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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. In the 2000s the internet met fast fashion, and a slew of new competitors began to emerge.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 316 Annual Predictions 2024

Retail Geek

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. Scot: [28:09] Yeah.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 264 – Retailer Q1 Earnings and E-Commerce data

Retail Geek

Many categories were wildly up, most notably Apparel which was up 727% vs the same month last year. Um and shop for apparel. [3:41] Um and shop for apparel. [3:41] Apparel had the greatest comp month in the history of apparel since someone like invented the first fur to put on the naked guy. vs Q4 2020, up 39.1%

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 303 Amazon, Walmart and E-com Q4 Results

Retail Geek

Extraordinarily inexpensive apparel and you know inexpensive tchotchkes that you probably didn’t know you need but like if you start browsing the side it for a.m. You’re gonna end up making some ill-advised purchases and then it seems like everything drop ships from factories. on a Friday night you’re.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

Services to other retailer. So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02] So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02]

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

We cover many of the tactical challenges (onboarding SKUs, product content, fulfillment, and curation), as well as the opportunities of this new “CircularCommerce” space. Matt: [18:53] No no that I left before any of those kind of process integration initiatives occurred. And we wound up. [29:43]

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 284 Annual Predictions 2022

Retail Geek

Jason : Made to Order apparel business > 9 figures Yes Retailer offers viable health alt insurance option to consumers No Grocery E-Com > 10% someone deploys(not pilots) MFC Yes Amazon Shopify Competitor (shipping solution) No Retail Media > $20B Yes. 2021 Predictions Recap. Jason Total Score: 3 of 5. 2022 Predictions.