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Mmm, it’s the sweet smell of advertising success

Inside Retail

Since early 2020, like everyone, I’ve been online a lot more. I’m seeing greater quantities of online advertising and – especially if they’re good ads – feel motivated to purchase. . Locally, the retail industry sustained substantial growth throughout the first pandemic affected year (2020-2021). Yes, you read that right.

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Tips from a travel retail expert on tapping into passenger demand

Inside Retail

To say that the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the retail industry would be an understatement. However, with international borders open again, and everyone seemingly heading to Europe in recent months, the travel retail market is booming. In 2019, the global travel retail market was valued at US$74.31 billion in 2020.

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Amazon shares tumble after weak Christmas trading outlook

Inside Retail

While Amazon would continue to fund earlier-stage businesses like its lucrative cloud-computing and advertising divisions, it would question costs elsewhere and proceed carefully on hiring, Olsavsky said. Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said, “It’s possible that retail sales will decline year-over-year.

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How to ensure Black Friday doesn’t become the nightmare before Christmas

Inside Retail

When is it too early to advertise Christmas products in store? Yet even we have noticed that retailers appear to be decking the halls and increasing the play count for Mariah Carey’s ‘All I want for Christmas is You’, earlier each year. Consider this; last year retail sales in November rose 5.8%

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So you think it’s time for a digital transformation. Read this first

Inside Retail

Online retail sales showed exceptionally large growth over the main lockdown periods of 2020 and 2021. A recent Australia Post report found that online retail sales growth in 2021 had doubled the pre-pandemic growth baseline, with an annual increase in online sales of 12.3

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Jewelry Sales Increased Sharply in July, Survey Finds

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jewelry sales were up sharply in July compared to the same month in 2020 as well as in 2019, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse. The growth was part of a larger trend in which retail sales overall grew for the 11th consecutive month. Jewelry sales were up 82.6 Read the press release: Retail sales in the U.S.

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Netflix plans to build brands that span far beyond streaming

Inside Retail

It is racing to build a lower-cost, advertising-supported version of the service, which it once vowed never to do. ” As subscriber growth slowed in fall 2020, Bajaria sought to extract more from pricey deals with such producers as “Bridgerton’s” Shonda Rhimes. .” “But those are not built overnight.”.

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