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Autos, Apparel and Resale

When the race to the bottom hits…well, the bottom (read: when there are no more costs to cut and when pricing cuts into margins) there ...
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Peloton Outpaces SoulCycle: What this Means for Retail

Peloton is giving the cult of SoulCycle a run for their money. A quick debriefing for the uninitiated: Peloton is an at-home stationary exercise bike ...
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High-Spending HENRYs Will Pull Holiday Retail Out This Year

I\’m the first to admit that I am skeptical about the overly optimistic holiday sales forecasts that are filling my inbox. This year I am ...
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Retailers Companies Must Make Weather Work for Them not Against Them

We’ve all heard it thousands of times in earnings calls. “Unfavorable weather conditions” are a popular excuse as to why sales are down, and profits ...
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Fewer Than Half of Returned Goods Are Resold at Full Price: Here’s Why

Consumer expectations are putting many online brands out of business. Returns are a growing problem in the retail industry. In the age of omnichannel, free ...
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Amazon’s New Food-Store Rollout

There is a lack of clarity of details surrounding Amazon\’s upcoming development of a food-store format that will be entirely distinct from its Whole Foods ...
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The Surprise of e-Commerce Delivery

E-commerce brands\’ business models are getting more interesting. If you are an investor, these are fundable businesses. The most popular models are direct-to-consumer brands like ...
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Is Right-Tailing Here to Stay?

To the retail lexicon that includes all manner of subsets and offshoots from e-tail to mobile retail to resale retail to re-retail, perhaps it\’s time ...
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