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Ikea has a clever (and weird) new ad.
“Ikea Wants You to Pee on This Ad. If You’re Pregnant, It Will Give You a Discount on a Crib” | learn more
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Will the rapidly shrinking store save retail?
“The shift comes, analysts say, as Americans flock from the suburbs to city centers, where space is at a premium. Big-box stores on the outskirts of town are no longer convenient nor practical for millennials with tiny apartments and no […]
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The future of retail in the age of Amazon.
Retailers trying to compete the old away against Amazon are asking for trouble. Obviously, they need to find an edge in some other way. I expected to skim this article and archive it forever, but ended up reading it in […]
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Amazon marketplace seller scammed by rival, lost $400k.
An unscrupulous competitor ripped off his product & marketing materials, impersonated him, and solicited 30 1-star reviews for his product. Worst of all, it looks like he’s escaping consequence-free. | learn more
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The last days of Target Canada.
“Target pulled the plug on its massive Canadian expansion less than two years after opening. This is the incredible untold story of how it all went wrong.” | learn more
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Americans are receiving mystery parcels from China.
As part of a scam to boost product rankings on Chinese shopping websites via fake reviews, firms are sending cheap products (or empty boxes) to people that never ordered them. | learn more
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The empire of luxury e-tail.
“These are the Napoleons busy dividing the shopping streets of the virtual world between them.” | learn more
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Fashion startups aspire to be the anti-bonobos.
“NastyGal & Bonobos were once the stuff of founders’ dreams. But as we head into 2018, startups believe landing big funding & scaling fast are recipes for disaster.” | learn more
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America’s ‘retail apocalypse’ is really just beginning.
Bloomberg dives into the data to show readers the magnitude of the coming retail crisis. There’s a debt tsunami of over-leveraged retailers on the verge of hitting shore. If you like charts and data, you’ll love this. | learn more
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Amazon is funding markdowns on marketplace.
In a new tactic, Amazon is discounting some products below prices that marketplace sellers set. They’re funding the difference themselves. Why? One reason – brick & mortar competitors won’t price match marketplace sellers. This means you can’t buy these products […]