Mass Relators

AUGUST 15, 2022

Target noted that its digital sales surged by nearly $13 billion between 2019 and 2021, and that virtually all (95%) of the merchandise purchased by Target customers online is fulfilled in the company’s stores.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 7, 2023

of sales, down from last year (2.9%) and 2020 (3%), but still well above 2019 (1%). The average transaction was $44.02, up 3% year over year, likely a result of inflation. The bottom line remained healthy as well, as net income came in at 2.3% Gross margins remained strong (31.2/%).

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 21, 2022

5:53] And it’s 22 percent growth over 2019 and so, if you do have the deck and you were looking at slide for I show you the last 30 years of growth and the thing that will stand out at you is that this year’s growth. You know how the year stack up against each other and you know. [8:35] 21:12] But so in aggregate.

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Mass Relators

AUGUST 16, 2021

Slightly more than half (51%) of 12,646 retail pharmacy customers had used a retail pharmacy’s health and wellness service within 12 months of being surveyed, up from 48% a year earlier and 43% in 2019. Vaccinations and routine screenings were the most frequently used services.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 21, 2021

And I thought actually that’s a choice now because in 2019 you either went or you didn’t do the business. Benedict: [3:57] It is yeah I mean it’s an interim we can maybe go into this later but I had this sort of interesting moment a couple weeks ago when I was asked to speak at a conference in September in Zurich.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

Jason: [23:08] Do you want a little bit of a grapefruit or all of a grape. Jason: [25:08] The computers won’t eat. 27:08] A pretty robust business that the aggregate amount of. Scot: [48:08] So that was the unique nanak’s what did you discover from the cohorts.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

in 2019 E-commerce grew 32% to $792B in sales, vs 15% growth in 2019 E-commerce was 14% of all retail sales (vs 11% in 2019) Jason wrote a detailed recap of 2020 in Forbes: 2020: Not Quite Retail Apocalypse, But Great For E-Commerce. percent good, well 2019 retailgeek rude 3.5% versus 3.5% Walmart Earnings. for the year.

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

4:08] And it’s been really fun each quarter we release our shopping index which is available on salesforce.com built on Tableau and it’s interactive so you can slice and dice it by vertical and by geography and it really helps. Through our Cloud so you think about all the Taps all the clicks all the swipes. [3:48]

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Retail Geek

JUNE 11, 2023

Scot: [3:08] Yeah I know we could have done a live stream when this thing was announced I was excited and then I saw the price and then I saw the promo video and then I saw the reviews and you could just tell they had totally the totally whiffed on the whole thing it was. Scot: [3:00] What is it Jason.

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Retail Geek

JULY 30, 2021

Scot: [34:08] Yeah they don’t break out new net new. There are a bunch of the pandemic trends that would particularly cause small business this is to invest in their own website for the first time and so that that could have could mean that a bunch of, customers on boarded onto Shopify which kind of helped Goose their number.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 11, 2022

It wouldn’t have felt any different than e-tail 2019 felt to me so I think people were like frankly pretty excited about getting back together. Scot: [5:08] Yes so one of the things it’s been a busy week for Amazon so. Scot: [35:08] Finally hit its stride after I got out of the scene.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Jason: [5:08] Those are all good skills but congratulations I know it’s non-trivial ever to get people to have their trust in you and invest and then in this climate in particular I’m sure. Jason: [4:54] Oh my God this episode of the podcast is now like officially worth it just for that that’s a pro tip.

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Retail Geek

MAY 9, 2023

Scot: [27:35] Having Survived the Great Recession of 08 and 09 at Chow buzzer the weird thing about the data was the luxury segment accelerated you have to have the the wealthy folks do find during economic downturns turns out. High inflation is hurting a lot more of the kind of staple Industries a lot more.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 16, 2021

You know 2019 as the economy was really booming you know I think it’s generally a sign of wealth and developed countries is you know a strong strong restaurant, consumption and our consumption so longer-term you know what where does this where does this all go I. [18:37] So did you find it useful or was it a gimmick for you.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 31, 2023

