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

Stores are a critical part of any retailer’s eCommerce strategy since customers often start shopping in a store and then order online or they elect to pick up their purchases in store. Back in 2020 Best Buy highlighted the important link between stores and eCommerce. Stores continue to play a critical role.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 17, 2023

In May of 2021 Shein became the most downloaded shopping app on iOS and Android in the United States, with Amazon coming in second. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Do you like this content? Source: Bloomberg.

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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. Brick and mortar shopping isn’t dying. JD.com believes offline shopping plays an important role in its growth and success. Omni-channel retailing is alive and well in China. In 2021 JD.com generated revenues of $149.3

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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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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. First Amazon disrupted traditional brick and mortar shopping by selling online then many entrepreneurs followed suit hoping to grab a piece of the pie. In 2020 Casper lost $89.6

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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

Shein, another ultra fast fashion retailer, adds between 500 to 2,000 new items on its website every day. Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days. Commenting on the growth of Shein TechCrunch wrote : “[Shein] manufactures in China as many apparel retailers do.

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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 test and learn approach.”. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 9, 2022

There are many different theories about how the in-store shopping experience will change over the next decade. One of the areas several retailers are focusing on is the fitting room. Scanning QR codes as you shop to retrive product information is another feature of in-store shopping you will see more of. Fast shipping.

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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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Rangeme

APRIL 12, 2022

In 2020, the industry saw sales of pet products top $100 billion in sales for the first time—and it just keeps growing. And in 2021, Barkbox saw their revenue jump by 130% between April and September, compared to the same time frame in 2020.

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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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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. Whether our customers are dining in or shopping for a dinner party, they trust our advice and opinions on products.

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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.

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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. . However, with customers avoiding large crowds such as those typically found on Black Friday, we can’t yet know that shopping conditions will be the same this November/December.

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The great consumer shift: Ten charts that show how US shopping behavior is changing. August 4, 2020. The great consumer shift: Ten charts that show how US shopping behavior is changing. August 4, 2020. November 16, 2020. May 7, 2020. August 4, 2020. November 16, 2020. Last year, 36 % of U.S.

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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? One stop shopping. One stop shopping is not new.

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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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Rangeme

AUGUST 23, 2022

For its seafood, GIANT has transitioned to shipping products from suppliers in reusable plastic crates. We now have over sixty items shipping in the reusable crates,” says Flower. Kellogg has reduced the thickness in some bag-in-box retail packages by 17% to reduce plastic packaging by 214,000 lbs. In the U.S.,

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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.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 5. Wayfair’s customers who shop infrequently put pressure on marketing spend. You need a way to make the model work.” Do you like this content? Its efforts to scale have worked.

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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? Let’s examine Canada’s demographics and retail trends to see why more U.S. These cities outperformed their respective provinces’ year-over-year retail sales and they lie relatively close to the U.S.

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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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Rangeme

APRIL 25, 2022

Purpose-led brands stand out for their principles, as: 80% of global consumers demand sustainability, social responsibility, and transparency from brands and retailers. Macro Trends Impacting Consumers, Retailers, and Product Manufacturers in 2021. 66% of Americans say their social values shape their shopping decisions.

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Rangeme

DECEMBER 7, 2021

How did Beyoncé, Simone Biles, and boozeless beer shape our shopping trends? 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. Overarching Retail Trends. October 14, 2020. , Retail Touchpoints.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

More than 200 million people shop on Amazon each month. During Amazon Prime Day in 2020 third party sellers generated $3.5 Brands have found success on Amazon Even large and well-established retailers who generate significant traffic can benefit from selling on Amazon. The good news…. billion in sales. Do you like this content?

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Rangeme

APRIL 27, 2021

CPG sales growth in 2020. Big Food lost $12B in sales to small CPGs and private label in 2020, IRI says. July 30, 2020. Amid surging popularity, small brands are embracing e-commerce as their first step to connect with global consumers and retail buyers to fuel growth. July 30, 2020. 1 De Socio, Mike.

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