Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 5, 2022

Launched in 2010 AliExpress is a global retail marketplace. It offers products at wholesale prices and targets overseas consumers many of which live in Russia, Brazil and the United States. Co-founded in 2013 Cainiao is Alibaba’s logistics arm. AliExpress. Hema grocery stores. Alibaba owns 63% of Cainiao. Source: Investopedia.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 31, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Warby Parker is now a household name but in 2008 when the co-founders were at Wharton completing their MBAs they started discussing an idea that has turned into a multibillion dollar business. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 8, 2023

“A few years ago, a prestige brand introduced a new primer format at a $52 price point that quickly became a top primer in prestige,” said Amin. “We e.l.f’s strategy is not lost on the analysts covering the beauty sector with Olivia Tong, managing director and senior consumer staples analyst at Raymond James saying that “we think…[e.l.f.]

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Everlane is a clothing brand that sells high quality basics (cashmere sweaters, cotton t-shirts and jeans) but at lower prices than retailers like J.Crew. ThirdLove is a direct to consumer bra and underwear company which launched in 2013. The exposure can also come at a cheaper price. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 16, 2022

When you look at Amazon you can see that it has always seen itself as more than a book seller. That view helped Amazon to move into new categories and to create successful businesses like Amazon Web Services which sit outside of its core retail business. But the best brands see themselves as serving a higher purpose. Giving back.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 12, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Did you know that at one time Sears was the largest retailer in the world? But at some point there is a tipping point when a company fails on so many fronts it’s impossible to get back up. That insight was the impetus for Sears’, at one time, immensely popular, catalog. That was back in 1969.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 30, 2022

Build your own platform by moving away from wholesale The year was 2013 and 81% of Nike’s business came from wholesale. Compare the experience of shopping for a new pair of shoes or yoga pants at Macy’s versus at Nike’s flagship House of Innovation store in New York. I don’t think as many brands can be as selective as Nike.”

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Then Block added Cash App in 2013. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. New ideas are found at intersections, and we believe there’s a compelling one between music and the economy. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 15, 2022

Danny Meyer, CEO of the Union Square Hospitality Group and founder of Shake Shack believes if you pay employees higher rates they tend to stay longer and are of a higher quality than employees who accept roles at lower rates. We have all seen the retail employee who seems like they would rather be anywhere else than at work.

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Rangeme

JANUARY 4, 2023

Selected participants will be able to choose between in-person meetings at Walmart headquarters or virtual meetings via ECRM Connect. Smith now routinely reviews open Retailer Submissions on RangeMe and submits her products to those that are a good fit. Anything worth doing is worth doing right.”. Chef Flavas.

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Rangeme

JUNE 30, 2022

Okel and her wife are “Out and proud at Empower” and are honored to be certified by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). I now serve as a board member at my local LGBTQ+ chamber of commerce and do the site visits for NGLCC in my community,” Okel concludes. Discover Empower BodyCare on RangeMe here. Punk Ass Vegan.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JULY 18, 2022

The promotion was so successful it helped boost McDonald’s sales not only in 2020 but in 2021 it helped McDonald’s to reverse its declining sales trend with revenues for the year coming in at $23 billion. Now why would Gen Z storm McDonald’s to get a meal that already exists, something they could buy at any time?

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Indigo 9 Digital

JULY 24, 2023

Consumers buy things from people and retailers they trust. That’s why you still shop at the mom and pop grocer across the street from your home. If you look at companies like Apple and Amazon they do a really good job of increasing sales from their existing customer base. Do your customers marvel at your product?

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Rachelle Radcliffe, Director of Brand Development at KeHE. Regarding their experience during the DIVERSEtrade event, Wangene Hall, Director of Marketing at Global Village Foods, explains “We found it easy to engage with KeHE and felt like each step was geared towards our success. Got Paella. Dolce Biscotti. Dolce Biscotti.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But over more than a decade Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand has grown from a weekly newsletter into an eCommerce, media and events empire valued at $250 million in 2018. Those newsletters produced 35% of the traffic to goop’s website at one time. To be successful and to have longevity you will need to reinvent yourself at some point.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

For many years analysts were saying stores are dead but if Walmart didn’t start testing grocery pickup back in 2013 its grocery pickup services would not have performed so well when put to the test during the pandemic. Walmart had this foresight and a decade ago in 2013 it started testing a grocery pickup service.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 28, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Before the advent of streaming Blockbuster was a popular video rental store where customers could rent their favourite movies on VHS tapes or DVDs and watch them at home. At the time Blockbuster could have afforded the purchase price since it had raised $465 million in an IPO a year earlier. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

At the end of the day the criteria for success is rather simple. The exposure can also come at a cheaper price. UNTUCKit found that, at the time, for approximately $350 it could reach 200,000 potential consumers using radio ads. Free samples are really just another form of marketing retailers use to generate more sales.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 28, 2022

If you are curious about what Bezos has to say on these topics then take take a look at some of his most insightful quotes. We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Take inventory of what you are good at and extend out from your skills.

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Hyken

APRIL 3, 2023

Prelini Udayan-Chiechi of Zendesk shares the five big takeways from NRF2023 – and how retailers can deliver a competitive omnichannel customer experience. My Comment: Within the five retail trends shared in this article is a concept called “phygital” retail. She worked on it every day between 4.00

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Rangeme

MARCH 31, 2022

More and more retailers such as Sephora, Nordstrom, Target, and Bloomingdales have embraced this booming category known as sexual wellness. One of our goals at RangeMe is to showcase diverse products to retail buyers and get these products into consumers’ hands. Read on to see how Summer Fouché, Sr.

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