Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This acquisition adds to other moves Amazon has made in the healthcare sector including its purchase of PillPak, an online pharmacy, in 2018 for $753 million. In addition to getting more of your wallet, a service business like this has better margins than Amazon’s retail business and is less capital intensive. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 12, 2023

Fast forward less than two decades later to 2018 when Sears was in so much financial hardship with declining sales and profits as well as mounting debt it filed for bankruptcy. Most mid-priced retailers like Sears or JCPenney or Gap are struggling not just because of poor assortments but due to consumer economics. A lack of focus.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 4, 2023

By 2018 sales of groceries at Dollar Tree and Dollar General combined were approximately $24 billion nearly eclipsing Whole Food’s sales of $15 billion. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 4. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

A sneak peek into the future was given when Amazon unveiled its first Amazon Go store to the public in 2018. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Take a look at this list to see the types of locations Amazon has. Amazon Go.

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Rangeme

OCTOBER 6, 2021

We were aired on 10/28/2018, Season 10 Episode 4. RangeMe: How would you compare and contrast your experience pitching to Shark Tank judges to retail buyers on RangeMe? Higney & McAlister: Pitching retail buyers on RangeMe is similar to pitching the Sharks. Pinto : We applied and auditioned just one time.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 13, 2022

Customers that were loyal to you don’t always return even when you are trying hard to get them back. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. in 2016 to -1.5% One of the hardest things for a company to do is turnaround its business.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 11, 2022

With this is mind a number of Nordstrom stores offer a wide variety of services including: shoe repairs, personal styling, gift wrapping, a place to drop off online returns from other retailers, onsite alterations and tailoring, charity donation drop off, dry cleaning, merchandise monograming, and an endless array of beauty services.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 11, 2023

If getting the order to you is expensive what about returns? Raise your hand if you have ordered multiple versions of the same outfit in different sizes because you don’t know what your size is at a particular retailer. This process of ordering and returning goods is very expensive. Take mattress retailer Casper.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JULY 21, 2023

An innovative idea and a slick website might get customers excited but many founders eventually realize it’s actually pretty hard and expensive to acquire customers when you don’t have any retail stores. And when your customers demand free shipping or when return costs add up a promising business can be put into jeopardy pretty quickly.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

66% of consumers surveyed said “best value for money” keeps them returning to a brand, taking the top spot in terms of consumer preferences. Some of the most successful retailers today include Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Target, Costco and Walmart. Customers love it but it’s costly for retailers. Do you like this content?

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Commissions typically range from 25%-33% depending on whether in addition to providing eCommerce functionality Farfetch manages shipping, returns or other services. It did this through a partnership it had with Chanel that started in 2018. Farfetch generates revenue by taking a commission on sales from brands that sell on its platform.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

While increasing competition from Amazon is often cited as the reason mid-priced retailers like Macy’s or Lord & Taylor have struggled the main reason has to do with economics. By 2018 it took 53 weeks. And when they do make a purchase they are choosing lower priced retailers over mid-tier retailers out of necessity.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 16, 2022

Your employees have a tremendous impact on whether or not a customer returns to your store for another visit. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Allow customers to buy online, pick up in-store and return online orders in-store.

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Rangeme

MARCH 29, 2022

Multisensory experiences Immediate access to products Opportunities to test product quality and fit Human touch that builds relationships and trust Showrooms that drive product discovery Easy returns An escape from our pandemic cocoons. Underperforming retailers and tech laggards have been at risk for years, as this timeline of U.S.

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