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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Do we really want a severely mentally ill person running this country? Asking for a nation

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 01/09/2026

In almost half of states, Canada is the largest source of imports by value. In 15 states, imports from Canada made up at least 25% of the 2025 total. But I'm sure these tariffs will be great. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"Walmart Stalls, Target Stirs & Amazon Flies, Plus Bain Capital's Scott Friend and VMG's Indy Guha." Episode 310 of the Remarkable Retail Podcast is live and we cover a lot of ground. Listen: shorturl.at/CNNkn Watch: shorturl.at/OO6dh

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It was the best of times, it was the stupidest of times.

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Still not tired of all the winning.

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My all new "Pardon the Disruption" Substack newsletter has just been published. I hope you'll check it out. pardonthedisruption.substack.com/p/whats-so-f...

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What's So Funny 'bout Peace, Love, and Customer-Centricity?

PLUS: We visit the Tecovas SOHO flagship and Bombas CEO Jason LaRose joins us on the pod.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Can’t wait to watch all the people who criticized the JCPOA and excoriated Obama for “pallets of cash” try to sanewash Trump giving Iran even more cash for a worse deal than the JCPOA.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“.. We spotted nine Polymarket accounts .. who made collectively $2.4 million betting almost exclusively on U.S. Military operations. .. “.. Now, here is the crazy part. 98% win rates.” @mediaite.com www.mediaite.com/media/news/6...

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ "Retail's Great Concentration" is accelerating. Amazon, Walmart, and Costco Wholesale aren't just winning — they're pulling away. Just six retailers now capture the majority share of industry growth, and the structural forces behind it aren't slowing down. shorturl.at/8VyoG

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Retail's Great Concentration, Tapestry's Comeback, and the Dumbest Story of the Year

Podcast Episode · Remarkable Retail Podcast · May 12 · 48m

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Episode 300 (!!!) of the Remarkable Retail podcast just dropped and Nordstrom Co-CEO Pete Nordstrom is our special guest. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

New on my free "Pardon the Disruption" Substack: "Denial is a Hell of a Drug." Plus: Nike's Just Not Doing It, The Ruth's Chris of Retail Branding, Saks-cess, and Stitching Together a Transformation. pardonthedisruption.substack.com/p/denial-is-...

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Denial is a Hell of a Drug

Plus: Nike's Just Not Doing It, The Ruth's Chris of Retail Branding, Saks-cess, and Stitching Together a Transformation.

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to Donald Trump regarding the temporary ceasefire: "Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they then show up with a bucket."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Trump, Bessent and Lutnick vowed that from the 4th quarter of 2025 onward they would stop blaming Biden, they would then “own” the economy, and every economic metric would be red hot with inflation 2% or less.

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

My latest "Pardon the Disruption" Substack newsletter takes on "The Algebra of Retail (Part 1)", plus features my analysis of the Iran War's likely retail impact, rule #2 for retail radicals, and what we still get wrong about modern retail. pardonthedisruption.substack.com/p/the-algebr...

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The Algebra of Retail (Part 1)

Plus Rules for (Retail Radicals), Dire Strait(s), Dying for Saks, and What We Still Get Wrong About Modern Retail.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

EY’s Malin Andree & Jon Copestake join the pod to dig into the most important shifts in luxury retail today. But that's not all. Kevin Ertell, author of "The Strategy Trap" is our very special guest co-host, helping us dissect a busy week in retail news. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

".. The last few years have been a steady exercise in market humility. 'Oil can’t go negative.' It did. 'Russia will always be a reliable supplier of gas to Europe.' It wasn’t. 'Hormuz is too important to actually stop.' Until it did." - Morgan Stanley

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Nepo ayatollah.

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

NEW EPISODE ALERT! Is Walmart's decline in physical store sales alarming, surprising, or revelatory? This week we use that (largely ignored) stat to dive into what far too many leaders still get wrong about modern retail. All this but the latest in retail news. www.stevenpdennis.com/podcast

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

New from me on Substack: "The Bifurcation of (Nearly) Everything." Plus impressive chutzpah from Richard Baker (aka "this f***ing guy), understanding the new consumer, and I debut my new rules for retail radicals. pardonthedisruption.substack.com/p/the-bifurc...

