Retalon

JULY 9, 2021

Business Specific Analytics and AI for Specialty Retail. The word “retail” gets used interchangeably as if all retailers are all the same. Once you start “peeling the onion”, you quickly discover that each retailer has business-specific considerations that are critical for their business. Not that much.

Specialty Retailers 41

Specialty Retailers Accounting Sporting Goods Location 41

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A number of craft brewers not only offer curbside pickup but deliver four-packs and six-packs, not just cases, to consumers using their sales teams, particularly if the sales representatives are not able to be out on the road calling on accounts. Some wineries offer consumers free shipping for “lockdown packs”.

Specialty Retailers 130

Specialty Retailers Accounting Outdoor Consumer 130

Retalon

JULY 27, 2021

Once you start “peeling the onion”, you quickly discover that each retailer has business-specific considerations that are critical for their business. For instance, Destination resorts that run gift shops must account for occupation rates in their hotels as well as weather. Last year’s data is not reliable.

Specialty Retailers 41

Specialty Retailers Accounting Jewelry Location 41

Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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. Shein, another ultra fast fashion retailer, adds between 500 to 2,000 new items on its website every day.

Fast Fashion 98

Fast Fashion Fashion Apparel Department Stores 98

Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

No Live Streaming Commerce Still not meaningful in US in 2023 (less than 5% of social commerce in US) Yes Jason Total Score: 3 of 5 Scot : Amazon uses this 2022 setback/slowdown/reversion to the mean for a public resetting of expectations, but behind the scenes they take share and raise the bar on shipping. Shein successful IPO.

Drop-Shipping 59

Drop-Shipping Apparel Shipping Fast Fashion 59

Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

Best & Less sees itself as a hybrid between a discount department store (DDS) and specialty retailer. “We We are a value retailer, like DDS participants, but we approach it with a specialty mindset. On being everyday low cost. For us, quality and value must go hand in hand,” Orrock said. “We

Planning 130

Planning Department Stores Shipping Specialty Retailers 130

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 2, 2021

For lifestyle retailer Urban Outfitters, mobile personalization is the sweet spot — the brand wins customer loyalty through its app by generously rewarding ‘total behavior,’ such as incentivizing users for connecting a social media account to the app or attending an in-store event. You avoid wasted spend and develop tailored content.

Customer Experience 148

Customer Experience Specialty Retailers Marketing Spend Management 148