“Walmart is betting on a future where its giant stores will quickly get groceries to your door, replace the doctor’s office and rent out computing power to passing drones and autonomous cars.” | learn more
Is it 35% or 5%? “Amazon is a big company, but what does that mean? How big is ‘big’? What does ‘dominant’ or ‘scale’ or ‘huge’ mean when US retail is $6 trillion every year?” Written by VC Ben Evans. | learn […]
“Dave Clark has twin challenges: ensuring packages arrive on time and keeping workers safe.” He’s also the guy who fired FedEx. | learn more
From Deloitte: “With the resale market growing 21x faster than the retail apparel market in the past three years, we wondered if holiday shoppers would be willing to gift a used item. We found that just over a quarter (27 […]
The list includes all the big ones since 2015, including commentary. Turns out high debt + online competition + lack of tech investment is a bad recipe for solvency. | learn more
“Amazon has become a lucrative place to do business for many Hasidic Jews, offering anonymity to a largely insular community and allowing women to work from home.” | learn more
“When it comes to creating a great D2C brand, there are so many little moving parts to consider. So we thought it would be worth checking in with marketers who have remarkable D2C experience for their advice on the subject. […]
Retailers, including the hip direct-to-consumer variety, are more often turning to phone calls and text messages to reach potential customers. “Telemarketing is no longer relegated to scammers, insurance companies and debt consolidation firms. Unsolicited calls and texts are becoming a […]
“Several start-ups think they have solutions that can compete with the multinational tech giant.” I find the challenge of local ordinances (like requiring cash payments) really interesting here. | learn more
“Monthly visits to Starbucks dropped 6.8% compared with other nearby coffee shops after the open-bathroom policy was put in place in May 2018, according to a joint study released Tuesday by academics from the business schools at the University of […]