Espresso,The Filter,

Amazon’s pro-consumer tipping point

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon expands freight airline to reduce shipping costs, faces mounting criticism against cashier-free retail, launches Amazon Moments, raises prices at Whole Foods, expands its hospital supplies offering; Amazon exclusive partnerships surpass Amazon private labels

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Wayfair opens outlet store, Luxury brands purchase commercial real estate, Ulta Beauty directs traffic to its full-service salon, Direct-to-consumer brands take on Canada

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KKW Fragrance and the Boomerang Influencer Effect

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Luxury cashes in on CBD and cannabis, Public Goods competes with Brandless, Lawless Beauty deepens ties with Sephora, MeUndies credits podcasts with a rise in underwear sales

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PrimeTime: Amazon acquires Eero, will set up Amazon Lockers at Coachella, uses Brand and Manufacturer Accelerator Programs to attract new companies to its platform, launches Amazon Live; Ecommerce company Verishop aims to compete with Amazon

Espresso,The Filter,

Shopify and the search for a POS that isn’t a P.O.S.

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Hotels and airlines advertise on Instagram Stories, Dig Inn ditches third-party delivery, Flamingo lands at Target, Equinox unbundles popular running class into standalone gym

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PrimeTime: Nearly half of Amazon vendors spend $40,000+ a month on advertising, Amazon’s subscription business decelerates, Counterfeit products pose growing threat, Amazon spends big at Sundance

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Untuckit, J.Crew, Nike and the risk of chasing Amazon scale

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon Shipping expands; Amazon tempts vendors to develop Amazon-exclusive brands, sells beauty bundles from its private label, is building a virtual changing room app

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Digital brands take on TV with addressable ads, The We Company opens a WeWork trial run, Cos Bar Labs debuts flexible brand partnerships, CPG companies ditch single-use packaging

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Parachute, Casper and the uncertainty of a mattress-driven business

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon is offering wide-reaching targeted consumer data to advertisers; UPS is expanding its Amazon Key competitor; Some direct-to-consumer brands are spurning Amazon; Amazon is advertising its most profitable CPG products to save on shipping

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Hudson Yards banks on digitally-native brands, Rihanna lands LVMH deal, Consumers question politically-minded ads, Brandless unveils subscription

Espresso,The Filter,

Is Groupon the next customer acquisition channel?

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: FaceGym, experience-based beauty brands grow their footprints; Nike takes on Lululemon; Venture capital reaches zenith; Netflix raises prices to fund original content

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PrimeTime: Whole Foods 365 will not expand, Men are more likely than women to price compare on Amazon, IMDb launches free streaming service, Amazon brings Prime Day look-alike to India

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The RealReal’s reliance on discount-driven messaging and its threat to luxury

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon expands Whole Foods, sends free product samples, strengthens sports contracts, reduces third-party seller fees, debuts new Amazon Key services, receives criticism for copying West Elm furniture

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Hotels abandon convenience stores in favor of branded destination retail, Starbucks turns to premium coffee bar concept to raise revenues, Beauty brands embrace the Consumer Electronics Show, Stitch Fix retains strong gross margin as it prepares to enter UK market

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Walker & Company, Facebook, and the resuscitation of the CPG conglomerate

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Whole Foods and Instacart break up, Amazon cuts its losses on low-margin products, AmazonBasics teases private-label toys, Small-format Amazon Go opens at one of Amazon’s Seattle offices

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Starbucks expands U.S. delivery; Saks shutters standalone women’s shop; Warby Parker, Everlane offer installment payment plans; CGI influencer Lil Miquela announces apparel brand

Espresso,The Filter,

Are brands repeating their messages or letting them sink in?

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon Go courts airports, Vendors using Fulfillment by Amazon subject to safety-related penalty fees, Amazon fires employees after data leak, Indie brands outperform some mainstream brands on Amazon Europe, Amazon launches Alexa Answers

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Constellation Brands invests in female-run alcohol startups; Cookware startups challenge All-Clad and its ilk, but compete amongst themselves; More businesses go cashless, excluding shoppers; IKEA plans its first Manhattan store built on customer feedback

Espresso,The Filter

Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the tragedy of the commons

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: The secondary watch industry pushes luxury’s evolution; Quip raises $40 million, but risks becoming the next Harry’s; Product recommendation sites criticize but drive traffic to Amazon; Parachute takes on multi-channel strategy

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon optimizes cashier-free tech for large-format stores, loses J.Crew Mercantile business, sparks outrage after embedding ads in baby registries, extends foot in the healthcare industry, ends WeWork-Alexa for Business pilot, affects how products look, seeks to consolidate vendor system, grows presence in India; Instacart lowers prices, threatening Prime Now delivery

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Jim Brett, Ron Johnson, Michael Dell and the alchemy of a brand turnaround

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PrimeTime: Amazon hits new Cyber Monday sales record, deepens ties with Microsoft, partners with celebrities for wish lists, seeks to grow Amazon Pay, prepares for the holiday rush with robots, terminates Amazon Restaurants in the UK, debuts first pop-up in Spain

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Nordstrom strives to remain an ideal wholesale partner; Goop and Universal Standard launch a collab; Coca Cola may invest in Dirty Lemon; Kering sheds YNAP, attacking ecomm solo

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Macy’s should look at staffing as a profit center, not a cost center

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon will open holiday pop-ups in Europe, launch a new delivery program for the season, mail its first printed toy catalog

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Facebook opens pop-ups at Macy’s, Masse monetizes moms, Peloton threatens SoulCycle, Wayfair acquires new customers

Espresso,The Filter,

What’s the goal of CDG, Comme des Garçons first D2C brand?

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Dollar Shave Club debuts fragrance, Dollar stores look to urban markets for expansion, Influencers become investors, Glossier opens flagship

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon shoppers receive free shipping, Kohl’s collaborates with Amazon, Most Amazon Go stores close during the weekend, CVS and Uber create Prime-like memberships, HQ2 will allegedly be split in Arlington, Virigina and Queens, New York

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Will the internet push consumer product margins to zero?

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon’s private-label apparel brands grow, but don’t sell, “Online Stores” business decelerates; Amazon launches new benefits for Business Prime, debuts two private-label home goods brands; Walmart opens tech-driven store to compete with Amazon

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Sweetgreen aims for $1 billion valuation; Shopify courts larger vendors; Banana Republic launches Cos Bar shop-in-shop; End Clothing, The Line invent the new department store

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Rent The Runway and the gift and curse of returns

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon expands brick-and-mortar footprint, erases Instacart branding at Whole Foods, receives criticism for its Vine program

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Pinterest strives to make pins more shoppable, Sunday Riley receives criticism for fake reviews, RSE Ventures is creating an empire, Patagonia gets political

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Amazon, Stripe, Spring and the fallacy of the universal shopping cart

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon grows its private-label and exclusive offering, will have to pay higher USPS prices, patented new Alexa technology; Twitch live sportscasting increases viewer engagement, Amazon Fashion will launch pop-up, Amazon Air debuts new CA location

Espresso,The Grinds,

The Grinds: Harry’s debuts women’s razor brand, Shopify embraces customer service—for vendors, Walmart acquires Bare Necessities, Sephora extends the Museum of Ice Cream’s lifeline

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Revolve says it’s the anti-Amazon, but runs on the same fuel

Espresso,PrimeTime,

PrimeTime: Amazon turbo-charges its private-label empire, terminates Instant Pickup, will bring 4-Star to Berkeley, will launch a free, ad-supported TV service; Stitch Fix saw stock price dip since Amazon Scout launched