Weekly News Brief
IN THE WORLD OF RETAIL Things are still not looking good. Neiman Marcus has abandoned talks of selling the company to suitor Hudson's Bay, meaning the department chain will have to figure alternative solutions to deal with its billion-dollar debt.
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THE BIG BAD WOLF Amazon: admired and feared in equal measures by retailers. Every move this e-commerce juggernaut makes sends executives scrambling to catch up, and Amazon's foray into fashion is one that everybody is watching closely. Techcrunch discusses exactly
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SOMETHING'S BREWING IN... India's biggest e-commerce players are in trouble. Amazon has entered the playing field, investing $5 billion into aggressively expanding their supply chain in India. The main competitors are domestic e-commerce kings Flipkart and Snapdeal, whom are reportedly
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THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY Amazon Fashion is the proverbial ugly child of the fashion family. Seldom talked about but relied upon as a smaller breadwinner for the behemoth, traditional brands have regarded the sell-all e-commerce giant with a
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What Does The World Of Retail Look Like Post-Apocalypse?
That was an overly dramatic title, utilized primarily for its guaranteed ability to grab your attention. And now that I’ve got that, there are a few things I’d like to talk about. No, I’m not going to
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The Personal Touch
We live in a world full of choices. Whether it’s something as simple as what you order for lunch to a more complicated set of choices, like the design of your new living room furniture set, the option to
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Not Everything In Retail Is What It Seems
So it’s time for some real talk about the retail industry. Yes, it’s a hot mess right now, and frankly, this is going to be the case for the foreseeable future, until the inevitable and necessary contracting and
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THROWBACK TO 2007 We're not at the bottom yet. Stateside, 21 retailers will be closing down over 3,500 stores all over the country in 2017. Discount chain Payless Shoes is considering shuttering between 500 to 1000 stores as it
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