Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 12, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon Did you know that at one time Sears was the largest retailer in the world? But at some point there is a tipping point when a company fails on so many fronts it’s impossible to get back up. That insight was the impetus for Sears’, at one time, immensely popular, catalog. That was back in 1969.

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Indigo 9 Digital

AUGUST 18, 2023

Prior to starting her blog Emily Weiss worked at Vogue, Teen Vogue and W magazine. Weiss then translated a dedicated millennial readership as well as an Instagram following into a set of loyal customers when she launched Glossier in 2014. Glossier was valued at $1.8 billion in 2021 and now can also be found at Sephora.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 10, 2023

By 2014 Starbucks had rolled out mobile pre-order and pay before it was common to do so. Customers using this feature can skip the line (most of the time) in store by placing their favourite order from the most convenient location whether that is at home or on the way to work. Back in 2009 it launched its mobile app.

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Indigo 9 Digital

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Warby Parker Warby Parker which was founded over a decade ago in 2010 is often looked at as the crème de la crème of direct-to-consumer retailers. It’s really hard to acquire customers online,” said Sucharita Kodali, a retail analyst at Forrester. Competition for the new wave of mattress companies was quite fierce.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

W]e do have a lot of new customers coming into both banners over last year, and the majority of them are at a household income of $80,000 or higher," said Dollar Tree’s former CEO Mike Wytinski. But at the end of 2021 in the face of rising inflation Dollar Tree decided to increase its average price point to $1.25.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Everlane is a clothing brand that sells high quality basics (cashmere sweaters, cotton t-shirts and jeans) but at lower prices than retailers like J.Crew. Using Warby Parker’s home try on program customers are given the option of trying on five pairs of glasses at home which Warby Parker sends to customers free of charge.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 15, 2022

Danny Meyer, CEO of the Union Square Hospitality Group and founder of Shake Shack believes if you pay employees higher rates they tend to stay longer and are of a higher quality than employees who accept roles at lower rates. We have all seen the retail employee who seems like they would rather be anywhere else than at work.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 30, 2022

Fenty Beauty launched in 2017 in 17 countries at once, at 1,620 stores (exclusive to Sephora in the United States and exclusive to Harvey Nichols in the UK) a rather unprecedented move that likely would have been more difficult or impossible to execute without the LVMH partnership. The case for inclusivity. It’s about the quality.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Given the differences between men and women, we also wanted to make a shoe specifically aimed towards the female runner,” said Laura Healey, manager of footwear innovation at Puma. “We Puma has long used collaborations to keep itself at the forefront of popular culture. Do you like this content? Focus on wholesale.

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Rangeme

APRIL 28, 2022

The good news is that bird flu rarely passes to humans, although those in regular contact with birds—at work, say—are at higher risk. In Australia, for example, KFC had to restrict its menu earlier this year because COVID-19 had hit staff at its suppliers. in 2014, took more than six months to burn out.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 16, 2022

in the four weeks ending May 15, 2022, in all multi-unit retailers. At the same time, sales of electronic smoking devices jumped by 12.8%. Convenience stores are also a top location for CBD purchases, with 29% of consumers making purchases there and a quarter of people visiting at least once a day. In the U.K.,

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 10, 2023

By 2014 Starbucks had rolled out mobile pre-order and pay before it was common to do so. Customers using this feature can skip the line (most of the time) in store by placing their favourite order from the most convenient location whether that is at home or on the way to work. Then it began offering in app mobile payments in 2011.

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Rangeme

JUNE 28, 2022

Along with retailers making changes, there’s more supplier diversity in all products now. In 2014, Mason Duling and Toby Meisenheimer launched Tru-Colour , bandages in different skin tones, which landed on Target’s shelves in 2018. Suppliers focus on equity. Black-friendly products. based company. “We

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 6, 2022

China’s eCommerce market is maturing and is expected to grow by 15% between now and 2025 while the rest of the world is expected to grow at a rate of 52% during that time period. But its revenues only grew by 10% over last year, the lowest growth rate since Alibaba became a public company in 2014. Do you like this content?

