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Battle of the superapps: GoTo vs Sea in Indonesia

Inside Retail

The e-commerce market is worth more than $100 billion in Indonesia this year, and the e-commerce arms of two superapps – GoTo and Sea – are going head to head for No. 1 position in the hearts, minds, and wallets of Indonesia’s consumers. At that time, three players – Tokopedia, Lazada, and Bukalapak – owned the market.

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Behind the evolution of 107-year-old Japanese eyewear brand Tanaka Optical

Inside Retail

It operates more than 100 stores in Japan, manufacturing and marketing spectacles, contact lenses and hearing aids as well as selling other optical goods. We have been aiming to deepen our understanding of local customers in Singapore and learn about local business models after acquiring Flo in September 2019.

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7 Indicators You’re Managing Bad Inventory (and How to Fix It)

Retalon

You’ve heard it referred to as, overstocks, write-offs, dead-stock, excess, spoiled, expired, and unsold. Last minute markdowns that offload stock at a loss. There is constant manual intervention, this may be transferring inventory between stores or ordering new stock. What is bad inventory called day-to-day?

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5 Online Hacks to Boost Local Footfall to Your Store

Retail Next

So far in 2019, Macy’s, and even Walmart, have announced plans to close some of their stores, while Barney’s New York has filed for bankruptcy. The way consumers are shopping has changed and many larger chains have failed to keep up with the trends. Stocking exclusively in-store products. Putting on special in-store events.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 305 Amazon and Shopify Q1 2023 Earnings

Retail Geek

Jason: [1:48] Yes unfortunately not a large enough chunk of the total addressable Market are Geeks. billion consumers a month, are going to chat. And it seems like consumers are continuing to embrace that. 11:40] So that was a that was a long part but that was I thought it was kind of interesting.

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

A shock to the system of western merchants and consumers who had largely operated with an assumption of unconstrained access to whatever they’ve wanted, whenever they’ve wanted it. While cotton could indeed be sourced elsewhere, the US had several distinct market advantages. By the time the Civil War ended, and U.S.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 265 – News, retailer earnings, and listener questions.

Retail Geek

Famous Last Words I’ll probably be dead wrong I doubt so anytime you do a merger or an acquisition of this size like you do have to get regulatory approval, I kind of don’t think this is gonna be that tough because Amazon doesn’t have a lot of. [11:09] Jason: [10:36] I mean yeah it is funny to think about but yeah.