direct-to-consumer

Amazon’s Buy With Prime Sets Sights on Off-Platform Payments Ubiquity

Amazon’s Buy With Prime Sets Sights on Off-Platform Payments Ubiquity
Amazon’s Buy With Prime Sets Sights on Off-Platform Payments Ubiquity
January 10, 2023  |  Retail

Job cuts and slowing growth aside, Amazon’s payments ubiquity march — reaching well beyond its own platform — continues unabated. By making Buy With Prime available...

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Solo Brands CEO Seeks to Separate Rising Sales From Slumping Stock
Solo Brands CEO Seeks to Separate Rising Sales From Slumping Stock
December 28, 2022  |  Retail

By most measures, the four core businesses of newly listed Solo Brands are growing sales in a sluggish economy and enjoying solid customer retention and...

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Subscription and Digital Commerce DTCs Seen Facing Continued Headwinds
Subscription and Digital Commerce DTCs Seen Facing Continued Headwinds
December 27, 2022  |  eCommerce

Direct-to-consumer subscription providers and digital commerce brands aren’t out of the woods yet. After a year of hardships and headwinds, those merchants betting on long-term...

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Nike Stock Soars as Record Membership Drives 34% Spike in Digital Sales
Nike Stock Soars as Record Membership Drives 34% Spike in Digital Sales
December 21, 2022  |  Retail

Nike stock soared after strong demand for its products allowed it to do something few other brands can: charge full price. At the same, the...

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Coffee Subscriptions Wake Up and Smell Consumer Thirst for Flexibility
Coffee Subscriptions Wake Up and Smell Consumer Thirst for Flexibility
December 13, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Research shows consumers are dropping retail subscriptions, yet coffee is in its own category. One part essential commodity, one part affordable luxury, consumers’ caffeine fix...

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Future-Proofing eCommerce Sites Means Rethinking Metrics That Matter
Future-Proofing eCommerce Sites Means Rethinking Metrics That Matter
December 07, 2022  |  eCommerce

Amid heightened economic anxiety, future-proofing your eCommerce site can be a tightrope walk. Just as retailers that stocked up in 2021 during supply chain shortages...

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Winc Sinks Into Bankruptcy as Taste for Wine Subscriptions Sours
Winc Sinks Into Bankruptcy as Taste for Wine Subscriptions Sours
December 04, 2022  |  Subscriptions

You might have thought that an online wine club would be impervious to consumers’ belt-tightening. News came last week that Winc filed for Chapter 11...

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D2C Sticker Brand Leverages Printing Business Email List to Launch Hot Sauce
D2C Sticker Brand Leverages Printing Business Email List to Launch Hot Sauce
November 21, 2022  |  eCommerce

As direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands compete to win consumers’ attention and to secure their loyalty, the custom printing site Sticker Mule has expanded to a new...

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