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Commerce cream
This site curates the best designed Shopify stores and highlights the agencies that created them. It’s a fun place to click around for a bit. | learn more
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Ariana Grande sues Forever 21 for $10 million over look-alike ad campaign
They didn’t want to pay her fee, so they hired a lookalike instead and put her picture next to a Grande quote. | learn more
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Bonobos founder Andy Dunn says DNVB is now overrated
“‘I don’t really like digitally native vertical brands,’ Dunn said. ‘What gets me excited are brands that are really strong and direct-to-consumer, but also have got omni.’” | learn more
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WSJ study shows Amazon marketplace is (sometimes) out of control
“A Wall Street Journal investigation found 4,152 items declared unsafe by federal agencies, deceptively labeled or banned by federal regulators.” | learn more
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The app that has Gen Z hooked on thrifting
I somehow missed this entire thing until now. How neat! “Depop is a sales platform for the secondhand, an impossibly enormous international flea market in app form. If eBay is a bazaar and Instagram is a beauty pageant, Depop is […]
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How eCommerce stores are using Airbnb to build lifestyle brands
I think this is a neat concept. Smaller brands are opening Airbnbs filled with their products as a marketing strategy. I learned from this article that one (from Marine Layer) is actually in my neighborhood! | learn more
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Shady(ish) tactics that shopping sites use to get your money
You’ve seen a bunch of these first-hand. Quartz sums them all up nicely with entertaining examples and animations. | learn more
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A brand is a voice and a product is a souvenir
This post on the Kleiner Perkins website highlights their investment in Pattern Brands. The team was responsible (as an agency) for branding at Hims, Sweet Green, Harry’s, and Smile Direct Club. They decided to stop taking on clients and build […]
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Amazon’s most ambitious research project is a convenience store
This Bloomberg post is written by Brad Stone, who literally wrote the book on Amazon. Amazon has bet 7 years and hundreds of millions of dollars to get rid of cashiers. | learn more
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UC Santa Barbara sues Walmart, Amazon and others
“UCSB says it’s entitled to royalties on the sales of vintage-style LED lightbulbs.” They’re an easier target than the overseas manufacturers. A good reminder that if you’re in the chain of commerce, you’re in the chain of lawsuits when things […]