Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. As a way to spend less on marketing Casper started selling in wholesale channels like Target starting in 2016 and began opening stores in 2018. At one point Casper was valued at $1.1

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 27, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Do you remember the time when people looked down on Amazon as a place to shop for clothing? If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 3. Well times have changed. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 9, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon What does the future hold? One of the areas several retailers are focusing on is the fitting room. For more visions of what the future holds consider how these five retailers are reimagining the in-store shopping experience. Picture of Amazon Style. That’s what everyone wants to know.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon 2020 is the year when the eCommerce narrative shifted in a major way. Before everyone was focused solely on Amazon but as retailers were forced to shift sales online during the COVID-19 pandemic a number of retailers came to the forefront with their eCommerce savvy and Walmart is one of those retailers.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 31, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Beyond Meat, the company that is making eating plant-based protein mainstream continues to grow at a fast pace. In 2016 Whole Foods decided to give the company a chance by placing Beyond Meat in its meat section. In 2021 Beyond Meat’s revenue increased by 14.2% to reach $464.7 Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 31, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Another one bites the dust. It joins a slew of American retailers that came to Canada but decided not to stay. Then Saks Fifth Avenue entered the Canadian market in 2016. The trend towards smaller store formats arose well after Nordstrom made its initial plans for the Canadian market.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JULY 21, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon If you are thinking about starting an online business which is often called a direct to consumer business in retail then you are not alone. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 3.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 13, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon It wasn’t too long ago when many felt like Tim Hortons had lost its way. in 2016 to -1.5% 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? Quality improvements.

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Indigo 9 Digital

AUGUST 16, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon It’s hard to walk down the street without seeing the everlasting impact of Michael Jordan’s legacy. In 2016 Mike Parker, former CEO of Nike, pledged to make the Jordan Brand a $4.5 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

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon If you went back in time to a decade or so ago and someone told you that they want to make a pair of sneakers out of the same wool your grandma uses to make your Christmas sweaters you would have thought, that’s a terrible idea. But that’s exactly what Allbirds did when it launched its Wool Runner sneaker in 2016.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon When thinking about successful brands that started out online goop may not come to mind. That prompted Paltrow to launch goop’s first product line, a collection of beauty products without toxic ingredients in 2016. The line called goop by Juice Beauty quickly became a hit. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 30, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Alibaba is a Chinese eCommerce giant generating a higher gross merchandise volume (GMV) than any company in the world including Amazon. In fact, we saw the acceleration of offline retail as well—there’s more of a shift toward a true omnichannel integration.” Create a true omni-channel retail chain.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 30, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Since The Ordinary launched in 2016 it has taken the skincare world by storm. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Is it all hype or a clever business strategy? Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon You may have eaten one of her famous Compost Cookies or seen her as a judge on MasterChef. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox Have a vision Tosi’s vision for her life started early. not analysis.”

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 6, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon With $1.4 In fact, we saw the acceleration of offline retail as well—there’s more of a shift toward a true omnichannel integration.”. 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?

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 27, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Target is one of several retailers experiencing unprecedented growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. For such a large retailer that is a remarkable growth rate but is that success all due to the pandemic or is it several years in the making? Its eCommerce sales were up 20.8% last year on top of 144.7%

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Luggage from direct to consumer brand Away By Tricia McKinnon The CEO of digitally native menswear brand Indochino said it right when he stated : “customer acquisition is the hardest part of running an online-only business.” It began selling a wool sneaker in 2016. Do you like this content? Instead of selling, give back.

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon If you haven’t shopped at Restoration Hardware (RH) then you have likely walked past one of its luxury stores. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Restoration Hardware’s store in Yorkdale Mall.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon From small businesses to global juggernauts the question of whether to sell on Amazon is a pressing issue. 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?

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