Rangeme

APRIL 8, 2021

Welcome to consumer technology in the age of COVID, where tech gadgets of all kinds became an essential part of the way we lived, worked, learned, entertained and pretty much performed every other activity during 2020. Wellness has taken consumers way beyond Bluetooth headsets and fitness trackers. Take sleep, as an example.

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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

JUNE 19, 2023

Back in 2020 Best Buy highlighted the important link between stores and eCommerce. Our stores played a pivotal role in the fulfillment of these sales [in the fourth quarter of 2020] as almost two-thirds of our online revenue was either picked up in-store or curbside, shipped from a store or delivered by a store employee. “Our

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 22, 2022

JD.com is the second largest eCommerce retailer in China behind Alibaba. billion up 28% over 2020. Speaking about this Xu Lei JD.com’s CEO said : we “can only service certain number of consumers. Selling groceries generate frequent and repeat business and are one of the keys to the success of retailers like Walmart.

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Rangeme

APRIL 12, 2022

Pet supplies are a hot commodity these days as consumers eagerly pamper their pooches and coddle their cats. In 2020, the industry saw sales of pet products top $100 billion in sales for the first time—and it just keeps growing. Whenever lockdown restrictions eased, you saw consumers going back to pet stores,” he notes.

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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. And when your customers demand free shipping or when return costs add up a promising business can be put into jeopardy pretty quickly. Just ask mattress retailer Casper.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

Here are the top five ways retail will evolve in 2020: Loyalty Breaks With Tradition. Leading retailers recognize the need to build dynamic relationships that extend far beyond traditional loyalty programs heading into 2020. A single data breach in the retail industry typically costs more than $1.84

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It was easy for Forever 21 to capture the hearts and minds of young consumers looking for trendy apparel. Although clothing is a department store staple retailers like Sears or specialty retailers like Gap couldn’t keep up with a more nimble fast fashion retailer like Forever 21. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Then Amazon comes onto the scene and shows the retail industry there are other ways to make money including by having a lucrative cloud business or through advertising sales. In addition to getting more of your wallet, a service business like this has better margins than Amazon’s retail business and is less capital intensive.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and consumers around the world were forced to shop online sending digital sales to levels never seen before. While the shift towards selling luxury goods online took place before 2020, the pandemic cemented a new way forward. It’s a strategy that is familiar one in the retail industry.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 1, 2021

Retail experts are expecting a huge boom in brick-and-mortar sales come the spring and summer months since the vaccine rollouts are making consumers more comfortable to shop in person. Now is the time to get ready to fully reopen and for brick-and-mortar retail to come back to life. Post-Pandemic Retail Trends.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But in 2020 Marks & Spencer opened up its website to outside apparel brands. In a small pilot that took place in October of 2020, where Marks & Spencer sold womenswear brand Nobody’s Child on its website, Marks & Spencer found that close to 10% of customers who bought the brand were new to Marks & Spencer womenswear.

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Rangeme

MAY 9, 2022

She teamed up with retired cheesemonger, Raymond Cotteret, in 2020 and got to work on a business plan that would make their dreams come true. We are excited to figure out what ‘normal’ feels like (since we opened in March 2020), double our kitchen size, add events to our service offerings, and grow our team this year.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 13, 2022

Or in the process of trying to turn the ship around many companies make a number of missteps as they desperately try to improve operations. But Tim Hortons, which started working on a turnaround plan in 2020, has been successful in improving its business. In 2021 Tim Hortons had same store sales growth of 10.8% Quality improvements.

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Rangeme

MARCH 8, 2022

Karpan: I joined RangeMe back in 2020 after hearing about the discovery platform from one of our product suppliers. RangeMe: What trends or greater initiatives is J&J Vending focusing its sourcing efforts on? J&J Family. RangeMe: When did you join RangeMe, and how are you using RangeMe? You should see my office right now.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 9, 2022

Fast shipping. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. This vision is on display in Burberry’s first “social retail store” in Shenzhen China which opened in 2020. Do you like this content?

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Like Janet Jackson, more consumers are asking brands, “What have you done for me lately?” In the past three months, more than 80% of consumers purchased a different brand from the one they normally buy and 44% said they would repurchase the new brand even if the original preferred brand was available again. August 4, 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2021

Nothing about 2020 was normal — in fact, for many retailers, the phrase ‘hindsight is 2020’ is one they should reconsider using. . While many customers will have purchases shipped directly to their homes this year, brick-and-mortar stores have rolled out their own solutions that may impact the way we approach the 2021 holidays.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 23, 2022

The consumers who throw it out of their car windows, certainly, but can we also point fingers at retailers and the CPG industry? And although consumers have become used to the convenience of plastic packing, it’s not their problem, Sutherland told RangeMe. Who’s to blame for this waste? And what’s this waste made up of?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2021

December 31, 2020 marked the end of the Brexit transition period, and whilst many took a sigh of relief, in reality the Brexit effect had only just begun. Many retailers are already experiencing increased tariffs and supply chain snags , putting customer satisfaction at jeopardy. The shockwaves presented by Brexit are now imminent.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 30, 2022

New Retail is an initiative aimed at connecting online and offline retail and digitizing stores to provide a better customer experience. While online shopping definitely accelerated in 2020, saying physical retail is more or less obsolete is not true,” said Nishtha Mehta, a China-based corporate innovation coach. “In

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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. growth in 2020. 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%

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 21, 2022

Flipkart is a homegrown company and has provided Walmart with a way to access Indian consumers which are increasingly buying online. With a lower price point the founders believed they had a better chance of getting consumers to give their eCommerce service a chance. Flipkart is the largest eCommerce retailer in India with a 31.9%

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Rangeme

APRIL 25, 2022

Retail companies invest in integrity. As conscious consumerism gains global momentum, more retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers now take their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts seriously. Macro Trends Impacting Consumers, Retailers, and Product Manufacturers in 2021.

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Rangeme

JULY 12, 2022

goods exports in 2020. consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers and retailers need to know about selling to Canadians? consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers and retailers need to know about selling to Canadians? Let’s examine Canada’s demographics and retail trends to see why more U.S. of all U.S.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Wayfair operates on a dropship model where it doesn’t own the majority products it sells to consumers. At one end of the supply chain, an entrepreneur identifies a product – usually through Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress – which they think they can sell to European or American consumers. You need a way to make the model work.”

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 6, 2023

But Zara like many retailers is doubling down on its digital business. In 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when consumers were forced to shift a large share of their spending online, Zara’s digital sales were up 77% representing a third of all sales. Five years ago this would have been impossible.”

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 15, 2022

From small retailers to large retailers sufficient foot traffic has never been more important as consumers elect to do more of their shopping online. But it isn’t just online shopping that is affecting location decisions since the majority of retail sales still happen offline. Do you like this content?

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Rangeme

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As the year winds down, it’s time to review 2021’s retail predictions —and the surprises that popped up along the way. This trend analysis can give U.S. and global consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers and retailers clarity on adapting to and satisfying consumers’ evolving needs. Overarching Retail Trends.

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Rangeme

APRIL 27, 2021

E-commerce is amplifying the Small is Big trend, helping small consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands drive revenue growth and influence global consumption. consumers toward smaller CPG manufacturers. CPG sales growth in 2020. Big Food lost $12B in sales to small CPGs and private label in 2020, IRI says.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

Amazon is the first channel consumers turn to when conducting a product search online ahead of even Google. During Amazon Prime Day in 2020 third party sellers generated $3.5 We have a direct-to-consumer business that's growing and we have a wholesale business that is growing.” That’s a memorable story consumers can relate to.

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