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Walmart Sues BJ’s Over Mobile Self-Checkout Technology

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has filed a lawsuit against BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. The suit alleges that the app infringes upon features of the Scan & Go technology introduced by Walmart subsidiary Sam’s Club in 2016 and adopted by Walmart in 2018. Walmart Inc. over its mobile Express Pay shopping app. Walmart Apollo, LLC against BJ’s in U.S.

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Milwaukee distributor hit with record fine for resale price maintenance

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The penalties are the highest imposed for resale price maintenance in Australia, according to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). Techtronic admitted it had entered into 97 agreements with retailers and dealers between January 2016 and July 2021.

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DTC Activewear Brand Vuori Valued at $4B After Latest Funding

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Launched in 2016 as a DTC business, Vuori has since expanded to brick-and-mortar via wholesale at retailers including Nordstrom and REI , as well as with 10 standalone stores. Vuori has received a $400 million investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 that values the activewear brand at $4 billion just six years after its debut.

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Graf Lantz Seeks Growth Without Sacrificing Product Quality or Sustainability

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For most of its 15 years in operation, Graf Lantz had a cult-like following based on its timeless product designs and emphasis on high-quality, sustainable materials — conditions that led to a steady 25% year-over-year growth rate since 2016. Our founders are not consumers in context of the ‘consumerist culture,’” Gopinath explained.

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DTC Brands Forge Unique Paths to Growth

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As many direct-to-consumer brands are learning, there is no one-size-fits-all strategy for growth. As the concurrent shift toward consumer privacy and away from third-party cookies continues, brands are going to have to intelligently leverage data to better understand their consumers and forge more strategic (and unique) paths to growth.

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How soda brand Olipop leverages pop-culture moments to grow

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Pooling together the US$100,00 they received from selling Obi in 2016, Goodwin and Lester dived back into the world of healthy sodas and ended up hitting a grocery retail jackpot. By the end of 2024, the brand is set to hit US$500 million in sales, over double the US$200 million Olipop generated in 2023.

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Consolidation and live shopping: Four e-commerce trends to watch in 2023

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In Australia, the battle lines between marketplace and direct-to-consumer (DTC) were drawn, and now, the battle has been won. According to McKinsey in 2022, the average B2B customer now uses more than 10 channels to engage with a company, up from five channels in 2016. Over time, this will change traditional wholesale for the better.

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