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The Bifurcation of (Nearly) Everything

The tyranny of average, plus understanding the "new consumer," this week in chutzpah, and new rules for retail radicals.

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Iconic tech journalist and Founder of The New Consumer Dan Frommer joins us from the Narvar remote podcast studio at the NRF "Big Show" to unpack the consumer trends you need to know right now. All this, plus we dissect a consequential week in retail news. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

WSJ EDITORIAL BOARD: “.. If your tariff policy is so unpopular that you have to bully the central bank into not talking about it, maybe it’s time for a new policy.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/opinion/kevi...

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Recorded live at the NRF "Big Show" Henry Spear, SVP Digital JDSports NA and David Morin, VP Customer Strategy at Narvar join the pod to discuss agentic commerce and how leveraging product returns can create competitive differentiation. www.stevenpdennis.com/podcast

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Fellow RETHINK Retail Top Retail Experts Jack Stratten and Kevin Ervin Kelley join the pod to discuss the future of stores. Turns out physical retail is evolving, but not remotely close to dead. All this, plus we unpack the most important retail news of the week. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

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Different Not Dead: Creating Irreplaceable Stores with Jack Stratten & Kevin Ervin Kelley, Plus Amazon Earnings, Walmart's Trillion $ Moment, and Luxury Bifurcation.

Podcast Episode · Remarkable Retail Podcast · 02/10/2026 · 56m

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

My latest "Pardon the Disruption" Substack newsletter takes on why incremental change is very unlikely to get you where you need to be in a world where you must aim higher, move faster, and act more boldly. pardonthedisruption.substack.com/p/our-bold-n...

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Our Bold New Plan to Suck Less

The next shoe drops at Saks, the more you know (tariff edition), Bad Bunny leadership lessons, and, turns out, physical retail: still not dead.

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

My latest "Pardon the Disruption" weekly Substack takes on the dangerous nonsense of the "never give up" cult, PLUS my takes on the retail stories that mattered this week. pardonthedisruption.substack.com/p/quitting-i...

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Quitting Is Underrated

Plus the fault in Amazon's stores, meet the new boss, same as the old boss, and retail's persistent, undeniable reality.

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

JUST DROPPED! Retail OGs David J. Katz and Billy May join The Remarkable Retail Podcast to deliver a master class on what's new and next in retail that you can't afford to miss. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

JUST PUBLISHED ON SUBSTACK: "My Baker's Dozen of Provocative 2026 Retail Predictions." pardonthedisruption.substack.com/p/my-bakers-...

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My Baker's Dozen of Provocative 2026 Retail Predictions

My Baker’s Dozen of Provocative 2026 Retail Predictions

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

JUST DROPPED: The annual predictions episode of The Remarkable Retail Podcast!! This year I deliver a baker's dozen of (reasonably) educated guesses on the stories that will define 2026, featuring Target, Starbucks, Nike, Saks Global, SEPHORA, Amazon, and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

“The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.” - Heather Cox Richardson

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

BIG NEWS! The online leadership course based on "Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption"--my most recent bestselling book--is now available on Coursera! www.coursera.org/learn/packt-...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

KRUGMAN: “.. How did a great, sophisticated nation, one of the world’s longest-standing republics, end up so fragile that it can be undone by one man’s dementia?” @pkrugman.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/01/2026

In “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. outlined a strategy to expose the brutality of his opponents. Anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota are following his script—and it’s working, @galbeckerman.bsky.social argues:

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Minnesota Had Its Birmingham Moment

In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. outlined a strategy to expose official brutality. Anti-ICE protesters are following it—and it’s working.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 17/01/2026

“If you try to take my hostage I’m going to shoot myself in the foot.”

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Steve Dennis @stevedennis.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

"Welcome to the Failure Conference, this week's "Pardon the Disruption" Substack newsletter has gone live! open.substack.com/pub/pardonth...

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I very much agree with this. This isn’t careful planning. It’s not 3-D chess. It’s a bunch of really bad people trying to quickly do the really bad things they dream about because nobody ever hugged them or told them they were acting like a jackass.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Apparently, it is now acceptable to attain a new status in life, simply by proclamation. I hereby declare I am a 6' 2", 27 yr-old EGOT winner who is currently dating Taylor Swift. Thank you for your attention to our delusions.

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