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Turning Retail Losses into Profits

Retail TouchPoints

External economic factors, such as fluctuating interest rates, an unpredictable housing market and persistent inflation have prompted consumers to rethink their spending habits. Faced with shifting economic and consumer dynamics, retail leaders strive to unlock strategies that turn losses into profits. In 2019, it declined to 6.7%

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Inside the rise of the ‘art-lennial’

Inside Retail

Historically, the art world has been synonymous with exclusivity and for the most part, inaccessible to a mass consumer base,” Tom Woodger, vice president of cultural marketing at StockX, told Inside Retail. “In The rise of the art-lennial. billion globally in 2019, or just over 7 per cent of the overall art market. “In

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Retail’s New Normal: Here’s What Retailers Should Focus On As The Country Continues To Reopen

Retail TouchPoints

Today, retailers need to change that mindset in order to keep up with consumer demands — a diversified supply chain is no longer a bottom-line booster, but a competency needed to survive. An offering that retailers may want to keep top of mind, especially during this time, is ship-from-store.

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How to Make the Most of Free Google Shopping Listings

Retail TouchPoints

All consumers have to do is search for their desired product or service, and they’ll be able to see a listing that’s relevant to their query. And while companies would ordinarily have to pay to list their products, for the first time since 2012, they can now do so for free.

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Gen Z: Merchants of cool or brand killers?

Inside Retail

My Gucci Marmont bag from Vestiaire Collective has shipped. Single Mum school drop off duties for my Gen Z daughter before hitting the desk for work. Harvard consumer researcher Professor Susan Fournier would say that our brands are akin to our best friends, acquaintances, lovers, and dalliances. Definitely pre-Covid.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 296 – Guardian Baseball Co-Founder Matt Kubancik

Retail Geek

Mark is an experienced Marketplace seller, and his current business Guardian Baseball is a hybrid seller selling both wholesale and owned brands direct to consumer from a Shopify site, and via multiple marketplaces including Amazon. Um during think my first year of high school sold baseball cards ironically and then.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 285 – 2021 Full Year and Holiday Data Deep Dive

Retail Geek

Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 285 being recorded on Thursday January 20th 2022 that’s a heck of a lot of 2012’s. Episode 285 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday Jan 20th, 2022. Transcript. Retail foot traffic across the country and so I put together a data set so on Slide. [20:21]

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