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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.

Branding 145

Branding Retail Course Seattle 145

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Struggling to compete with online brands, famed Big Apple luxury retailer Barneys New York has put itself up for sale and filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a report by Reuters. . Barneys wants to keep its main store in Manhattan, and also four other locations.

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MARCH 17, 2020

retail economy is unprecedented. What are some of the retailing changes that could last beyond the end of the coronavirus crisis? Contactless payments, however, will fit nicely into what will be a need to have low-touch or no-touch retailing experiences. The partial shutdown of the U.S. So what sticks? They want convenience.

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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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Digitally native brands, Casper among them, have turned to pop-up shops to introduce their products to consumers through an offline experience. Beyond the pop-up shop, the brand offers products tested by the magazine through an “ online boutique ” on the eCommerce retailer’s site.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real life with the help of digital technology. and Bethesda, Maryland, that will work to mirror the company’s online experience. The 20 largest brands notched a 1.2

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JUNE 14, 2019

Online brands are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints: Online handbag marketplace Rebag , for instance, is opening a new store in Miami’s Design District with more stores said to come. We are thrilled to expand Rebag’s retail footprint to the Miami community. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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MAY 15, 2020

District Court in Seattle, alleges Washington-based Robojap Technologies and Quatic Software Solutions in Punjab, India have scammed Amazon users by offering help to install Alexa on their devices through fake websites and applications. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. There are also digital price tags for every item, and Prime members can pay the discounted online price for their selections at the store. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Some items are much easier to buy online than others. But when retail gets more niche or specialized, like in the arena of specialized outdoor goods and equipment, the consumer’s interests and needs are a bit different. Generic consumer commodity items – paper towels, toothpaste, batteries, etc. –

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In the age of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, however, digital innovators are taking a new approach to bike shopping. They are selling just one model of bicycles online, and helping consumers choose the right size with digital fitting tools. It’s all emanating from this brand-new bike,” Engelstein said.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Outdoor apparel retailers are reinventing their brick-and-mortar spaces to connect with customers by making stores into destinations that offer experiences. In the updated retail space, the company said, customers will “immediately feel The North Face heritage and experience the brand’s values.”

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JUNE 3, 2019

Amazon , the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K., small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program that helps small businesses grow in-store and online. small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program that helps small businesses grow in-store and online.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Stated simply, somethings are much easier to buy online than others. But when retail gets more niche or specialized, like in the arena of specialized outdoor good and equipment – the consumer’s interests and needs get a bit different. The shop doesn’t make money on the sale – but does connect to the customer.

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JUNE 11, 2020

The digital shift continued to show its dramatic potential to change retailing today, as three companies announced major changes to their business models. No less than Sam’s Club, Starbucks and fashion high-flyer Zara have made adjustments to online ordering and purchasing. The answer: fewer stores and a more concerted push online.”.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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APRIL 22, 2016

It’s difficult to determine how one could manipulate one’s fingers to represent a retail store while cantillating that paraphrased nursery rhyme (not a lot of them have steeples, to begin with), but it would be a fitting depiction of the current situation that has befallen major retail chains recently.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

To add to the Tuft & Needle assortment already offered on Amazon , the digital brand is rolling out an Amazon exclusive collection. The brand is offering king, California king, queen, full-size, twin and twin XL mattresses through the site. Already, the brand has a quarter of its sales going through Amazon.

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JUNE 26, 2019

In the digital age of shopping for clothes and accessories, modern-day consumers don’t want retailers to entertain them: Instead, they want these merchants to bring them an easy experience, offering seamless shopping in store and online. Just under 15 percent – or 14.3 Walmart U.S. Roughly 7 percent – or 6.7

San Francisco 138

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Reports from Seattle and California say the company is adding a new format and expanding beyond its Amazon Go and Whole Foods brands. Although Amazon hasn’t commented, the strategy seems to be aimed at getting Amazon aligned with a more mass market customer segment than its other retail brands. billion in 2019.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

Amazon has been rolling out private-label food and beverage products under the radar for Prime customers since June of this year, including its Happy Belly brand coffee and its private-label baby food called Mama Bear. Additionally, Amazon sells household goods and other items under the Amazon Basics and Amazon Elements brands.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Taco Bell is living más as it pulls ahead of Burger King as the fourth-largest quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand with new delivery options and, yes, nacho fries. Already, a cashless store concept is already up and running in a Seattle pilot. But McDonald ’s Corp. While Burger King’s domestic sales only increased by 1.5 Subway’s $10.8

Online 101

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Online retail giant Amazon continues on its path to being a purveyor of everything. Breaking out into activewear could stir up greater competition with big name brands like Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Fabletics and Lululemon. If anything, retailers in Amazon’s private-label path should just expect a bit of extra competition.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Magazines have been testing the waters of brick-and-mortar retail by opening temporary stores in major cities, and New York Magazine is no exception. They will include home goods and skin care products, among others, from brands such as home goods company East Fork and luxury bedding company Parachute. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News….

