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Amazon is taking a new approach to its brands, extending beyond its AmazonBasics and other private-label lines: The retailer is rolling out brands that are exclusive to the site, but are not actually owned by the company. At the same time, Perrigo also owns a brand called GoodSense.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Amazon.com is reportedly getting into the online mattress business, entering a market in which a handful of startups are trying to dominate. The firm monitors the list of more than 120 private label Amazon brand products that now includes kitchen goods, clothing, batteries, and electronics.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Video games are helping to drive retail innovation and growth, and that includes the hot area of subscription commerce. Gaming is figuring out the upsell,” Burkhart told Webster, “and utterly changing the entire market.”. In-store sales, notably, is where the retailer needs to see growth.

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JUNE 29, 2017

In other words, what will make retailers more money – selling in brick and mortar, selling online or a combination of the two. Though the amount of online retailers is astounding, many consumers still prefer to shop in-store. In this piece, we’ll review some of the larger and smaller brands that have taken this concept and run with it.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Among the hottest battles for eCommerce market share involves private label products, with a recent move from Walmart among the latest developments in that particular arena. But the growing use of those brands to attract sales is also leading to more focus on potential challenges for online, private label retail over the next few years.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

That move comes as Amazon has had trouble wooing some direct-to-consumer brands. Amazon wants “consumer goods companies to create brands exclusively for Amazon after finding that developing them on its own is too costly and time-consuming, according to people familiar with the strategy,” stated a report in The Wall Street Journal.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

2017: The year Target began incorporating Pinterest’s visual search tool. 70 percent : Minimum share of Gen Z consumers who use shoppable feed experiences to learn more about brands. 23.11B : Value of the global interactive kiosk market in 2018. percent: CAGR of the global interactive kiosk market from 2019 to 2025.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

Online brands are growing their presence in the physical world by bringing their products into brick-and-mortar stores. Ouai , a hair and body care brand founded by celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin, will roll out some of its merchandise in 1,200 Ulta Beauty locations in addition to the retailer’s website on Sunday (Jan.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Gap Brand announced that its CEO Jeff Kirwan was leaving the company, just as the retailer gets ready to reveal its fourth-quarter results. did succeed in raising its 2017 earnings and same-store sales forecasts in November, but those numbers came mostly from Old Navy. percent in the holiday quarter. Brent Hyder, Gap Inc.’s

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MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

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MAY 18, 2018

There is no shortage of direct-to-consumer mattress brands as mattress sales move from brick-and-mortar retail to eCommerce. One brand, though, saw a market opportunity as brands like Casper and Leesa took off. But the brands currently on the market were a useful learning experience for Nectar.

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JUNE 29, 2018

Though the exact data of the Amazon annual shopping holiday remains up in the air, analysts are becoming increasingly confident that whenever it actually happens, Amazon’s Private Label brands will likely get a starring role in the show.

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JULY 31, 2018

In an effort to extend its brand beyond fabrics, Jo-Ann Stores has shortened the name of its brick-and-mortar stores. The locations, which were previously branded as Jo-Ann Fabrics, are now known as JOANN, AdWeek reported. “We In 2017, Jo-Ann acquired subscription-based online video provider Creativebug for an undisclosed sum.

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JUNE 18, 2018

Amazon ’s furniture sales are on the move: A One Click Retail study found that the eCommerce retailer has more than tripled sales in that category since 2015. And, in 2017, furniture brought in approximately $4 billion, retail news source Chain Store Age reported. with only groceries ahead of it.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Case in point, Stockwell: a self-service retail venture that got off on a very wrong foot with customers by, among other things, choosing the wrong name. When Stockwell launched in September of 2017, it went by a different name: Bodega. But the branding came across somewhat differently.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Within China, sales of brands from Gucci to Chanel, which have been sluggish for years, rose at the fastest pace in five years in 2016 and are positioned to consolidate those gains in 2018. 2017 saw a global recovery of the luxury retail market due to their affinity for high-end brands.

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JUNE 18, 2018

One of the most recent experiments for direct-to-consumer eCommerce is taking place on Instagram , and, if successful, could forge a path for brands that want to sell directly to online consumers. This format created urgency and exclusivity for would-be shoppers — a key tactic for brands and retailers alike to increase conversion.”.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Look to China, and look some more — that’s one of the main messages in mid-2019 for luxury retailers, at least for ones not based in the U.S. According to a report from Bloomberg , the luxury brand’s CEO, Michael Burke, “gave a rosy view of its China business, easing concerns about the effects of a trade war with the U.S. Online Push.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

According to its Securities and Exchange Commission stock registration statement, as cited by CNBC , the online mattress retailer said it lost $73.4 million in 2017 and $92.1 The mattress market, however, has blossomed with new entrants, with the inclusion of Nectar , Tuft & Needle , Leesa, and Purple. million in 2018.

