Did the Pandemic Change Retailing Dramatically?
Any professional observer of retail trends and every shopper in the U.S. would tell you that retailing, and retailers changed dramatically during the pandemic. But many of those changes were already in the works before the pandemic even started. One of the interesting things that happened during the pandemic is that Amazon announced the closure of almost all their test stores…
The Hybrid Work Environment: A New Path for Retailers
Today, retailers are facing complex challenges from supply chain, logistics, and product sourcing to shortages of labor and growing costs. In addition to the economic issues, consumers continue to place demands on retailers focused on their…
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Amazon Slip Slides into Maturity
Amazon’s business is slowing down… online sales, subscription services, and third-party sales growth trended down in 2021 and into Q1 2022 suggesting the company is slipping into a maturity phase. Is Andy Jassy the right guy to steer Amazon into maturity and still keep the creative curve accelerating? Or is that an oxymoron? Join Robin Lewis and Shelley E. Kohan, TRR’s chief strategist, as they dig into what’s going on with Amazon’s plateau and who might steal their thunder.
Retail’s Growing Channel…Recommerce
Although companies have been talking about sustainability and the circular economy for years, and retailers have been trying to make the production process more sustainable, customers will be the driving force to make sustainability practices stick.…
LoveShackFancy’s Real World Brand Advocates
Much like the cottagecore trend that came onto the radar a few years ago, LoveShackFancy is selling more than just a frilly pink dress –– they’re selling a paradigm. They’re hawking a paradigm of a traditional…
lululemon: Power of Three x2
“The success of our Power of Three formula in delivering on our 2023 growth strategy supports our goal to double (x2) the business over the next five years,” said CEO Calvin McDonald to analysts recently, referring…
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