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What is the opposite of fast fashion? Secondhand clothing is the hot new thing for retailers. In December, the National …
J. Crew Is Now Offering Secondhand Clothing
13 Thursday Apr 2023
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Supermarkets Know You Want Cheap Food
10 Monday Apr 2023
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Consumer Buying Behavior, Groceries, Inflation, Managing the Merchandise Planning Process, Supermarkets
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Groceries have gotten expensive. As of March 2023, food prices were up 8.5 percent compared with a year earlier, per …
Despite Limited Budgets, Consumers are Buying *a Lot* of Luxury Goods
06 Thursday Apr 2023
Posted in Chapter 05: Customer Buying Behavior
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Yeah, yeah, yeah—inflation. So your food budget is completely out of control, and who knows when you’ll be able to …
How this DTC Beauty Company Got HUGE
03 Monday Apr 2023
Posted in Chapter 02: Types of Retailers
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MyGlamm might be the biggest beauty company you’ve never heard of (if you don’t shop in India). The company was …
Retailing Tidbit: The Rolling Stones Care Where Their Merchandise Is Made… But Do Their Fans?
15 Wednesday Mar 2023
The legendary rock band the Rolling Stones expressed shock when discovering that the workers making their 60th anniversary merchandise, in …
Retailing Tidbit: Black Friday Is Making a Comeback
13 Monday Mar 2023
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Retailers headed into last year’s Black Friday with gritted teeth. Profit margins were down, due to inflation, excess inventory, and …
Red Bull Goes Global… Literally
08 Wednesday Mar 2023
In one of Red Bull’s most famous marketing stunts, the company went literally global: Felix Baumgartner (purposefully) fell to Earth …
Why Are There So Relatively Few Vegan Options in U.S. Fast Food Restaurants?
06 Monday Mar 2023
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Dominos, Dunkin Donuts, Europe, McDonald's, Pizz Hut, Plant-based, Starbucks, U.S., Vegan
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In Europe, consumers who prefer to eat plant-based meals have abundant choices when they visit their local fast-food eateries. Whether …
Anti-Social Media: Lush and Some Other Companies Quit Facebook—Maybe for Good?
01 Wednesday Mar 2023
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In late 2021, acting on troubling information raised by a Facebook whistleblower, the British handmade cosmetics retailer Lush decided to …
For Better or For Worse, Robots Are Taking Over
27 Monday Feb 2023
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Are robots everywhere? At times, it certainly seems so, and the contemporary marketing environment is no exception. From the front …
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