Inside Retail
OCTOBER 11, 2023
A few years ago, it seemed like every new brand making noise in the market was adopting a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business model. Like many trends, the discourse around DTC is a rollercoaster, ranging from ‘DTC is dead!’ million before going public in 2020. (It to ‘Look at this amazing DTC brand! Everyone should do this.’
Inside Retail
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Through Covid, we have seen a vast number of permanent store closures, which has somewhat re-ignited the ‘stores are dead’ debate. Once one becomes popular, we seem to quickly look for a new one and proclaim the old one ‘dead’, even if most of the industry hasn’t caught up. My big question here is about balance. Experiential stores.
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Inside Retail
AUGUST 7, 2022
During the pandemic-forced lockdown in 2020, Shruti sold Alphonso mangoes and locally sourced vegetables to fellow residents in her apartment building in India. It did not take her long to realise the potential of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) to supply Indian consumers. ApnaKlub, the start-up.
Retail Minded
MARCH 10, 2022
Very few retail leaders would argue that the role of physical stores are the same as they were at the start of 2020. Brand health includes customer loyalty, the consumer experience journey and customer connectivity. The store of yesteryear may be dead, but the store of today is undergoing somewhat of a renaissance.
Inside Retail
JULY 28, 2021
The Covid-19 outbreak urged consumers to change their buying and shopping behaviors not only in Singapore but worldwide. SW: It has been a rather erratic 2020, predominantly dictated by the government‘s Covid measures. SW: It was both nerve-wracking and exciting to open our very first Tanaka flagship store during the pandemic.
Retail Gazette
AUGUST 15, 2023
Phones4U collapsed into administration in 2014 and Currys-owned Carphone Warehouse closed all its standalone stores in 2020. That’s not to say the mobile phone shop is dead. According to managing director of commercial Bridget Lea, the format welcomes in “a new EE” focusing on “fulfilling all our consumer tech needs”.
Retail Prophet
JULY 18, 2022
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. But in the process also opened global consumer markets to risks that would make the cotton collapse of 1861 look like a picnic. Image Credit: Hip To Save).
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