The Atlantic shares how Chinese factories have found a new way around U.S. retailers and into our homes: Chinese apps. SHEIN and other Chinese apps are bypassing Amazon to be a new leader in Chinese goods. In addition to Amazon, Target, Walmart, and indie shops now have a new group of digital competitors embedded in customers’ pockets.
Except from The Atlantic article:
MATERIAL WORLD
IS THIS HOW AMAZON ENDS?
An open embrace of cheap foreign products has helped ...
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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018
Come nibble, drink, and mingle at our first After Hours event on Tuesday, October 23rd and, have cookbooks personalized & signed by Robert St. John & Wyatt Waters.
skeem design knows how to package a product, we are in love.
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June 16, 2018
June 16, 2018
Last day to enjoy this Fatherβs Day Deal at the store! *Please note that we only have one in-stock.
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October 22, 2017
October 22, 2017
Want an in-store gift registry computer? Take a lesson from Best Buy: they can be expensive, finicky, and simply not work. Hereβs a pic of its Union Square locationβs registry computer being stuck on startup.
The convenient part about relying on your website for instore activity is you essentially get your customers to use their own hardware (aka their iPhone or mobile device).
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November 30, 2008
November 30, 2008
Restaurant in New York City Could Stand Under Rihanna's Marketing Umbrella
I designed a line of plates for a New York City restaurant last year, but never launched the line. One of the reasons was that the owner wanted only to cash the royalty checks for having his restaurant on a plate sold in retail stores, but he didn't want to make any instore appearances to promote the line. The article below about Rihanna's umbrella product line sheds light on why the owner's objection spelled doom for the ...
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