Retail Geek

DECEMBER 21, 2021

If you want to follow along on with all the data, here is a visual recap of retail growth 2020-2021. Retailers now compete with social media networks for eyeballs Apparel has shifted from designer led to consumer led, as evidenced by the meteoric rise of Shein. There were clear winners and losers. PDF Download).

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Retail Geek

JUNE 13, 2022

5:15] Another hobby of I guess it was a shared one is we like to coin phrases, one of the ones that I coined was Zero friction addiction so when consumers have these low-friction experiences not only are they great. And this is where we. Jason: [11:03] We got on like The Today Show.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 21, 2022

Like is that does that surprise you at all it has is that has that been your perception that these are Monster year that 2020 and 2021 more Monster years for retail because I feel like that’s not necessarily the narrative we’ve been getting in some of the Commerce media.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 7, 2022

Jason : Made to Order apparel business > 9 figures Yes Retailer offers viable health alt insurance option to consumers No Grocery E-Com > 10% someone deploys(not pilots) MFC Yes Amazon Shopify Competitor (shipping solution) No Retail Media > $20B Yes. Bonus – More store closures in 2021 than 2020.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Episode 254 is a breakdown of Walmart and Shopify Q4 2020 earnings reports, a recap of 2020 sales data from the US Dept Commerce, and Amazon News. 2020 Sales Data. US Dept of Commerce released it’s retail data for December, which gives us a full picture of 2020, as well as the Q4 e-commerce data. versus 3.5%

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Retail Geek

MAY 6, 2024

Scot also outlines Amazon’s Q2 guidance and the potential impacts of consumer spending patterns on the retail sector, including concerns about changing consumer behaviors and economic pressures shaping market dynamics. 2020, 2021, and 2022 were the greatest three years in the history of retail. Scot: [28:06] Coolest.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Like that’s looking like a pretty good Trend that scale starting to help them with their profitability but then in 2020 where they had a lot of extra costs from covid and as we’ll talk about in a bit they’re somewhat store. So what’s a little worrisome about that is. [8:26]

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Retail Geek

MAY 20, 2021

April Sales – Flat vs. March 2021, up 41% vs. April 2020 (severely Covid impacted month). vs Q4 2020, up 39.1% vs Q1 2020. Yeah so they’re a fashion brand they’re a direct-to-consumer fashion brand I mentioned that they’re based in China. US Dept of Commerce Data. Q1 E-Commerce – Up 7.7%

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Jason: [4:56] Yeah and that’s super exciting to me because that I frequently rail against the value of stated preference surveys in our industry and and what we’re talking about today is observed preferences lies actual data and consumer behavior that you’re watching. 2020 and 2021.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

You’re gonna end up making some ill-advised purchases and then it seems like everything drop ships from factories. post so they if you remember back in the day wish was like very slow shipping like to 26 weeks. on a Friday night you’re. In China via u.s. I literally have 60 Cent shirt delivered from China and five days.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

1:24] And just to set it up the you know in my world of start-up land it has been very hard to get an IPO done so there’s been a couple post coated and like late 2020. Jason: [5:06] That’s a we call that a teaser for a future episode. But then the growth in 2021 over 2020 was 24%.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. Jason: [5:06] 11 episode too short so that’s a good Pro tip yeah so lots of lots of good TV it’s been you’re gonna have some good binge-watching win and if you ever do get some free time.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

For retail versus direct to Consumer and so when I got there or there was a there was a. [7:43] 7:43] 100 million Consolidated direct-to-consumer business which was split between catalog and e-commerce, but it was nascent it was not a strategic focus and then you know the founder of their dick ain’t really had.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 20, 2023

Jason: [35:26] Yeah so I’ll give you a yes for that I do think a lot of the instant delivery companies like pulled out of markets or flat went out of business or left the US in 2020 so I think that’s fair. Jason: [37:06] So your third one is metaverse lots of demo videos no Revenue. So I’ll give you a yes.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 21, 2021

Jason: [3:53] Yeah and I would argue also can seemingly consuming more content. And in 2020 it had to be video. 19:06] Five different chains and so there is a Tesco truck and a car do truck a Safeway truck and the sainsbury truck. Going down the street twice a day every day and they all these custom-built refrigerator trucks.

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Retail Geek

MAY 28, 2021

last year) Burlington – Comps up 20% (shutdown e-commerce Q1 2020) Gap – Comps up 28% (up 13% vs 2YA). Jason: [5:06] Yeah well a couple of That’s So a whether Jeff realize it is it or not he could only is the bond villain in this scenario. The consumers can’t. Digital up 82% vs 2 YA.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Jason: [1:06] Yeah but the other way to think about it is that it’s Christmas in October both because retailers are desperately trying to pull holiday sales and but also because Apple finally release the new Macbook Pros that you and I have been waiting for.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 18, 2021

California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020 (CPRA) California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Safari (19% share) 3P cookies blocked as of March 2020 Firefox (4% share) 3P blocked as of Sept 2019 Chrome (64% share) will block 3P January 2022. Background. Privacy Law Changes.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

Jason: [13:06] They’re so sad Paulo is a slightly more East so for me from Chicago it’s two hours ahead for you they’d be one hour ahead of you. 48:14] You know Amazon talked about how they’re seeing that they now have 600,000 skews that they ship in 90 markets same day. [48:24]

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