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MAY 7, 2019

As retailers shutter locations from the heartland to big cities, the latest update on the state of retail from New York’s storied Fifth Avenue says that rents are falling and vacancies are rising – showing that even a flagship address can’t escape the realities of modern-day commerce. Davidson Senior Brand Apparel Analyst John D.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

It’s going to be a very vocal year when it comes to retail. About 31 percent of consumers now own voice-activated devices, up from 27 percent in 2018 and 14 percent in 2017. About 31 percent of consumers now own voice-activated devices, up from 27 percent in 2018 and 14 percent in 2017.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

The retailer said it voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware and is exploring a sale, Fortune reported. Before the announcement, Bon-Ton announced it would shutter 40 out of its 260 brick-and-mortar stores across its various brands.

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MARCH 24, 2017

A new study from Oracle revealed that consumers are more willing to engage with brands that offer new retail technology if they are able to exert control over their experience. This signals brands to focus on building a strong foundation to win trust.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Cardtronics, the world’s largest ATM owner/operator, reported solid growth for Q4 2017 and for the full year in general. million in the prior year, driven by the DCPayments and Spark acquisitions completed in January 2017. 2017 represented a dynamic and transitional year for Cardtronics. million from $309.8 billion to $1.29

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

To kick off this week’s Grocery Tracker, a reminder that brick-and-mortar is still kicking in certain retail aspects, even as 2017 grows closer. Factoring in cost, 73 percent of consumers said they would pay a higher retail price for food and drink products made with readily recognizable ingredients.

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JULY 23, 2019

Today, Lam said her concept is a “vegan and gluten-free lifestyle brand and baking mix company that gives back.” (The The target market for the company consists of “the vegan community and those who are gluten-free,” Lam said. It also has an email marketing strategy and does festivals to gain brand recognition.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

economy powered by consumer spending, vacant retail rental space is forecasted to decline in the next several years, while rental prices are forecasted to rise, according to Cushman & Wakefield ’s recently released U.S. The bifurcation in retail property performance based upon class will only accelerate,” according to the forecast.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

Whole Foods’ private-label brand is aiding sales at Amazon’s online grocery delivery service, AmazonFresh, which were up 35 percent to $135 million in the last four months of 2017, the Wall Street Journal reported. Still, the Whole Foods products on the Amazon site helps the eCommerce retailer compete with online grocers. “It…may

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In data that will likely surprise anyone who has avidly watched retail over the last few years, the market is trending strongly toward same-day delivery. After all, 51 percent of retailers say they offer same-day delivery, a massive jump from the 16 percent offering it only a year ago. As of today (Sept. As of today (Sept.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Retail isn’t all about taking people’s money. Today, it’s also about telling a story and building an experience that makes customers want to shop with the brand again. Yet luxury brands have been slower than most other retailers to embrace digital innovation – for storytelling or for anything else.

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APRIL 19, 2018

By 2022 online retail sales will go beyond $712 billion. According to news from Retail Dive , the study, released this week by Forrester Research, shows that 98 percent of American adults already go online at least once a day. retail market will be driven through digital touchpoints by the end of the year. trillion U.S.

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AUGUST 20, 2019

When it comes to the holiday shopping season — an increasing area of focus for retail as the year starts to wind down — it’s not so much about the trends we will see, perhaps, as the trend we will hear. That’s because voice-assisted retail promises to play an even bigger part in shopping and purchasing this year than it did last year.

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APRIL 5, 2018

retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market. Meanwhile, although many products around the world bear the “Made in China” stamp, that doesn’t necessarily mean Chinese brands have had an easy time setting up shop away from home. Historically speaking, it has not been easy for U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Digitally native brands, especially those that sell tactile products like footwear, are seeing an offline opportunity in opening flagship stores in major cities. Shoe brand Allbirds , in particular, has brought a large retail space in New York City. The brand, however, has since begun to serve Canada and Australia.

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APRIL 30, 2018

That’s after closing 800 stores in 2017. The sandwich chain will be redirecting its focus to international expansion even as it loses market share in the U.S. We’re focused now on strengthening market share.”. Some experts called the brand “tired” and in need of an update. We focused in the past on restaurant count.

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MAY 7, 2019

Walmart is the latest example of the power of pets in retail — a power that is having significant influence among various merchants competing for the loyalty and dollars of pet owners. As well, if done well, pet retail can serve to increase foot traffic into bricks-and-mortar stores at a time when it is dearly needed.

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JUNE 20, 2018

Online retailer Brandless has expanded its offerings in its clean beauty product line. Launched in 2017, Brandless is an online platform where everything is off-brand, and it all costs $3 or less. Brandless isn’t the only retailer getting in on the clean beauty action.

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