Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

Lowest prices” came in second and “fast shipping” came in eighth place. Some of the most successful retailers today include Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Target, Costco and Walmart. This shift in shopping habits has negatively impacted retailers in the middle of the pricing spectrum like JC Penney, Sears , Gap and Kohl’s.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Marks & Spencer is in the midst of a multi-year transformation that former CEO Steve Rowe began in 2018 and it’s working. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Marks & Spencer’s revenues last year were up 21.5%

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 22, 2022

JD.com opened its own grocery chain called 7Fresh in 2018. Selling groceries generate frequent and repeat business and are one of the keys to the success of retailers like Walmart. 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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Then Amazon comes onto the scene and shows the retail industry there are other ways to make money including by having a lucrative cloud business or through advertising sales. 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.

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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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Rangeme

APRIL 13, 2022

Not only is that morally repugnant—particularly given food shortages in so many parts of the world—it is also disastrous from a climate change perspective, given the resources devoted to the production and shipping of food (also, food that ends up in landfill generates greenhouse gases). Governmental sustainability efforts.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 7, 2022

Tesco even tried its hand at opening a discount grocery chain called Jack in 2018 but it closed the chain of 13 stores earlier this year. "We Shipping speeds are at the forefront of competition in the retail sector. That reduces the need to shop at discount grocers. Fast delivery. Source: Bloomberg. Do you like this content?

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Rangeme

MAY 26, 2022

In 2018, Nona became the first female Asian board member selected for the Specialty Food Association and is now the first female Asian Vice-Chair of the Specialty Food Association! In the beginning, Lim had a tough time forging relationships with retailers, “I hadn’t grown up in the U.S.,

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Shein, another ultra fast fashion retailer, adds between 500 to 2,000 new items on its website every day. Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days. Commenting on the growth of Shein TechCrunch wrote : “[Shein] manufactures in China as many apparel retailers do.

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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

JUNE 13, 2022

Or in the process of trying to turn the ship around many companies make a number of missteps as they desperately try to improve operations. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Do you like this content? Quality improvements.

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