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Wildfang Is Building Its Brand With Clicks And Bricks

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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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Frugal Consumers Buying More Off-Brand, Off-Price Products

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This newfound cost consciousness is reshaping the retail industry in everything from spurring the rise of fast fashion at the expense of mall “anchor stores,” to the increasing popularity of off-brands or store brands in the supermarket, to the shift in the apparel business, to off-price retail outlets over full-priced department stores.

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UPS, FedEx Take Different Star Turns As Holiday Shipping Crisis Accelerates

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Reaction from the brands involved did not show any alarm over the move and UPS had no official confirmation of the selective delays. FedEx, which had announced shipping surcharges recently, is dealing with the capacity crisis by closing on its deal to acquire ShopRunner , which directly connects brands and merchants with online shoppers.

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Paytm Seeks BigBasket Partnership To Take On Flipkart, Amazon

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When we talk about partnerships there will be brand partnerships, there will be retail partnerships — and not only with pan-India retail chains like Big Bazaar but also with regional, local city-based brands.”. “We are in the process of integrating BigBasket on our app,” said Amit Sinha, Paytm Mall’s chief operating officer.

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Sharing Plant-Based Family Snack Recipes Via eCommerce

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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. The Market. A particularly exciting market is the growing population of people who are looking to reduce their meat intake.

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

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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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Blue Nile Gets Physical

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The world’s most famous and recognizable jewelry brand Tiffany reported holiday sales down 5 percent — a reality the company chalked up to “restrained consumer spending tied to challenging and uncertain global economic conditions.” So, why go real world, especially when it seems that real world is increasingly going online?

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