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Building A DTC Men’s Personal Care Brand With eCommerce

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To provide men’s personal care items that feel like premium brands at accessible price points, eCommerce innovators are building product lines through the direct-to-consumer (DTC) model. Founder Matt Mullenax was inspired to start the brand after cutting his teeth in the DTC world as an early employee at Bonobos.

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Today's Top Retail News: Holiday Spending Looks Flat; Target Meets Amazon Prime Challenge

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Q4 Outlook: Consumer Mindset Is The Wild Card. Target’s event, first reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, will feature “digital deals on thousands of items, more than double what the retailer offered last year, as it adjusts to the surge of consumers who have shifted to shopping online during the coronavirus pandemic.

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How Merchants Are Driving Conversions With Five Features

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Amid this trend, and increased interest in other offerings, merchants like Target are expanding free shipping offerings as IKEA is rolling out credit cards rewards and eBay is highlighting a price guarantee. In May, for instance, news surfaced that IKEA was rolling out its own branded credit card. About half — or 48.2

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Should Las Vegas Casinos Bet On The Tourists Returning?

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The casino has also outfitted the remaining tables with Bellagio-branded plexiglass panels to separate guests from casino staff and each other. The barriers include small slots where players and dealers can exchange cards and chips while remaining cloistered in their own spaces. Staffers will also regularly replace cards.

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Wendy’s Adds Flavor To Ghost Kitchen Movement

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Minneapolis restaurant owner Luke Shimp converted the kitchen of his Red Cow Uptown restaurant to the Kenwood Food and Beverage, a virtual food hall that he opened about a month ago. "My My idea was [to] make a virtual food hall, where it has multiple brands inside, but … you order it online. But can it last?

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Cracking The Anonymity Code In Loyalty

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Known consumers have provided some information such as a phone number, email address, or credit card number. For instance, if it’s going to be a rainy weekend in Minneapolis but it’s the season opener for the Colts, there’s a prefabricated campaign that can help encourage people to visit and spend – the merchant just has to decide to run it.

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Data Dive: FedEx Competes, BoA Automates And Hackers Hack … Everyone, Including Each Other

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When goods are sold, FedEx will manage packing and shipping the goods in customized and branded boxes. Boxes will be branded to the retailer, not FedEx). They also tend to be focused a bit differently, with a focus on mortgages, credit cards and auto loans, specifically. FedEx Fulfillment was created by FedEx Supply Chain.

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