Editor's Note: This story is part of a package on direct-to-consumer brands. Find the rest of the stories here. The coronavirus pandemic gave direct-to-consumer brands a boost at a time when many in retail were hit hard. As consumers were ad...
It's been another weird week in retail. The last Blockbuster store rents itself for customer sleepovers, Sour Patch Kids opens an experiential store in New York and Forever 21 drops new merchandise in collaboration with 7-Eleven. This, and mor...
Subscription-based services have heated up in recent years. From startups like Dollar Shave Club and Birchbox to mass merchants like Amazon and Target, the model gained traction as e-commerce grew and consumers felt more comfortable paying for...
The retail world looks different now and there's a lot of uncertainty. Instead of highlighting the absurd products we normally do, we're looking instead at some of the things in the industry that made us smile. This week, Zappos piloted a prog...
While resale has been around for years — through traditional thrift shops, Craigslist and eBay — the digital, mobile-focused platforms really took off in popularity last year. Online resale marketplace ThredUp partnered with a number of brand...
For certain direct-to-consumer brands, the pandemic invited some of their highest sales as consumers were forced to shop online while physical stores shuttered. In May, Chewy's first quarter net sales grew 46% year over year to $1.6 billion, ...
