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JUNE 16, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon If you find yourself shopping at your local dollar store more and more you are not alone. Dollar General has said in the past (2017) that it only costs $250,000 for it to open a new store. In 2020 Dollar General recorded its 31st year of consecutive same store sales growth. to reach $37.8

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 12, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Streetwear brand Supreme is one of the most sought after apparel brands in the world. 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? What defines luxury merchandise is also changing.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 4, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Amidst a shakeup in the retail sector over the past decade dollar stores have been particularly resilient. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 4. Do you like this content?

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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

APRIL 19, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Chances are when it’s a Friday night and you are thinking of ordering in, pizza comes to mind. Domino’s Pizza then teamed up with Ford in 2017 to test self-driving cars for delivery. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 4.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon The era of celebrity beauty brands is here. Taking cues from Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty line which launched with 40 shades of foundation in 2017, in 2020 Selena Gomez launched Rare Beauty with 48 shades of foundation and concealer. Lean into diversity. Have a successful brick and mortar partner. “I

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 31, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Nordstrom has been in business for over 100 years, since 1901. That’s a long time, almost an eternity in the fickle retail sector. In September of 2017 Nordstrom launched a new store concept called Nordstrom Local. After many decades of success Sears struggled to stay on top only to fall out of favour.

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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? If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. That was back in 1969. Do you like this content? A lack of focus. to make upgrades.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 3, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon There aren’t many brands that have done a better job with diversity and inclusion than Rihanna’s Fenty brand. Whether it’s Savage X Fenty or Fenty Skin or Fenty Beauty she has done what many retailers have struggled to do, make products that appeal to everyone. I see you. I hear you. I want to serve you.”.

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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. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 3. At one point Casper was valued at $1.1

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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. Shopping today may not always mean going to a store and looking at a vast amount of inventory,” said Shea Jensen, Nordstrom’s former senior vice president of customer experience in 2017. “It

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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. Zak Normandin, Dirty Lemon’s founder said cost per action on Facebook increased by a factor of three between 2017 and 2018. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 16, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon , Emily McCullough and Ben Rudolph Brick and mortar retail is still the way most consumers like to shop. If you are struggling to increase your same store sales and are looking for ways to increase foot traffic here are 20 ideas taken from leading retailers that you can use to kick start sales.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Acquiring new customers isn’t an easy task for anyone. Toys “R” Us was a popular brand but it was saddled with debt leading it to file for bankruptcy in 2017. 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 11, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon For as much as we hear the words “the customer experience” the experience we have with many retailers often feels less than ideal. In defence of the retail industry delighting customers is not an easy thing to do. Do you like this content? Have a fun and friendly atmosphere. billion grocery chain.

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MAY 10, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Starbucks is a company that has long known that the future of retail is tied to technology. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox Starbucks’ mobile app is also tied to its loyalty program.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 23, 2023

Target’s All in Motion private label clothing brand By Tricia McKinnon One of the oldest tricks in a retailer’s playbook is to have a portfolio of great private label brands. Back in the early 2000s Target was known for its cheap chic clothing but by the time the recession hit in 2008 and 2009 Target had lost its way.

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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. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 3. Do you like this content? Consider multiple avenues for growth.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Wayfair is more than just a pretty website, the company has been able to penetrate the online home goods market in a way that few competitors including Amazon have been able to. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 5.

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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. This is a brand new model," said Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang in 2017. Hema just is an example” of Alibaba’s vision for brick and mortar retail. billion in its 2014 IPO.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon There’s Nike, then Adidas and coming in third place in terms of revenue is Puma. One its key partnerships was with Rihanna who was Puma’s creative director from 2014 to 2017. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 4.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 30, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered new eCommerce stars and they aren’t all named Amazon. The pandemic provided a large boost but the truth is that Nike made a strategic decision to focus on its direct business in 2017. How did Nike increase its eCommerce sales so dramatically? Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 10, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon It seems unlikely doesn’t it that one of the retailers who leads in digital is a coffee company? Starbucks, the largest coffee company in the world, also has one of the best digital businesses in all of retail. What does your daily coffee fix have to do with eCommerce? Apparently, a lot.

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon Block (formerly known as Square), the company entrepreneur Jack Dorsey built to serve small businesses in need of better financial tools and resources, continues to expand. 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

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

MAY 10, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon The digital economy, everyone wants in but some are doing better than others. From adding digital ordering kiosks in restaurants to creating one of the most widely used mobile apps in the retail sector many companies are taking cues from McDonald’s. Do you like this content?

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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 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.” Five years later Everlane back tracked and opened its first store in 2017. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 15, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon If anyone says being a retailer is easy they are lying. From labour shortages, to supply chain issues to the pandemic retailers are struggling. Whether you are new to the sector or have been in the trenches for decades there are many strategies the most successful retails are using to succeed.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon With Aerie’s revenues up 11% in the third quarter of 2022 to reach $350 million Aerie continues to perform well. Holding a summit is a move that Goop, another popular brand, took when it held its first In Goop Health Summit in 2017. So what is Aerie doing differently to continue to prosper?

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 28, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon How easy is it to turn a brand around? The retail sector is littered with companies like Sears, Lord & Taylor, Forever 21, Ann Taylor, J.Crew and Blockbuster that couldn’t keep up with the times. By 2017 with sales still in decline Abercrombie & Fitch appointed Fran Horowitz as CEO.

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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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