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NFTs Come with IP Challenges for Retailers and Brands
The Robin Report
May 25, 2022
As the metaverse continues to evolve as a relevant ecosystem for consumers and creators, understanding the importance of protecting valuable intellectual property is critical. In ...
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The Baby & Kids Business Is in Play in 2022
Warren Shoulberg
May 23, 2022
Attention Liam, Noah, and Oliver. And Olivia, Emma, and Charlotte. It’s going to be some year for the baby and toy business as you are ...
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Did the Pandemic Change Retailing Dramatically?
Jan Rogers Kniffen
May 18, 2022
Any professional observer of retail trends and every shopper in the U.S. would tell you that retailing, and retailers changed dramatically during the pandemic. But ...
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Retail’s Growing Channel…Recommerce
Shelley E. Kohan
May 16, 2022
Although companies have been talking about sustainability and the circular economy for years, and retailers have been trying to make the production process more sustainable, ...
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The New Asian Invasion: How Miniso and Daiso Are Reinventing the Dollar Store Concept
Warren Shoulberg
May 8, 2022
The urban legend in the retailing business is that the precious space surrounding checkout lanes and around cash registers represent the most productive sales-per-square-inch territory ...
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As Amazon Closes Bookstores, B&N Bounces Back: A Sweet Irony
Robin Lewis
April 27, 2022
What did I tell you a couple of weeks ago? I’ll remind you. I said the reason Amazon was closing most of their physical retail ...
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Measuring Offline Traffic is Critical to Retail Success
Shira Petrack
April 26, 2022
In the dynamic world of retail, regularly quantifying and characterizing traffic – online and offline – is key to tracking performance. While most retailers understand ...
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The “Re” in Retailing Now Stands for Repurposing
Warren Shoulberg
April 18, 2022
Retailers have been remerchandising their stores almost since the invention of the SKU. But reinvention to take them beyond just places where shoppers buy things ...
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