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DECEMBER 30, 2016

This year has been big for retail — big on change, innovation and some surprises along the way. Consumers flocked to online and mobile commerce , robots rose in food and consumer goods , and brick-and-mortar stayed relevant with retail experimentation — pop – ups , flash sales , store-in-store and showrooms.

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APRIL 4, 2018

Just because a retailer was created for the internet doesn’t mean it has to stay on the internet. Digitally-native retailers, such as thredUP , are turning to brick-and-mortar stores to reach consumers, too. thredUP, though, works a little differently from traditional retailers. by the end of 2018, CNBC reported.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 8, 2017

Market Share of the UK Banks Source: Statista Change in UK Banks Market Share, 2005 to 2014 Source: The Competition and Markets Authority Investigation into Retail Banking Twenty years ago, we thought banks would be challenged by new entrants … but they weren’t. I would claim that losing 1/12 of your market share is fairly substantial.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

The rise of eCommerce , the push toward omnichannel shopping platforms, the increasing relevancy of social media on shopping habits and the development of the Internet of Things to plumb every last morsel of data on customers and what they spend money on are all rapidly and drastically altering the face of retail.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Retailers are set to clean up this Halloween, as 2017 is looking to be a record-setter for consumer spending during the holiday. Halloween is no longer just for the kids and those with kids,” wrote Allison Zeller, director of research for the National Retail Federation (NRF). brand manager, in an interview with VinePair.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Amazon has launched a diaper brand called Earth + Eden , a premium brand that reportedly will compete with similar products from the likes of The Honest Company. Amazons said Earth + Eden is an “exclusive” brand for the eCommerce operator — and not a private brand from Amazon. each (size 1) to $0.51

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JUNE 13, 2017

Before bareMinerals was a household name in cosmetics – its parent, Bare Escentuals , was a smallish bath and body retailer with an unusual product that had a small problem. Japan’s largest cosmetics company in 2010 , and Blodgett has moved on from the position of CEO. The line was redesigned and relaunched as bareMinerals.

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MAY 12, 2016

What goes up must come down, and considering the rapid pace of innovation in retail today, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that plenty of once-thriving brands are finding themselves speeding toward hard landings instead. Not every retailer had the rug pulled out from under them over the last week. Bankruptcies.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. Retailers in high-tax states have largely not been able to build themselves up or expand online beyond their local markets to the same extent, Rogers said. .

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Capital One made the headlines then – a genius move, many called it at that time, for an issuer that lacked demand in deposit accounts and had no other way to provide a debit-like offering that would make their brand sticky to consumers. Just like 2010, with the launch of ISIS, aka Softcard , and its merchant-friendly mobile payments scheme.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Earlier this week, Hong Kong-listed luxury cosmetics firm L’Occitane International SA announced its intended $900 million acquisition of British beauty and skincare brand Elemis. The deal is the latest in a spate of acquisitions of high-end skincare brands. There are also the efforts of mass market retailers. billion).

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JUNE 3, 2016

These days, retail merchants must reach customers, both in-store and online, securely and conveniently. According to Dasilva, the past decade-plus has brought three major payments revolutions, each of which shook the retail industry. There’s increasingly less middle ground between getting omnichannel right or fading into oblivion.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers. If the 6 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global market since 2010 for luxury goods is a decent clip, the online CAGR is a gallop at about 27 percent for the same period.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

When it comes to retail, recollections seem likely to linger upon the ongoing (and significant) growth in eCommerce, the developing relationship between online and physical stores, a big boost in apparel sales, and the role of mobile in the journey from browsing to purchase. According to Mastercard , overall retail spending increased 5.1

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MAY 3, 2016

Another retailer seems poised to fall to the ongoing wave of retail bankruptcies that have been sweeping through the U.S. Next up on the block, according to Wall Street Journal reports , is long suffering teen retailer Aéropostale. Those stores that are left will be reorganized, though the exact shape of that remains to be seen.

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MARCH 4, 2020

In an effort to reduce the fashion industry’s environmental impact, Swedish fashion giant H&M launched a B2B service called Treadler that will let rivals access its global supply chain, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer announced on Wednesday (March 4). reads H&M’s 2018 Sustainability Report.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

The privately-held appliances brand sells vacuum cleaners under the Shark logo, while its line of food processors, coffee makers, pressure cookers and blenders are sold under the Ninja branding. In the United States, Shark vacuums run the market — it’s the top selling upright brand and owns 35 percent of the market.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The annual American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey shows that, after taking the top spot in customer satisfaction in the eCommerce space since 2010, Amazon dropped 4 percent to an ACSI score of 82 (out of 100), while Costco scored an 83. This is the first time the survey included Costco in its internet retail category.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The line was offered exclusively online until 2010 when J.Crew opened a bridal boutique on Madison Avenue in New York City. J.Crew spokeswoman Margo Fooshee told Bloomberg in an email that the retailer will change their focus to “what women like to wear to someone else’s wedding, versus what they would wear to their own.”.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

After starting out and operating as an online-only brand, sustainable apparel clothing brand Everlane is branching out and opening up two physical retail destinations : a flagship in its headquarters city of San Francisco and another in the middle of Manhattan, New York City.

