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January 13, 2020
January 13, 2020
December 22, 2019
December 22, 2019
Did your e-commerce business lose money last year, and you fret over this? Most indie store owners do, but losing money on e-commence is the name of the game as catching up to Amazon’s 25-year head start will take years and lots of losses. Proof: Walmart’s e-commerce operations lost $2b last year, shares the WSJ. Most indie stores will not be able to pursue this ...
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December 10, 2019
December 10, 2019
Amazon and brands target general public orders. Due to the lower prices, brand name, and marketing, they'll get those ...
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December 3, 2019
December 3, 2019
November 27, 2019
November 27, 2019
November 26, 2019
November 26, 2019
When I'm in my friend's kitchen, someone may say they need a new spatula from Amazon, or after dinner ask Alexa to turn on Amazon TV. When they do, I'll consider those actions in light of the holiday. I'll share why this is important to consider.
Today...
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November 19, 2019
November 19, 2019
THE LAST WORD
CHART YOUR FUTURE BEFORE BIG TECH DOES
by JASON SOLAREK
Market buildings are starting to take digital seriously. Why, finally? Because Amazon is nipping at retailers’ heels? No. Because Zola is stealing indie stores’ registry business? No. Sadly, the main thing that’s brought markets up to speed has to do with their own dollars and ...
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November 10, 2019
November 10, 2019
Barneys Commits Retail Manslaughter
Barneys will likely keep thousands of dollars belonging to brides, shares today’s Times. The defunct retailer will keeps the brides’ registry credits if they don’t redeem them by this Thursday.
This is also bad for the brands that were sold via Barneys' registries. For example, let's imagine Barneys sells Waterford. If a bride registered for a Waterford product, and that item was gifted by a family member, Waterford would expect that item to be bought by ...
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November 2, 2019
November 2, 2019
Amazon most likely has lower prices than most stores--including yours, shares Retail Dive.
Excerpt:
"With the holiday sales season underway, Amazon is pricing 20% below other online retailers on average in key product categories, according to a study by Profitero."
You may ask, how is Amazon wining this online price war? I'll share my answer: Bots. Amazon has unleashed an army of bots to crawl and scrub all of your data and websites, and report it back to Amazon ...
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October 27, 2019
October 27, 2019
The Rudin Center for Transportation is part of New York University, and is named after Lewis Rudin—the developer of the wholesale building 41 Madison.
If online is better according to the head of the Rudin Center, what is the Rudin family—which owns 41 Madison—doing to help tenants and visitors adapt to this fact?
This holiday season more shoppers will shop online ...
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October 25, 2019
October 25, 2019
If they’re not up 24%, it likely means that Amazon is taking your customers and your neighboring business’ customers.
Do you buy from Amazon at home? Or for your store? If so, you may be helping sharpen your executioner’s sword by 24%.
While the Times paints the quarter as a mixed bag, I believe this is great news for Amazon. It also shares that Amazon’s advertising revenue is up 45% and that Amazon Web Services Is up 35%. Do you...
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October 2, 2019
October 2, 2019
September 30, 2019
September 30, 2019
COSTA NOVA AND CASAFINA ANNOUNCE A NEW SHOWROOM AT 41 MADISON AVENUE IN NEW YORK CITY
The renowned Portuguese tableware brands COSTA NOVA and CASAFINA announce a new showroom at 41 MADISON AVENUE in New York City.
Situated in the heart of the Flatiron District, the building welcomes tabletop professionals and chefs from around the globe to preview new offerings from the industry’s finest brands.
The new space will display collections from both brands with an emphasis on the ...
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September 8, 2019
September 8, 2019
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August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019
As today's WSJ shares, UPS has a venture capital arm and it has this because smart businesses know that most businesses are becoming more like: software businesses. Therefore, businesses have to ‘buy’ that know-how by investing in a tech company. UPS knows that it doesn't have the internal tech know-how to...
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August 12, 2019
August 12, 2019
Shoppers choose the mobile route on Saturday because they are most likely out of the office and on the go. But why had mobile not trumped desktop before? We believe that mobile-based purchases are increasing as shoppers get more comfortable with mobile (aka they are making more mobile purchases for other ...
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August 11, 2019
August 11, 2019
For example, an HFN columnist whom I won’t name is often extolling the need to make the in-store shopping experience fun and interesting. Similarly, a market building president ...
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August 8, 2019
August 8, 2019
I read the New York Times and want to ask: Are we sharpening our executioner's sword? That is what FedEx wondered as it helped Amazon grow by delivering its packages. Finally, FedEx woke up and decided it's better to make less money tomorrow than help usher in its death in the near future. As the Times reports, FedEx is terminating its ground delivery agreement with Amazon at the end of August, thereby passing on the delivery of millions of packages.
Amazon has historically partnered with ...
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August 4, 2019
August 4, 2019
What inspired you to get into business?
I had always loved to bake and to ...
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July 26, 2019
July 26, 2019
