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How Chubbies Went From A Cult Fave To A Highly Imitated Brand

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There are brands that claim to take the customer experience to the max — and then there are brands that redefine what exactly the max means. Chubbies takes its customer community seriously, and it makes it very clear that this is well beyond a marketing ploy. inch inseam has been making a comeback in middle market retailers.

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How TikTok ‘eGirls’ Helped Create A Multi-Million-Dollar Fashion Brand

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If one were to make a list of products for a cutting-edge fashion brand aimed at capturing the emerging Generation Z market, it is safe to assume that “foxtail keychains” would not make the top 10. Festival and club clothes comprised a rather niche market in 2011 when the brand first began advertising their products.

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Beauty Store Lush And The Challenges Of (Nude) Shock Marketing

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Because as a brand, they are opposed to the overpackaging endemic to the beauty industry. And those types of concerns have led to questions in the week since the viral marketing stunt as to whether or not it is fair or appropriate of Lush to ask its retail employees to actually come to work nude in service of a corporate cause.

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Newegg Masters The Art Of The Pivot

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In 2011, Newegg launched a marketplace model where other sellers accessed its eCommerce platform. And while it may be tempting for brands to recapture margin by selling direct, owning customer engagement from start to finish is easier said than done.

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Kellogg’s Breakfast Council Gaffe

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Product placement, sponsored content and influencer marketing are hardly new phenomena as the advertising world works nonstop to keep pace with the internet. Consider Spotify’s branded playlists or Alibaba recruiting its APASS members for marketing purposes. But not every brand plays that way. So, what’s the big deal?

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Facebook Tracker: Riding High

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The social media giant closed out last week with shares trading at $135.44. At the time, Facebook’s estimated market cap sat at $395 billion even. users to send money domestically via Messenger, the company has yet to launch its own transfer services on the international market. While Facebook already allows its U.S.

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Merchbar And Keeping Band/Fan Commerce Harmonious

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In a world where brand loyalty is fleeting, music and musicians seem immune. but the truth is that music – and the musicians and bands who make it – stir a kind of dogged loyalty that most brands would love to have. “If It’s easy enough to make fun of tweeny-boppers and their Bieber fever (feber?), Very glad you asked.