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MARCH 3, 2020

There are a few large retail companies that could potentially buy eBay Korea, like Lotte Shopping, Shinsegae or Hyundai Department Store Group. Lately, more competitors have emerged in the space, including the SoftBank-backed startup Coupang, which was founded in 2010 and commands the biggest share of the eCommerce market.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

Using this information, True Fit aims to increase the sales of eCommerce retailers, while reducing costly returns. The company’s tech pulls in 100 or more data points from clothing ranges by major brands. was acquired by Japan’s largest online retailer, Rakuten , in 2015. But True Fit is not the only company of its kind.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2017

Mark brings significant retail leadership experience to Gap Inc., We know what Banana Republic is capable of, and Mark’s ability to drive transformation and innovation will help revitalize the brand and position it to achieve its long-term potential.”. along with deep knowledge of the company and our customer,” said Peck. “We

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JUNE 24, 2019

The move adds to Trax’s stable of retail tech. Bringing together shelf and shopper data will deliver new and powerful insights to consumer-packaged-goods brands and retailers,” Trax Chief Executive Officer Joel Bar-El said. The company was founded in 2010. The company has 175 clients in 50 countries.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Williams-Sonoma is making a big acquisition to give its brand a big digital upgrade. New from Recode indicates that the home furnishings retailer will be buying San Jose-based startup Outward for $112 million in cash. We’re quite aware that nobody has just one brand in their home.”.

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JULY 28, 2016

CommerceHub , an eCommerce service company, has spun off on its own and began trading as its own public company on the Nasdaq on Monday (July 25), according to Internet Retailer. million in 2015, according to Internet Retailer. CommerceHub was founded in 1997 and acquired by Liberty Interactive in 2010. million in 2014 to $87.6

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AUGUST 15, 2019

The “online version of a payments terminal” was how the media portrayed Visa ’s acquisition of CyberSource in 2010. At the turn of the 2010s, online commerce was roughly a tiny 4 percent of all retail sales, but growing at nearly a 15 percent annual clip. And very nascent it was.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The eyeglass retailer is aiming to have approximately 100 stores in the U.S. Warby Parker currently has 64 stores in markets the retailer carefully chose. We think the presentation by retail experts of ‘either [online] or [offline]’ is a false choice,” Warby Parker CEO Neil Blumenthal told CNBC. “It

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2017

From that single blonde doll released at the dawn of the 1960s, there are now 800 different dolls that bear Barbie branding. The doll sold for $302,500 at auction in 2010. And despite the number of ways Legos have expanded past their early days, the brand is remarkably consistent. The Lego set retails for about $350.

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MARCH 5, 2019

JD.com, one of the biggest eCommerce retailers in China, has teamed up with Google to launch a store on Google Express, according to a report by Reuters. . A majority of the products are under $100 and from brands with less exposure. In December, JD.com and Intel teamed up to start the Digitized Retail Joint Lab.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

But some fashion retailers have begun riding new trends, such as relying more on third party messaging apps to reach those interested, rather than traditional websites. Moda started in 2010 as the brainchild of Santo Domingo, who is a socialite, former model and former Vogue editor. Moda has been reaping the rewards of the trend.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

Banks will be able to offer the new solutions directly to their own customers or use Raisin’s platform to reach all potential retail consumers. Headquartered in Spain, Choice FS was founded in 2010 as a software solution to help banks and credit unions (CUs) customize deposit accounts. platform,” said Raisin U.S. CEO Paul Knodel.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

After acquiring the pan-Asian restaurant Wagamama , earnings took a dive, in part due to a £102 million impairment charge for its leisure businesses, located in cinemas, retail parks and shopping centers. TRG said it will gradually close at least 50 percent of the outlets across the two brands as leases expire.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

The data collected through these online communities gives brands the insights they need to make real-time decisions that serve the commerce king: the customer. According to Forrester, brands face a 50 percent higher revenue risk in 2017. Brands must either disrupt or be disrupted. . — as if they were on a social network.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2016

Since 2010, footwear sales have grown at a higher rate than the rest of the apparel industry, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6 percent from 2010 to 2015, compared to just 4 percent CAGR for the rest of the apparel industry, according to Euromonitor. billion for advertising their brand.”.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Founded in 2010, OrderGroove’s claim to startup fame is a SaaS-based subscription and membership commerce platform and network. The startup’s technology enables brands and retailers to strengthen relationships with their customer base in both online and brick-and-mortar stores with the goal of generating repeat sales.

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