Kasey: [30:08] No I think I. And in 2019 we estimated that that market in the u.s. Scot: [51:08] Yeah and if listeners want to follow your socials where you most active. Negative things and I’m curious like in the aggregate did you I’ll confess I read it and I felt a little depressed like I.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 4, 2023

Scot: [39:08] Yeah and I hope they nail this because my my experience with the physical drugstores always terrible. percent from last year so so. [5:15] 5:32] You know before all this inflation stuff started the Fed was always trying to keep inflation between two point two and three percent so. [5:39]

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Jason: [10:08] Specific hypothetical there Scott. Jason: [33:08] Yeah everyone just wants to talk about ads and AI but it turns out that Amazon is actually a pretty good retailer. It’s a 35 percent versus before the pandemic in 2019 so 1.9% Scot: [10:11] Is randomly chosen just kind of picked it out of the are there.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

Jason: [12:08] Yeah so I think this is a super appealing service, Amazon has a slight credibility problem that they’ll have to overcome and historically they they’re pretty good at overcoming those. Mark Zuckerberg zwei like priorities from from 2019 f8 so it’s not.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Operating income came in at 6.1%, which is the highest since 2019. 18:08] But he pushed it out to 2025. Scot: [24:08] Yeah. That represents 14% year-over-year growth. So that’s good to see. And it’s obviously driven from like the revenue.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Net positive ebit has but they basically have had a net loss every year except 2019 when they broke even. 8:26] You know you like if you look at 2018 you said hey they sold 270 million and they lost 22 million on it in 2019 they sold 370 million and they broke even. So what’s a little worrisome about that is. [8:26]

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Retail Geek

APRIL 8, 2022

ShopTalk held it’s first in-person show since 2019, May 27-30th in Las Vegas. If it’s off from from 2019 it’s only slightly like maybe they had 12,000 attendees in 2019 so, 10 felt like a big show they had a 650 exhibitors. Scot: [53:08] Very cool.

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Retail Geek

MAY 20, 2021

q1 of 2020 versus q1 of 2019 so very robust growth much bigger than typically what we see. 26:08] Curbside curbside did give them their triple-digit grower up a hundred and twenty-three percent. A couple of things I’ll point out that are interesting. [19:22]

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Retail Geek

JUNE 13, 2022

28:42] 36% more stuff than we sold in 2019 so everybody talks about how hard the last two years have been and how challenging and difficult and that’s all true. From from January through April in the u.s. trillion dollars of stuff that’s almost 10% more stuff than we sold in 2020. [28:42]

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 22, 2021

5% of retail in 2019, could be 8-10% in 2020 (as measured by IRI, for CPG private label). Jason: [3:08] That I don’t think you are right. Scot: [6:08] Could happen. Marc Lore leaves Walmart. No on growth, yes on Marc Lore (0.5). Amazon – Opens affordable grocery concept. Digital grocery wars heat up.

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Retail Geek

MAY 28, 2021

Jason: [13:08] Was so I don’t even yeah I don’t even think they said you you you had to proactively file but they said it’s still an antitrust violation and we’re going to prove it in the government won in court and broke them up. Cheaper somewhere else than you sell it on Amazon. [16:44]

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 20, 2023

6:08] Startup automation things that could bring automated picking to store fulfillment or small fulfillment centers or. Scot: [44:08] I give him. Jason: [1:04:08] So fun fact is some people know I have a Forbes column and my my most recent Forbes article was about the demise of e-commerce being overhyped.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 4, 2021

1:00:08] My key takeaways for everyone is it’s going to be a very lumpy like the averages will be interesting we should all follow them but but every.

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Retail Geek

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We do a deep dive into the retail industries growth from 2019 through November 2021. Aggregate sales for 2019 and the aggregate sales for 2021 and saying how much bigger was 2021 than 2019. Like the compounding problem of your 2020 growth include your you know growth over 2019. It’s our final show of 2021!

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

We cover e-commerce sales in November 2021 vs 2020 and 2019. 20/20 and I’d also love to know how he did versus 2019. Jason: [24:29] Yeah just just to sort of echo that point Walmart told me that in 2019 they sold a billion dollars worth of turkeys on Thanksgiving and this year they sold 10 billion dollars worth of turkeys.

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