Retail Focus 8/11/17 – Finding Optimism for Kohl’s & Macy’s; Branding of E-Commerce Lifestyle Startups

While most news outlets have come down pretty hard on department stores, we take deep looks into earnings calls from Kohl’s, Macy’s, and JC Penney to find reasons for optimism heading into the third quarter. We also discuss potential retail ramifications of Oregon’s new scheduling law and talk to Racked senior reporter Eliza Brooke about the branding of e-commerce’s lifestyle startups. Our podcast is sponsored by Lightspeed’s speaker series; find out more at https://www.lightspeedhq.com/speaker-series/.