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JUNE 28, 2019

Along with Boulder-based company Nite Ize , a maker of specialty lights and phone mounts under the STEELIE brand, the eCommerce giant filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (June 26) in a Seattle federal court, accusing a group of counterfeiters of selling fraudulent Nite Ize products. Amazon is continuing its fight against counterfeiters.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The announcement came before Amazon’s grand opening of its first cashierless grocery store in Seattle. Many other retailers are trying cashierless checkout systems, including Sam’s Club, Kroger and 50 Meijer stores in the Midwest. It enables [retailers] to focus more on customer interaction and helping shoppers.”.

Retail 136

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APRIL 15, 2020

That competition has also extended to high-end furniture market, which is starting to show some new activity with Crate & Barrell, CB2, West Elm and now a direct-to-consumer (D2C) Canadian brand called Article gaining momentum. Article is an online furniture pure-play. In 2019, Wayfair took 33.4 percent market share.

Marketing 141

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Millennials, on average, are less brand-loyal than their parents or older siblings. They tend to like quality, have a strong preference for shopping online and enjoy a good bargain – but when it comes to buying from a specific brand? Not so much. They are packaged to limit waste and labeled for maximum transparency.

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JUNE 29, 2018

Google is getting into the grocery delivery market, with NBC News reporting that it is testing a same-day delivery service that will bring food and other online orders to consumers’ doorsteps. The idea behind it, noted NBC News, is for Google to make people even more reliant on the Internet so it can turn around and sell more online ads.

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JULY 6, 2020

The death knell for malls tolled loudly in the media during the Fourth of July weekend as retailers continue to assess their long-term prognosis from the pandemic damage. More bankruptcies both announced ( Lucky Brand ) and rumored continue to shake the format. Stores will still take up 90,000 square feet of Avalon.

Community 132

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Even in an age when shoppers can order groceries online and have them delivered straight to their doors, the vast majority of consumers are still shopping the traditional way – hopping in their cars and heading to their local brick-and-mortar grocery store to shop the aisles or pick up an online order. Roughly three in 10 – or 27.1

Maine 135

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Amazon is dominating in the eCommerce world, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t see value in physical store fronts, with the eCommerce retailer gearing up to open up an offline store in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. This isn’t the first time Amazon has melded the online and offline worlds.

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MAY 30, 2016

The diamond retailer announced the opening of its second brick-and-mortar store at The Westchester mall in White Plains, New York. The opening of the new store comes after the Seattle-based online retailer opened its first physical store at the Roosevelt Field mall in Garden City, New York, in June last year.

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MAY 29, 2019

As one snarky Redditor pointed out on the r/ZeroWaste thread, in response to a poster showing off the bag they had sewed for their brand-new bamboo cutlery: “See that’s nice. Anne-Marie Bonneau, best known online in her capacity as the “Zero-Waste Chef,” is a bit less edgy in her response, but makes a similar point.

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MARCH 6, 2018

The change was a resounding success, according to The Seattle Times. Everyone sells Halloween costumes, from Walgreens to Walmart , but among the specialty retailers, they’ve been winning share.”. More and more malls are dedicating space to the pop-up style of short-term retailers, The Wall Street Journal reported in 2016.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Nearly a year and a half after it opened its first brick-and-mortar store on Long Island, online jewelry retailer Blue Nile has opened its fifth store in Bellevue, Washington, near its headquarters. The new store is located in Bellevue Square in Bellevue, WA.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Today, the “membership has its privileges” mantra is at the core of the latest face-off between the two retail behemoths vying for an increasing portion of consumer spend: Walmart and Amazon. The Prime, Plus Membership Face-off: In-store Versus Online. A PYMNTS study of a census-balanced sample of 2,165 consumers conducted Oct.

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