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Struggling to compete with online brands, famed Big Apple luxury retailer Barneys New York has put itself up for sale and filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a report by Reuters. . Barneys wants to keep its main store in Manhattan, and also four other locations.

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Ignite Ideas talks at the Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 conference in Seattle last month tackled issues of financial inclusion, designing products that enhance the customer experience, revamping payments, and rebuilding trust in banking.

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And in real estate, developers are turning part of a shopping center near Seattle into an apartment complex, as the future of malls is debated in boardrooms and decided by foot traffic. 2019: Launch year of Empathy Wines, which was recently purchased by Constellation Brands. All this, Today in Data. Data: . Data: .

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In the age of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, however, digital innovators are taking a new approach to bike shopping. The company’s DTC approach is not new: CEO and Founder David Engelstein noted that a similar company in Seattle sells bikes through that model, as well as a company called Canon in Germany.

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MARCH 10, 2020

Cook told Apple office workers in Seattle, California, Japan, South Korea, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Switzerland that they can work from home during the week in the event that their “job allows” for it. Tim Cook delivered a memo to the tech company’s employees about the continuing COVID-19 outbreak during the weekend.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The move will bring 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores — just in time for the holiday shopping season. The Market @ Macy’s helps both emerging and established brands reach new audiences by showcasing them in a physical space inside Macy’s. “The

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But the growing use of those brands to attract sales is also leading to more focus on potential challenges for online, private label retail over the next few years. Private brands, of course, are hardly new, and their use in retail predates the birth of eCommerce. Some brands, like Solimo , are in use by Amazon globally,” TJI said.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. The retailer also plans to team with Facebook on brand curation starting next year — “identifying and engaging with brands that have built a strong online community on the social media platform.”.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

A Seattle-based grocery startup named Swiftly has raised $15.6 The company also announced a brand new “operating system for brick and mortar stores.” Swiftly Co-Founder and CTO Sean Turner said the company moved to Seattle to find the best technology talent.

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The packages provide savings on dental services within a provider network via Humana and unlimited telehealth for a dollar per visit via Seattle-based 98point6. Inspire Brands is poised to acquire Jimmy John’s for an undisclosed price in a deal that would make it the fourth-largest restaurant company in the country. billion to $43.6

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The Seattle eCommerce company has vigorously denied the allegations. Amazon’s private-label business includes about four dozen brands and as many as 243,000 products. But at the same time, we are making Amazon-branded products, and we want them to sell.”. We knew we shouldn’t,” one former employee told the WSJ.

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The program is currently being tested by small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Seattle and the Netherlands. The Seattle bundle will also include the Soundtrack Your Brand feature, which allows for “ad free, curated and fully licensed music” selected for the customer without the customer having to manually pick out a playlist.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Seattle-based Amazon has hooked up with a small business to sue 11 individuals, alleging that they counterfeited J.L. For over 35 years and two generations, our family has worked to establish a brand that parents can trust and to provide families with products that give them peace of mind while traveling,” said Childress in the release. “We

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As customers do more shopping from home, brands are more and more often announcing brick-and-mortar closures. It’s going to change the company, the brand and everything we do.”.

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JUNE 26, 2017

Last week the greater Seattle area learned it will soon have access to its very own “dual-concept” Williams Sonoma store. But the bigger upgrade is a combination offering — its traditional focus on food and an expansion into something more akin to a lifestyle brand — as well as an enhanced menu of products.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

It offers savings on products from small businesses and top brands for Prime members. The Seattle-based global eCommerce giant introduced Prime Day five years ago to beef up typically slow summer sales. Analysts estimated the initiative, scheduled for Oct. 13 and 14 has the potential to break its fourth-quarter earnings record.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Apart from online sales, they have brick-and-mortar stores (in Seattle, Portland, Denver and Whistler, and British Columbia, with a 100,000-square-foot retail operation under construction in Salt Lake City), an adventure travel business and an outreach program to local retailers.

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To add to the Tuft & Needle assortment already offered on Amazon , the digital brand is rolling out an Amazon exclusive collection. The brand is offering king, California king, queen, full-size, twin and twin XL mattresses through the site. Already, the brand has a quarter of its sales going through Amazon.

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JULY 23, 2019

And there are a few marquee names at work here, as reported by The Seattle Times : Publicly traded real estate firm Realogy is leveraging Amazon services and products to bolster residential technology and automation – and boost home sales. This time around, the effort seems to have a bit more foundation (pun intended).

