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Creating A Community For A Niche Outdoor Brand Around

PYMNTS

Stated simply, somethings are much easier to buy online than others. All of those points of expansion, Phillips said, are created with the ideal of building a retail operation around a community of enthusiasts and reaping the rewards of the synergistic effects.

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Wildfang Is Building Its Brand With Clicks And Bricks

PYMNTS

More and more, digital-first brands are becoming brick-and-mortar-second brands with an intentional presence in the physical retail world — even if that presence is much smaller than the footprint left by the retailers that fizzled before them. The brand says it intends to keep expanding in the fall, with L.A. next on the list.

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Building A Niche Brand For Outdoor Enthusiasts

PYMNTS

Some items are much easier to buy online than others. Apart from online sales, they have brick-and-mortar stores (in Seattle, Portland, Denver and Whistler, and British Columbia, with a 100,000-square-foot retail operation under construction in Salt Lake City), an adventure travel business and an outreach program to local retailers.

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Warby Of X: MiaDonna Delivers Lab-Grown Diamonds

PYMNTS

But purchasing high-value diamonds online — whether they be traditional or lab-grown — is still a process that comes with risk and uncertainty. Andrew Puddifoot, GM of MiaDonna, shared with PYMNTS how the eCommerce bridal jewelry business is bringing value to the engagement ring shopping journey both online and in its physical showroom.

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Rate Hikes, Dollar Stores And EpiPens

PYMNTS

One minute, you can have the hottest product or store on the block — think Aéropostale about a decade ago — and the next, no one wants to buy the product any longer, the brand is now suddenly considered uncool and nobody’s shopping there any longer ( think Aéropostale today ).

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Sharing Plant-Based Family Snack Recipes Via eCommerce

PYMNTS

But it wasn’t until many years later that he decided to go all-in on the mushroom jerky concept, working with them to reformulate the recipe and manufacture the jerky in Portland, Oregon. Pan also tries to attend many community events as a way to demo and sample the product. Texture and Flavors. The Market.

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SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference Show – No Shortage of Innovation

William Mills

First up was WMA-client Baker Hill, based in Carmel, Indiana and provider of Baker Hill NextGen , a turnkey online loan application system with a roles-based modern user interface specifically engineered to adapt with the evolving needs of financial institutions. Baker Hill. www.bakerhill.com. www.miradortech.com. RCGILTNER Services, Inc.