Joan Verdon has 25 years experience covering the retail industry, from mega-malls to Main Street shops, and everything in between. She has reported on retail bankruptcies, including Toys R Us and A&P; retail launches and turnarounds, and the phenomenon known as Paramus, N.J., which has more retail square footage per capita than any other suburban zip code in the country. (And no shopping on Sundays!) She has covered retail for The Record of North Jersey, NorthJersey.com., USA Today, and the USA Today Network, and also reported for The Grand Rapids Press, and the Buffalo Courier-Express. She loves covering the retail industry because of how quickly the winners and losers change, and how easy it is for today’s disruptors to become tomorrow’s dinosaurs if they don’t constantly evolve.
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