Inside Retail

OCTOBER 11, 2023

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 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

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. Sprinkle in some accounting for seasonality and you’ve got inventory management 101.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Started selling fashion and store stock Closeouts Retail Arbitrage early days of eBay and then when I was 18 years old. Matt: [11:33] Applesauce back and everything yeah I’m the Costco dead. Matt: [2:05] No not at all actually spent six months in in college dropped out was one of the original I started selling on eBay 1999.

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