Retail Geek

JUNE 16, 2021

Digital restaurant marketplaces (Door Dash, Uber Eats) Digital grocery marketplaces (Instacart) Ghost Kitchens (food industry version of private label) Delivery vs Pickup On Prem vs Off Prem Consumption Emerging digital grocery top-off market (GoPuff, Instacart, DoorDash) Amazon evolving grocery strategy (Amazon Fresh, Just Walk Out, Delivery).

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Retail Geek

JULY 7, 2022

Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show this is episode 293 being recorded on Thursday June 30th 2022 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Jason: [0:59] Less XLE than yours it sounds like. Jason: [3:00] News new your margin is there opportunity.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 22, 2021

Shopify wilts a bit – new competition comes out with different angles (marketcap stays static) – No. Walmart – growth slows due to completion of grocery build out. Marc Lore leaves Walmart. Owned brands continue to grow. Shipping (Shopify) – launch own DSP. 2020 Predictions Recap.

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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. Jason: [3:50] It’s dudes buying Walmart frozen pizza and then selling it as a ghost Kitchen on doordash.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

He is currently the CEO of Alex Mill , a digitally native vertical brand, founded by his son Alex Drexler. The interview is full of juicy tidbits including: Getting kicked out of a Levi’s meeting after turning The Gap into a vertical integrated brand with its’ own label. Steve Jobs desire to be a direct to consumer brand.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 9, 2021

Locations include Seattle, DC, Baltimore, Dallas, Nashville, Detroit, Chicago, San Diego, Phoenix launching this year. RetailRazor: Amazon has been getting hit w/an endless series of media articles about their private label development at the expense of other merchants on the platform. – Dept Stores private label apparel.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 31, 2021

In episode 258 we cover some recent industry news, including new information on owned brands at Amazon, Target, and Bed Bath & Beyond. CPG’s and other traditional houses of brands, have not had a lot of recent success launching new brands. Transcript.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 7, 2022

Scot : Amazon move to same day prime by opening a huge wave of neighborhood DCs (near DSPs) Yes Shipping (Shopify) – launch own DSP No Shopify marketplace No ‘zero friction addiction’ sticks – I’ve seen 30-40% repeated a lot, I think it’s 60-80%. Bonus – More store closures in 2021 than 2020. Jason Total Score: 3 of 5.

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