Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A few years ago, it seemed like every new brand making noise in the market was adopting a direct-to-consumer (DTC) business model. Like many trends, the discourse around DTC is a rollercoaster, ranging from ‘DTC is dead!’ to ‘Look at this amazing DTC brand! Everyone should do this.’ million before going public in 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2023

People have been saying “Retail is dead” for several years now. Multinational athletic apparel retailer Lululemon recently announced its net revenue increased 20% (on a constant dollar basis) to $2.2 No, retail isn’t dead. Bad retail is dead. Better inventory management means better business operations, period.

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Retail Prophet

JULY 18, 2022

A shock to the system of western merchants and consumers who had largely operated with an assumption of unconstrained access to whatever they’ve wanted, whenever they’ve wanted it. But in the process also opened global consumer markets to risks that would make the cotton collapse of 1861 look like a picnic. Image Credit: Hip To Save).

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Mark is an experienced Marketplace seller, and his current business Guardian Baseball is a hybrid seller selling both wholesale and owned brands direct to consumer from a Shopify site, and via multiple marketplaces including Amazon. Matt: [11:33] Applesauce back and everything yeah I’m the Costco dead.

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