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How UNIQLO Became on the Largest Clothing Retailers

Indigo 9 Digital

Budget conscious consumers flocked to the retailer to buy its inexpensive clothing. UNIQLO’s breakout moment happened 20 years ago when it launched its HeatTech line of merchandise in 2003. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 7.

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Alibaba’s Business Model – How the eCommerce Giant Makes Money

Indigo 9 Digital

It is a consumer-to-consumer platform where small businesses and individuals sell items to consumers. It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Launched in 2010 AliExpress is a global retail marketplace.

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How to Win in Retail: Less Science, More Art

Retail Prophet

E-commerce, which in 2003 amounted to a rounding error on most retailers’ profit and loss statements, has become table stakes for any business wishing to survive. But the shift is bigger than consumer-facing innovations. Most importantly, consumers are looking to retail to play a more artistic role in their lives.

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Abercrombie & Fitch’s Turnaround, Why its Working

Indigo 9 Digital

The brand’s discriminatory behaviour did not go unnoticed and in 2003 Abercrombie & Fitch was sued for racial discrimination by a group of employees and rejected job applicants. Horowitz decided Abercrombie & Fitch would focus on a young millennial consumer while Hollister would focus on a teen consumer.

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The Benefits & Cons of Selling on Amazon, 10 Factors to Consider

Indigo 9 Digital

Amazon is the first channel consumers turn to when conducting a product search online ahead of even Google. If there was a mall where most customers shop, think of the biggest mall in any city, wouldn’t a retailer want to be located there? The Children’s Place started selling on Amazon back in 2003. Do you like this content?

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Normalizing Taboo CPG Topics: Lubricants, Toys, And Menstruation, Oh My!

Rangeme

From period products to sex toys and condoms, women-owned brands are breaking barriers when it comes to “taboo” topics in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. The stigma that these products are somehow “dirty” or “gross” runs deep within societal and retail norms. Are you a buyer on RangeMe interested in FemmyCycle’s products?