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“I didn’t have any formal experience in the retail industry”: Alyce Tran

Inside Retail

There aren’t so many brands playing in the Gen Z-Millennial market in the home goods vertical. I have expanded my retail skills to include wholesale relationships, something I did not do with TDE. In The Roundhouse is the brand, and it has gone from strength to strength in the last few years.

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Are Third-Party Marketplaces the Growth Driver Legacy Retail is Looking for?

Retail TouchPoints

They join a growing roster of retailers that are expanding their online reach by allowing third-party brands to sell directly through their ecommerce sites , bypassing traditional wholesale relationships. In practice, however , most of the new third-party marketplaces being launched don’t look anything like Amazon.

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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

Then in 2020 Casper’s sales and marketing expenses were $156.8 That is significantly higher than what companies typically spend on sales and marketing. Take department store Kohl’s, last year its marketing costs were only 4.9% Casper now has more than 60 stores and several retail partnerships.