Field Notes

Observations on retail, brands, product, assortment and the things that make me stop and wonder why.

Notes on what I‘m seeing in stores and what the numbers underneath it actually say. Some pieces are observation — a retailer, a launch, a shelf set, and the commercial logic behind it. Others are Reality Checks: one specific decision, pressure-tested the way a retailer would.

No. 01 · Retail / Fashion · September 2026

We All Know Walmart Can Do Value. But Can It Prove It Has Taste?

Walmart’s NYC fashion pop-up changed how I saw the retailer. The more interesting question is what happens after you convince a customer to see you differently.

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