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MAY 12, 2020

It is a $75 billion industry dominated by millennials and ripe with opportunity for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. Several of them are navigating changes in the market brought on by the pandemic-led digital shift. A Korean company called Pluto Electronics has crafted a unique strategy entering the U.S.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Forget older shoppers – when it comes to the target audience retailers have set their sights on, it’s the 26-year-old millennials. According to a news report in The Wall Street Journal , there are 4.8 million 26-year-olds in the U.S., making it an attractive group to pursue. Scotts Miracle-Gro is one example.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

It looks as though millennials may soon face competition as the generation to watch. According to a new study from HRC Retail Advisory , Generation Z is expected to make up nearly 40 percent of the population of North America by the year 2020 – easily making them the generation retailers must be paying attention to.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

That’s why marketers will be leveraging mobile in their holiday shopping strategies this year, with new and creative strategies that focus more on omnichannel solutions and less on generic mobile coupons. Mobile coupons are still popular, especially among millennials. For millennials, that number is 90 percent.

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JANUARY 17, 2018

The most popular time of the day when people drink coffee isn’t just a factoid: It’s a viable marketing strategy. When the iconic Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) was looking to brand its bulk Brazilian coffee in 1919, it asked consumers when they drank coffee. The name stuck — and served the retailer well.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

When Gap bought Athleta in 2008 for $150 million, the move didn’t cause much of a stir — beyond being considered a hedge play by the retailer against the exploding popularity of Canadian athleisure brand lululemon , which debuted its initial public offering (IPO) in 2007. We’re not like, ‘Oh, it’s all about millennials.’

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MARCH 9, 2017

As more companies ready themselves for eCommerce-based marketing strategies, the brick-and-mortar side is also prepping for integrating more connected in-store experiences. Euclid Analytics has found one anomaly that may turn all of this around on its head and bring the retail industry back to more traditional outreach efforts.

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