# Professor Anika Sharma's comments on retailer Lord & Taylor's business strategy are referenced

1 Faculty News August 20, 2020 ![retail dive logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Retail-Dive-logo-feature_0.jpg?itok=3-tORRZm)>

Excerpt from [Retail Dive](https://www.retaildive.com/news/a-look-back-at-the-long-history-of-lord-taylor/583823/) -- "'Who is saying, 'Help me plan your wardrobe or your trousseau'?' [Anika Sharma](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/anika-sharma), professor at New York University's Stern School of Business, said in an interview last year. 'This is why brands like Stitch Fix are doing well. I would expect something like that from a place like Lord & Taylor, but the store is not doing well because they've taken those people out. They're a depository of other brands, but they don't stand for something.'"

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