Venice area near the beach. Despite having her work dangling from the ears a...

"Los Angeles is basically one of the largest cities that all of America does garment production in, so we have a lot of vendors that have buttons, trims, whatever. So, technically if you have a wholesale license and you Google deep enough you can find ...

Husband and wife design team Anthony Cucculelli and Anna Rose Shaheen met while working for Diane von Furstenberg, and then moved to Italy together, where they worked for major houses such as Emilio Pucci and Roberto Cavalli.

"It's a very exciting time in fashion right now. It's exciting because anyone that has a passion to start a clothing line-- ten years or so ago you would have to go overseas, you would have to get big production,

Continuing our Los Angeles fashion adventure, Charles speaks with two men who are changing how boxers and MMA fighters dress for work. - Will Hoover is a veteran designer who knows downtown L.A. fashion like few others.