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Top Reasons for Retail Brands to Combine Sales Channels

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Improved online collaboration, rather than competing, can cement National Brands place at physical retail, making it easier for consumers to discover/buy online & off. Otherwise Brands may find themselves as the “new middleman” as Amazon & their retailers aggressively pursue private … Read More … Read More

Independents to Lead Retail Renaissance

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The Big Box store experiment is failing and under heavy debt. Department stores are shuttering and everyone is claiming the retail apocalypse is coming… Not so fast! We are starting to see a retail revival and new models emerging coupled … Read More … Read More

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Why Brands & Retailers Need to Embrace Showrooming

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One of the more intriguing ideas beginning to trend in retail is the showroom. Like automotive, mattress and furniture showrooms, the concept stores offer shoppers the ability to test, try and touch the merchandise, then opt for home delivery instead … Read More … Read More

Brands Need Physical Retail for Survival

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An email from the CEO of a premier US performance apparel brand, Ibex, should rock any retail brand. The company is closing. Outdoor adventurers know the technical benefits of breathable Ibex merino wool. It doesn’t become smelly like synthetics, their pieces … Read More … Read More

Fight for Consumers: Amazon vs Brands and Retailers

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The moment we were all waiting for finally arrived. The inevitable entry of Amazon to full-scale brick and mortar retailing with the acquisition of Whole Foods for $13.7 Billion. In boardrooms across the World, companies regardless of industry are now … Read More … Read More

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Strategies for Evolving Bicycle Retailer

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Being a bike buyer is no easy task. The industry has had more change in the last year with respect to the way bikes are being bought and sold than the past 100 years. Here is a re-cap of some … Read More … Read More

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Sears Discounts Online Orders Picked Up in Store

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Sears is offering a gift for last-minute online shoppers who pick up their online holiday orders in a store. A 20% discount off select merchandise bought online and picked up in store.  … Read More

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Retooling Retail: 3 Predictions for Brands

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Shoppers want it all, and they want it now. They want to shop seamlessly across devices, anywhere and anytime. They want online visibility into product inventory, store-based fulfillment of web orders and a range of delivery and pickup options. The … Read More … Read More

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Future of Retail: Clicks and Bricks

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We’ve seen a war emerging in retail. Online vs traditional brick-and-mortar. Up until recently these two channels have been treated just as that, two distinctly different channels and have not played nicely together. The continued rise of eCommerce has revealed … Read More … Read More

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Bold Retail Predictions

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The rampant pace of technology change at retail is astonishing. The primary reason we are seeing so much innovation is because quite frankly retail has to evolve to stay relevant. So while we are all busy implementing today’s challenges such … Read More … Read More

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