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Wildfang Is Building Its Brand With Clicks And Bricks

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Log another win for brick-and-mortar in the retail history books: Despite years of retail apocalypse criers, the industry continues to show that it’s not dying at all — it’s just evolving. The company opened its first store in Portland five years ago and is now about to open its second in New York City this May at 252 Lafayette.

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Adding New Layers To The Retail Experience

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Hence, the ’69 VW minibus — the right blend of lots of cargo space and a rather eye-catching exterior that matches the beachy, breezy comfortable aesthetic the brand was trying to build. Frequently breaking down or not, the brand managed to spread. The move, however, grew out of an organic need within the brand.

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More Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation

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Part of the future of retail is playing out inside hotels — and that’s happening as the wider part of the travel-and-tourism industry is undergoing its own significant disruption. One of the latest — and perhaps wildest — examples of the hotel-retail trend comes from Taco Bell, of all places. and Portland, Maine.

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Is Kanye The Secret To Retail Reinvention?

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And apparently of being a retail force within himself. The German sportswear giant has announced that in partnership with West they are expanding their very successful Yeezy brand via a new partnership called adidas + Kanye West. Yeezy-branded items will consist of footwear, apparel and accessories for all.

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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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Indochino Eyes Expansion In 2019

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Indochino , the digitally-native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to expand in 2019. And five additional locations will open on the West Coast, with three in California — Roseville, San Diego and San Jose — plus Portland, Oregon, and Bellevue, Washington. 18, followed by Portland on Feb. Greenwich, Conn.;

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Building A Niche Brand For Outdoor Enthusiasts

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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. All of those points of expansion, Phillips said, are intended to build a retail operation around a community of enthusiasts, and to reap the rewards of those synergistic effects.

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