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Alibaba’s Hema store in China will drop your jaw.
This series of 10 tweets (with pics and video clips) by Rishi Taparia showcases a new retail story that puts Amazon Go to shame – seriously. | learn more
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Amazon Go cashierless store opens in Chicago.
I didn’t get a chance to visit this week in the Loop, but I’m excited to try. There was also media speculation that they’ll open as many as 3,000 more of these stores. Any readers check it out yet? Let […]
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Walmart (finally) adds Moosejaw to its website.
Almost a year and a half after they acquired the specialty e-tailer, they’ve launched a new section offering the premium products for sale directly on Walmart’s website. The nuances of brand + distribution channels were probably limiting this for a while. | learn […]
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How Amazon steers shoppers to its own products.
Private label is nothing new in retail, though the scale at which Amazon is doing it might be surprising to some (roughly 100 brands already). The NYT argues that it might also open the door to antitrust issues for them. | learn […]
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Trends driving packaging industry disruption.
“With new pressures from the rise of e-commerce, growth in IoT, and consumer demands for environmental sustainability, the CPG packaging industry is facing major challenges.” | learn more
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The new e-commerce factory towns.
Axios highlights the growth of warehouse jobs in e-commerce across the country. | learn more
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Shoppers buy/return clothes just for the Instagram pics.
A survey of 35-44 year olds in the UK found almost 10% of them admitted to doing this. Whoa. | learn more
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The direct-to-consumer landscape.
Teddy Citrin of Greycroft published this interesting analysis of the d2c landscape by product category, ranking barriers to entry, purchase frequency, average order value and more. Make sure to click-thru to the google doc. It’s about a year old but […]
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How Sears sold technology to middle America.
It’s nice to see a story about the retailer in its prime for a change. “Sears and Roebuck—a firm that has seen better days—helped sell the public on computers, video games, and online services.” | learn more
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E-tailers using empty mall spaces to test products.
Not much of a surprise, but it bears repeating: there’s a lot of empty mall space already, and a lot more to come. Digiday discusses some of the plans already in motion to repurpose it for the benefit of innovators. | learn […]