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Amazon has a brand-new product that will deliver packages right to consumers’ doors. We developed Amazon Scout at our research and development lab in Seattle, ensuring the devices can safely and efficiently navigate around pets, pedestrians and anything else in their path,” the company said.

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JUNE 28, 2019

Along with Boulder-based company Nite Ize , a maker of specialty lights and phone mounts under the STEELIE brand, the eCommerce giant filed a lawsuit on Wednesday (June 26) in a Seattle federal court, accusing a group of counterfeiters of selling fraudulent Nite Ize products. Amazon is continuing its fight against counterfeiters.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Apart from online sales, they have brick and mortar stores in Seattle, Portland, Denver and Whistler, British Columbia ( with a 100,000 square foot retail operation under construction in Salt Lake City), an adventure travel business, and an outreach program to local retailers.

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Coffee Meets Bagel has recently set up operations in Seattle — its first office outside San Francisco — and used WeWork space for that. but in Seattle, it attracted three new hires fairly quickly,” the report said. “The but in Seattle, it attracted three new hires fairly quickly,” the report said. Innovator Awards.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Well-known private-equity firms Silver Lake and Apollo are poised to buy a $1 billion minority stake in Seattle-based travel listing giant Expedia Group Inc., Expedia runs travel booking brands including Travelocity, Orbitz and Vrbo. according to The Wall Street Journal.

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MAY 11, 2020

Expanding The Brand. And while losing focus is always a risk to any retail endeavor, Huzar noted, OfferUp’s core value as a brand has never been around C2C, but around the concept of local businesses — still the locus of roughly 85 percent of all sales. And if you look at Seattle or even L.A.,

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JULY 18, 2018

Pop-In@Nordstrom is all about introducing our customers to the best of what’s out there, and we are excited to partner with a like-minded brand like Casper that leads with innovation and a strong customer experience.”.

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GCash is one of the mobile wallet brands that Remitly added to its network last year. The Seattle-based company sells financial services products aimed at making it easier for immigrants to send money electronically to their home countries.

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Earlier this year, Expedia embarked on an ambitious reorganization plan with the goal of bringing our brands and technology together in a more efficient way. The company is in the midst of a broad reorganization and plans to streamline its inventory of brands. Overall, Expedia shares were down 6.9 percent this year.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

The world got its initial peek at the first Prime Air-branded cargo aircraft today in Seattle as the airplane enjoyed its maiden flight at the annual Seafair Air Show. I cannot imagine a better way to celebrate the inaugural flight than in our hometown at Seafair alongside Amazon employees and Seattle residents.”.

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JULY 24, 2018

The Accelerator , a program designed to support early-stage startups using voice to deliver transformative customer and business experiences, will be hosted in Seattle this summer.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Reports from Seattle and California say the company is adding a new format and expanding beyond its Amazon Go and Whole Foods brands. Although Amazon hasn’t commented, the strategy seems to be aimed at getting Amazon aligned with a more mass market customer segment than its other retail brands. billion in 2019.

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They will include home goods and skin care products, among others, from brands such as home goods company East Fork and luxury bedding company Parachute. According to one report , each brand will have about 10 to 15 stock keeping units (SKUs) offered in the space. It’s a marketing and brand awareness play,” Cho told Digiday.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Amazon , the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K., Amazon is running a year-long pilot program aimed at helping up-and-coming online brands grow their presence in the physical world. planning to launch pop-up stores to give small businesses the chance to sell on High Street.

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APRIL 13, 2017

A young logistics startup that gives eCommerce brands same-day delivery capabilities just scored a major chunk of venture funding. Brands without local inventory can use Darkstore’s storage space to ship same-day. The startup reportedly charges brands 3 percent per item that leaves a Darkstore storage space, up to a maximum of $20.

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MAY 12, 2017

Seattle startup FLEXE looks to enable online retailers to compete against Amazon’s logistics capabilities. “For the first time in history, eCommerce brands have an alternative to Amazon,” said FLEXE cofounder and CEO Karl Siebrecht. The company boasts more than 500 warehouses across all major North American markets.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Job listings posted in December, first noted by Recode , advertised that the company was in the process of looking for brand managers “to build authentic activewear private label brands that have compelling and unique DNA and deliver amazing consumer-valued innovation.”.

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Amazon has been rolling out private-label food and beverage products under the radar for Prime customers since June of this year, including its Happy Belly brand coffee and its private-label baby food called Mama Bear. Additionally, Amazon sells household goods and other items under the Amazon Basics and Amazon Elements brands.

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