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‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors

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A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. The four-year-old online startup has also reportedly advanced negotiations with supermarket retailer Kroger, which is struggling to compete with Amazon now that it owns Whole Foods Market.

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Keeping Online Counterfeits Off Luxury Marketplaces

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Sales of counterfeit goods, particularly on third-party sites that facilitate transactions between individual buyers and sellers, have skyrocketed with the advent of online shopping. Online Luxury and the Importance of Authentication. Millennials and Gen Z are driving the growth of the secondhand market and eCommerce, generally.

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Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online

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The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. Within that, how much is online? Why should luxury fashion be any different? Perhaps no surprise: the young’ns.

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Afterpay Adopts Google Pay, Apple Pay

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Similar to Afterpay online, shoppers can pay for their in-store purchases in four installment payments. “As we enter the second half of the year and retail re-emerges across the world, it’s critical we help our partners drive business growth, both online and offline,” said Nick Molnar , Afterpay Co-Founder and U.S.

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Private Labels Have Their Roots In Coffee And Hats

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In 2009, the private label brand entered the world of the mega eCommerce retailer when Amazon decided to create its own brand of electronics accessories called AmazonBasics. “We Since 2009, AmazonBasics has sold well — very well. As JCPenney grew, so did its private brands. The strategy would prove to be timeless.

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Reseller Market Maintains Momentum With Nordstrom’s Entry

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Called See You Tomorrow , its “re-commerce experience” will include an online marketplace and brick-and-mortar location housed in the Nordstrom New York City flagship store on 5th Avenue. Nordstrom has not yet launched its online intake program where customers will have the ability to mail in merchandise.

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Frugal Consumers Buying More Off-Brand, Off-Price Products

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Heck, even dollar stores have been making a comeback of late, fueled in large part by those cost-conscious millennials. In short, the Great Recession has forced consumers to shift their behaviors, and many of these new behaviors will stay in place,” according to the 2009 report. “As So, what’s going on here? A survey of 2,000 U.S.

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