The executive chairman of Hudson’s Bay details the origins of and the logic behind the blockbuster deal to sell Lord & Taylor’s flagship Fifth Avenue store in New York.

Gwynnie Bee, a subscription fashion business, isn’t the only small company that could have a big impact on an industry’s profitability. Companies with proprietary software can change the way products are sold even for their competitors.

This company has growth that looks more like a software business than an apparel business. But they’ve gone from zero to billions in four years. Why did that happen and what’s so special about them?

Earlier today, Nordstrom announced that the effort to take the company private is on hold and that they’ll revisit it after the holidays. I doubt it. Here’s why the deal is effectively dead.

The future of retail is very different from what it was in the past. It will include technology, a merging of online and in-store and lots of new technology to give consumers what they want.