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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 […]
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How e-commerce is transforming rural China.
This article has greatly expanded my perspective on China! “Jiayang Fan on how JD.com is expanding its consumer base with drone delivery and local recruits who can exploit villages’ tight-knit social networks.” | learn more
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Club Monaco is stealing tricks from scrappy startups.
To round out the retail trifecta this week, here’s the Fast Company story of how Club Monaco continues to rewrite the rules of being a legacy retailer. | learn more
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Best Buy should be dead, but it’s thriving.
Similar to the above story about discount softlines retailers, Bloomberg explains why Best Buy hasn’t been killed off by Amazon. | learn more
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Ross and TJMaxx are still thriving.
CNN breaks down the key to their resilience in the face of internet retail competition. | learn more
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Hackers account for 90% of login attempts at online retailers.
I’m not sure this mirrors my personal ecommerce experience, but since we don’t store credit card info maybe we’re not as good of a target. | learn more
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The Amazon rocket just keeps flying higher.
“Amazon reported sales of $52.9 billion for the second quarter, up 39 percent from the year-ago period when it saw $38 billion. For the April quarter, retail rival Walmart grew sales by $5 billion year over year and brick-and-mortar retailer […]