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More recessions lessons from Greenlit Brands, Camilla, Super Retail

Inside Retail

Some of these retailers have gotten into trouble because they foresaw the challenges of the supply chain – the shortage of containers and container ships – and they overspeculated on their inventory, which is just a gamble. Approach: As a retailer, we considered our strategy carefully and studied what was important to our consumer.

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Bells of Steel and an Iron Will: How This Fitness Retailer Grew from $3M to $15M in 18 months

Retail Minded

Back in 2009, Khoozani was supplementing his business degree with a job in a Calgary fitness store when he noticed a lack of Olympic-level equipment, such as bumper plates and kettlebells. He dropped his plans for a corporate job, set up a BigCommerce e-store, took on a silent partner and hired staff. OLYMPIC VISION.

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Subscription Pro Tips: Encourage Loyalty and Long-Term Relationships by Making it Easy to Cancel

Retail TouchPoints

Subscriptions can be tricky business, not least because most consumers at one time or another have had a bad experience with a subscription service. That has not stopped consumers from subscribing though, especially with the rise of new takes on the model (box services, auto shipping and streaming TV, to name just a few).

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