by Anna Hensel | Jul 19, 2019 | retail
Toys “R” Us is angling for a comeback, but in order to do so, it will have to win over vendors who may be skeptical of working with a brand that’s fresh out of bankruptcy. On Thursday, Tru Kids Brands — the new parent company of Toys “R” Us — announced that it would...
by Anna Hensel | Jul 17, 2019 | retail
Big-box retailers like Target and Walmart increasingly want their stores to double as fulfillment centers, and are remodeling stores and working with more last-mile delivery services in order to do so. They see their existing store footprints as one of the biggest...
by Anna Hensel | Jul 15, 2019 | retail
Direct-to-consumer health care brands are starting to grow up. But the path ahead for these telemedicine brands is more complicated than a straightforward consumer brand selling mattresses or razors. Companies like Ro and Hims, which got their starts selling...
by Anna Hensel | Jul 12, 2019 | retail
As Amazon continues to set shipping expectations, competing marketplaces and platforms are racing to ensure their sellers don’t fall behind. This week, Etsy became the latest marketplace to go all-in on free shipping, with an announcement that at the end of July, it...
by Anna Hensel | Jul 2, 2019 | Advertising
As direct-to-consumer brands have started to branch out from their bread-and-butter digital marketing channels like Facebook and Google and explore channels like TV, out-of-home and direct mail, pressure is building to figure out which of these channels are most...
