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Retail 2020: Looking Back On D2C Brands

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Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands came in two flavors during 2020. The second flavor were the brands that had seen traction before the pandemic and flourished during it with innovative marketing, fresh business models and cool packaging. The seven-year-old D2C hybrid brand has received $4.7 Ramesh said.

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Nike, Other Major Brands Report Millions In Bad Debt Charges As Retailers Struggle To Pay

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It’s definitely reflective of an expectation that a lot of the smaller regional or mom-and-pop stores aren’t going to make it,” Camilo Lyon, an analyst who covers Nike at the investment firm BTIG LLC, told the newspaper. . Nike disclosed a bad debt charge of $178 million for the period that ended May 31.

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US Liquor Sales Rise, But Not Enough To Offset COVID-Related Global Revenue Decline

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By region, Diageo’s Asia sales saw the biggest drop at 16 percent. The company attributed that to the fact that many countries in that region not only shuttered bars and restaurants, but also liquor stores. However, not all regions showed declines: North America bucked the trend and saw its sales rise 2 percent.

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China Factory Shutdown Could Impact iPhone Shipments

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Foxconn produces iPhones and other smartphones for Apple and other brands. Factories in Dongguan and Guangdong in the southern region of China must remain shut until Feb. It definitely will have an impact on the Apple production line. 3), citing sources. The closure could affect phone shipments to Apple and others.

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Secure By Design: Why Privacy Must Be Baked In To IoT Devices

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Since there are so many devices by so many brands, Noblanc said communication and authentication protocols must be interoperable — that is, they must be able to handle things produced by multiple vendors. Pros and Cons of Regionalization.

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ICC: Flipkart, Amazon Not Abusing Competitive Position

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Walmart’s Flipkart, and Amazon, have not broken competitive rules in India through their respective efforts to promote certain brands or select certain merchants to sell across their platforms.

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PayPal Extras Mastercard Program Renewed

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On Wednesday (July 27), Mastercard and PayPal announced a multi-year extension of the co-branded consumer credit card program, PayPal Extras Mastercard, in the U.S. The latter has stated it would, in turn, look to boost its own presence in the region. and Puerto Rico. “We