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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Gen Z Alternative to Credit Cards

Retail TouchPoints

With the advent of Apple’s Pay Later offering, greater attention has been paid to the BNPL market. Market leaders such as Afterpay and Klarna forged new brand partnerships, and as their offerings became more visible, it quickly became an alluring option, particularly for the emergent Gen Z.

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Gucci’s new challenge: reigniting heat while boosting timeless appeal

Inside Retail

De Sarno, a senior fashion designer from Valentino, is tasked as creative director with reviving the fortunes of the brand that accounted for two-thirds of Kering’s profits in 2021. For Bernstein analyst Luca Solca, Gucci needs to make a strong statement to return to the center stage.

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

It wouldn’t be precisely accurate to count Bookshop.org among the successful conquerors, since its 1% market share of print book sales is dwarfed by Amazon’s approximately 50% (by some estimates, it’s even more). But then, “from the years of like 2009 to 2018, I just watched Amazon start eating everybody’s lunch,” he said.

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What is Cryptocurrency and How Does it Work?

Small Biz Trends

Bitcoin miners offer indispensable support to the operations of blockchain and in return are often rewarded with newly created cryptocurrencies and transaction fees. The popularity of cryptocurrency has led to the spawning of thousands of cryptocurrencies with a global cryptocurrency market now valued at almost $2 trillion.

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

Retail TouchPoints

consumers are active subscribers, according to the Subscription Trade Association (SUBTA) , and the global subscription industry is predicted to reach $275 billion in market value this year. How do we separate our marketing messages from our transactional messages? Four Steps to Subscription Success. How do we speak to people?

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Analysis: Decision time looms at DJs and Myer boardrooms

Inside Retail

Myer floated on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2009 with a market capitalisation of $2.4 Woolworths, the multi-brand South African retailer, bought David Jones for $2.1 billion in 2014, and its value is now possibly about $334 million after writedowns and the sale of $630 million in properties.

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Vestiaire Collective’s fast-fashion ban: clever or counterproductive?

Inside Retail

Our goal is to prevent overconsumption and overproduction by holding big polluters – mass-market producers – accountable through stronger and larger extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations.” Actions run deeper Wone stressed that Vestiarie Collective’s actions run deeper than banning fast fashion from its platform.