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From smart carts to Gen Alpha: here are the five big retail trends set to shape 2024

Retail Times

Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and more besides! Who would have thought in 2010, for example, asking an AI bot for shopping advice just over a decade later? Over the years, our shopping habits evolve in line with societal changes.

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How a Popular Beauty Blog Turned into Glossier

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Glossier emerged out of the popular blog Into the Gloss which Emily Weiss launched in 2010. According to Glossier’s former chief marketing officer, Ali Weiss: “even when we started ITG [Into the Gloss] back in 2010, it was never about beauty products — it was always about learning about products through people.

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5 Lessons Learned from Shake Shack’s Strategy & Growth

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If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 4. Then in 2010 the first Shake Shack outside of New York opened in Miami. That’s a far cry from Five Guys which opened 145 stores between 2010 and 2013. Do you like this content?

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20 Things You Need to Know about Chick-fil-A’s Success

Indigo 9 Digital

Chick-fil-A has experienced an impressive level of growth, growing annually at 15% between 2010 – 2018 while the restaurant industry as a whole only grew by 3.4% Since 2010 Subway’s market share in the United States has declined from 12% to less than 8%. during that time period. Do you like this content?

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8 Reasons Why Blockbuster Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

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If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. While many focus on Netflix’s singular role in Blockbuster’s demise big box retailers like Walmart , Target and Best Buy also played a role. Do you like this content? A flawed business model.

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From Clicks to Bricks: Expanding Brand Loyalty Through Physical Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Now may be the perfect time for more DTC brands to explore physical retail — in a post-COVID-19 landscape with prime real estate more affordable than ever, and shoppers seeking social interaction as they become comfortable visiting retail stores again. An Emerging Retail Trend.

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Warby Parker’s Strategy: 6 Things it Did Differently to Get a $2 Bln Valuation in a Decade

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Both magazines ran stories on the brand on February 15, 2010 the day Warby Parker’s website launched. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Do you like this content? Giving back.

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