The Art + Science of Pricing: Four Tips To Consider
What’s in a price? Turns out a lot of things - some more tangible than others - which is why pricing should be approached as one part art, another part science. Item to item, customer’s perceptions of value
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Curation At Scale: Is It Possible?
This year’s story of unlikely retail bedfellows recently revealed its latest chapter with the announcement that Macy’s had acquired experiential retailer Story. For those of you not acclimated with Story, it’s a retail concept based on themes
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Amazon Fashion Private Label Snapshot
The latest data shows that Amazon has more than 70 private labels across a world of product categories, from diapers to furniture, and, oh yeah, clothing. (See the full list of brands here.) We know they're super focused on fashion
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4 Plus-Size Market Insights
Plus Sizes Still Comprise Less Than 20% of Assortments It’s a stat you’ve heard here before, but with more than two-thirds of American women estimated to be plus-size (for our intents and purposes a size 14 and up)
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A Guided Visual Tour of Nordstrom's New Men's Store
Photo credit: CNBC There’s been a lot of buzz recently around a big new store opening here in New York - especially for those of us who grew up outside of this city. Whether you hail from Seattle, Cleveland,
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Truth By Numbers: The Hunter-Target Collab
Designer collaborations may not be the novelty they once were, yet Target can still draw the fashion masses with their designer mashups. Whether it's Victoria Beckham, Altuzarra, or Missoni, they have mastered the art of high-low chic. Well, that was
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Truth By Numbers: Festival Maximus
You probably didn't go to Coachella, but if you opened Instagram last weekend, like it or not, you were basically there. (Weekend two is about to kick off as we speak.) Festival season has been dubbed "the New Cruise season,
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What New School Retail Can Learn From Old School
Today I’m thinking about my next trip. In full disclosure, that’s most days, but today in particular it’s top of mind, because I’m sitting in Away’s luggage shop, opened last September and tucked into the
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