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Rangeme

MAY 11, 2021

The photo below is of me back in 2014. Basically, I ate anything that came in a package and contained sugar, and as you can tell from the dark circles around my eyes, I didn’t get a healthy amount of sleep. While consumers have increasingly focused on wellness for the past several years, the pandemic has accelerated this trend.

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Rangeme

MAY 11, 2021

The photo below is of me back in 2014. Basically, I ate anything that came in a package and contained sugar, and as you can tell from the dark circles around my eyes, I didn’t get a healthy amount of sleep. While consumers have increasingly focused on wellness for the past several years, the pandemic has accelerated this trend.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 10, 2023

From adding digital ordering kiosks in restaurants to creating one of the most widely used mobile apps in the retail sector many companies are taking cues from McDonald’s. That is why when you look at a pair of pants on one site you see an ad for that very same pair of pants after you have moved on to new websites.

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Rangeme

MAY 26, 2022

The Nona Lim brand was born in 2014 and has since expanded as a national brand with noodles, broths, and sauces. Nona Lim’s clean, quick-prep versions of authentic Asian favorites invite Americans to experience faraway flavors at home, building awareness and appreciation of Asian culture.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 11, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon For as much as we hear the words “the customer experience” the experience we have with many retailers often feels less than ideal. In defence of the retail industry delighting customers is not an easy thing to do. Instead, a better customer experience would be not to place so much emphasis on closing the sale at all.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But over more than a decade Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand has grown from a weekly newsletter into an eCommerce, media and events empire valued at $250 million in 2018. Those newsletters produced 35% of the traffic to goop’s website at one time. To be successful and to have longevity you will need to reinvent yourself at some point.

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

While this is a buzz word in 2023 Aerie stepped out and made a decision to use more diverse models nine years ago back in 2014. Aerie has also taken on the role of retailer turned activist. Aerie goes much farther than the average retailer when it comes to social issues. A true focus on diversity and inclusion.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 11, 2023

A study by the Capgemini Institute found that on average retailers charge their customers just 80% of the cost of delivering goods. The irony of online shopping is that the most economical model for a retailer is when customers are not purely online shopping at all. Take mattress retailer Casper. In 2018 Casper spent $80.7

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 10, 2023

These lines of business are so successful that Alibaba’s IPO in 2014 remains the largest IPO in history raising $25 billion. Take a look at his advice on leadership, failure, success and more. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 31, 2023

Based on where we are today Nordstrom wouldn’t look at the Canadian market nearly as favourably as it did over a decade ago when it was in the initial stages of considering coming to Canada. If you wanted to buy a new outfit for work or for a party there weren’t many choices at that time. Last year Farfetch brought in $4.1

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

At the end of the day the criteria for success is rather simple. The exposure can also come at a cheaper price. UNTUCKit found that, at the time, for approximately $350 it could reach 200,000 potential consumers using radio ads. Free samples are really just another form of marketing retailers use to generate more sales.

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Rangeme

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Predictably, half the group jumps at the opportunity to transparently relay “who” they are and the “story” that informs their lives. Daft (2014), The Leadership Experience, p. 6 Harris Eisenberg, Humans Process Visual Data Better , Sept 2014 [link] A good story speaks to our intellect, our emotions, and basic psychology.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JULY 21, 2023

Having advertised with Facebook and Instagram since very early on, we saw the cost to acquire customers rise significantly, and it's at a place now where it's just unsustainable. Shifting to retail is a great way to connect with a local audience but also have an impact on the national scale,” said Normandin. Do you like this content?

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Rangeme

MARCH 31, 2022

More and more retailers such as Sephora, Nordstrom, Target, and Bloomingdales have embraced this booming category known as sexual wellness. One of our goals at RangeMe is to showcase diverse products to retail buyers and get these products into consumers’ hands. Read on to see how Summer Fouché, Sr.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 30, 2025

So here are my guesses as to not only what will be the most repeated retail buzzwords of 2025, but also the consumer drivers behind them. Buzzword one: Tariffs and dynamic pricing At this point, we now know that import tariffs are no longer a possibility, but a reality.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

Selling on Amazon comes at a cost. Nike is an example of a high-profile retailer that decided to stop selling on Amazon in 2019. Adidas has also directly sold its merchandise on Amazon since 2014. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox.

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