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How Consumer Brands Can Connect with Customers in a Changing Retail Landscape

Harvard Business

Meanwhile, Subaru extends well-matched offerings at the right time in the consumer life cycle, from prepurchase targeting to end-of-lease management and loyalty incentives to repurchase. Retailer relationships can impose varying levels of constraint in D2C selling — less for apparel, perhaps, and more for CPG.

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Companies Are Working with Consumers to Reduce Waste

Harvard Business

Some retailers and manufacturers—in the apparel, footwear, and electronics industries—have launched programs to make their customers interested in preserving their products and preventing things that still have value from going to the landfill. Instead of discarding their old worn-out denim, customers bring them in to be renewed.

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Producer Prices Decline More Than Expected, Services Disappoint; Oil Approaches $29

MishTalk

In contrast, margins for apparel, jewelry, footwear, and accessories retailing fell 3.4 The indexes for loan services (partial); TV, video, and photographic equipment and supplies retailing; and airline passenger services also fell. Prices for services related to securities brokerage and dealing jumped 30.3

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The Rise of WhatsApp in Brazil Is About More than Just Messaging

Harvard Business

But in Brazil WhatsApp has become something much bigger than a chat app: a one-stop solution for everyone, from small businesses to government agencies, to manage everything, from transactions to relationships. They should be able to receive, manage, and respond to users. Provide a service. How can my brand help them solve that need?

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An Emotional Connection Matters More than Customer Satisfaction

Harvard Business

In our work with a major apparel retailer we found that among customers’ key emotional motivators were their desire to feel a sense of belonging, be thrilled by the shopping experience, and have a sense of freedom and independence. Of course, it’s necessary to provide customers with what they say is important.

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An Agenda for the Future of Global Business

Harvard Business

We already see companies localizing time-sensitive and highly customizable forms of production to move closer to customer demand, particularly in the fast apparel (Adidas, Zara) and automotive (Tesla) industries, thus turning global supply chains into two-way streets. Related Video. Essential background.

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How to Make Money Podcasting: 8 Strategies For 2023

Buzzsprout

Agencies work to match podcasts with sponsors and manage the ad campaign. Watch the full video to learn how Francesca became a 6-figure podcaster! Watch the full video of how 11 years of podcasting led to Badr's success. They specialize in creating custom apparel for fundraising campaigns.