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Why Related should be louder about its acquisition of Quiet Logistics

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Why is Amazon retreating from third-party retail while expanding its own?

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Can Tesla sell online-only with its hands tied?

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Glossier Play and the decision to distribute outside of the mothership

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Amazon’s pro-consumer tipping point

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KKW Fragrance and the Boomerang Influencer Effect

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

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

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

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Is Groupon the next customer acquisition channel?

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

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

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Are brands repeating their messages or letting them sink in?

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Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the tragedy of the commons

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

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

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

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Will the internet push consumer product margins to zero?

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Rent The Runway and the gift and curse of returns

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

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

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Kylie Cosmetics and the industry’s quest to decipher its growth

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Direct-to-consumer ageism and the power of execution

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Reviewing Rimowa’s Revitalization

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Kylie Cosmetics’ shift to Ulta and the online-only growth ceiling

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“The product speaks for itself”

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Untangling the complexities of Farfetch’s business

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Nike, Disney and the shift to a direct-to-consumer business

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Everyone is spending more on marketing than they admit

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The fallacy of ecommerce’s infinite shelf space

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Netflix will soon sell a majority of its own creations. Will retailers follow suit?

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Kylie Cosmetics and the value paradox of celebrity brands

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Does Amazon understand customer experience more than most brands?

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Do DNVBs exist anymore? Revisiting the buzzword

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Zara, Netflix and the rise of the Amorphous Brand

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Money has flowed into digitally-native brands. When will it flow out?

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Kardashian Kryptonite: From selling out to stocking products

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Companies are staying private and unprofitable for longer. Is Wall Street the answer?

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The Niche Paradox: The difference between underserved and niche markets

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Actors, like brands, rise and fall based on performance

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The promises and perils of digital waitlists

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The difference between Supreme and Everlane’s long lines

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Is Debt Divine or Disastrous?

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Should brands leave money on the table—or on the shelf?

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It takes decades to build a meaningful brand—and minutes to destroy it

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What can the direct-to-consumer explosion learn from the farm-to-table movement?

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Virgil’s Ladder: From Vision to Vuitton

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As Facebook advertising costs rise, digitally-native brands turn to traditional advertising

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Big brands need to unbundle themselves if they want to survive

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The gift and curse of Amazon’s margin mentality