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Retail Heading For Its Biggest Year Of Layoffs Since 2010

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With the waves of announced layoffs coming from what seems like every corner of the retail ecosystem these days, the latest consensus out of analysts that 2016 will be the worst year for retail segment layoffs sine 2010 probably comes as a shock to just about no one.

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Digital Exercise Brands Get Pumped Up As In-Person Fitness Loses Muscle

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million, an increase of 28 percent since 2010,” according to The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). Major brands like Apple and Peloton have the resources to provide unique fitness experiences featuring instructors that achieve celebrity status. In 2019, U.S. billion visits for the year.”.

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Direct To Consumer: Big Brands Vs. Small Brands

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Rather than selling through a brick-and-mortar location or even on its own company website, some brands are looking to marketplaces like Amazon to sell to consumers. In this piece, we’ll review some of the larger and smaller brands that have taken this concept and run with it. Big Brands. Small Brands.

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Former Restaurant Execs Seek $230M For SPAC

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and Andrew Pforzheimer, former CEO of the Barcelona and Bartaco brands. His fund has invested in brands including Sweetgreen, Curry Up Now and The Hummus & Pita Co. Listed as co-CEOs are David Pace, chairman of the board at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. Greg Golkin, managing partner at Kitchen Fund, is named as president.

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Durant’s Decision: How Star Athlete Departures Impact Brands, Retailers

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From an economic standpoint , James’ departure, which he announced in a highly controversial one-hour primetime special broadcast on ESPN entitled “The Decision,” was immediately felt in Cleveland and to the value of James’ own brand. This was handled much better than LeBron handled ‘The Decision’ in 2010,” Rishe said by email.

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Retailer Gap Partners With BNPL Platform Afterpay To Boost Holiday Shopping

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Collaborating with Afterpay gives our customers the power of choice when shopping across our family of brands,” John Strain , chief digital and technology officer at Gap, said in a statement on Wednesday (Nov. Participating Gap brands include Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta. . “By We are proud to partner with Gap Inc.

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CPG Brands Tackle The Sharing Economy

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Investors have poured billions of dollars into the so-called sharing economy since 2010. CPG brands need to go to shoppers, rather than waiting around for shoppers to come to them. We see room for CPG brands to grow through: Home-sharing — Airbnb boasts roughly 5M home listings across 18K cities.