E-Commerce
Why short-shorts brand Chubbies just launched a resale site
Co-founder Rainer Castillo on mocking cargo shorts for 15 years, and why fans really will buy used swim trunks.
Andrew Adam Newman
Andrew is a senior reporter for Retail Brew. He’s been a frequent contributor to The New York Times and had stints as senior editor for Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen and as editor in chief of alternative newsweeklies in Pittsburgh and Boise.
Stores
The state of stores
Even in the age of AI, retailers continue to bet big on brick and mortar.
E-Commerce
How AI is reshaping resale
At the ReCon resale conference, executives predicted the technology will fuel the sector’s growth.
E-Commerce
More than 8 in 10 shop resale to discover new brands
And 58% then buy new items from the brand, per McKinsey data and ReCon.
Supply Chain
Spinach tops EWG’s Dirty Dozen list of pesticide-laden produce
A farmers’ coalition claims the list “villainizes” safe and healthy produce.
Marketing
How marketing localization wins far-flung customers and avoids gaffes
Brands including Kit Kat and Starbucks win at localization, but Dolce & Gabbana had a huge gaffe in China.
E-Commerce
Resale is ‘taking a measurable share from new retail,’ ThredUp reports
Its industry report contrasts claims that resale doesn’t “cannabilize” new product sales.
Supply Chain
Rising fuel prices could hike grocery prices, limit store visits
Or not: “Uncertainty is the new certainty,” Coresight reports.
Marketing
Gen Alpha ‘born with the buy button at their fingertips’
A quarter of 7- to 14-year-olds have ordered on food apps and they sway household purchases: PwC report.
Stores
Discount events are ‘training’ shoppers to never pay full price: report
RetailNext also found consumers will dump retailers who use dynamic pricing.