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Is the DTC business model dead, or just evolving?

Inside Retail

Like many trends, the discourse around DTC is a rollercoaster, ranging from ‘DTC is dead!’ Analyzing over 80 different rigorous peer-reviewed studies on DTC, we discovered a few common insights that prove the DTC model isn’t dead, it’s just evolving and, in fact, it could still be a great way for smaller brands to build customer engagement.

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Retail technology for building recession resilience

I Vend

McKinsey’s research into the way that retailers managed cost reductions in the Great Recession of 2007-2009 found that ‘resilient retailers’ reduced their costs by two percentage points, while their ‘non-resilient’ counterparts increased theirs by the same amount. Retaining customers.

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Breaking Barriers: How Brick-and-Mortar Retailers can Deliver Exceptional Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

People have been saying “Retail is dead” for several years now. in its fiscal year 2023 (ending in September) versus 2022…which may come as no surprise to you at all if you’ve been in a Costco on a Saturday lately. No, retail isn’t dead. Bad retail is dead. The problem is it simply isn’t true. Costco grew revenue by 6.7%

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

McClean had managed to reduce the cost of loading and unloading cargo from $5.83 The result is slow turns, deep markdowns, write-offs, and heaps of dead stock in warehouses, much of which eventually becomes landfill. The myopic focus on low price has lead to an epidemic of markdowns and dead stock.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 296 – Guardian Baseball Co-Founder Matt Kubancik

Retail Geek

Episode 296 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Friday September 23, 2022. Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 296 being recorded on Friday August 23rd 2022 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Transcript.