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"Selfie" Fashion Trends: Cheap Dresses and "Rentabag"; Mish Handbag Tips

MishTalk

The popularity of sending "selfies" has even influenced retail sales and women's fashion. Here's an amusing video that discusses the impact of the "selfie". In the above video, FT’s Andrea Felsted visits online fashion retailer Asos to see how it is adapting its business model in the era of the selfie.

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(Value Stream) Map Your Way to a Better Post-Covid Future

Markovitz Consulting

When the VSM made the non-value-added wait time shockingly clear, the leadership team integrated video into the process to eliminate shipping. Now when a sample is complete, the design and development teams review it with the factory by video conference, and the factory can immediately begin work on the next round.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

Yes, the “old fashioned” bookstores all struggle to compete with online book sales but Borders had additional challenges they failed to meet. For one, instead of establishing their own online sales site, they partnered with Amazon, a formidable rival. This company was doing great as the leader in video rentals.

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Options for Post Consulting Careers

CaseInterview.com

Or a problem involving sales and marketing over-selling and over-promising in their messages, causing the client to have unrealistic expectations? Work for one of the major fashion designers in NYC. If you went to work for a fashion designer on the design side, I think consulting would be a liability. Is that a design problem?

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

Brocade, a data and network solutions provider, created a “customer first” program by identifying their top 200 customers, who account for 80% of their sales. Like many retailers, Macy’s has traditionally spent 85% of its marketing budget on driving sales. The metrics also changed. The results?

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How are retailers responding to mobile shopping?

freshminds

Because of this, retailers have to respond accordingly as sales via handheld devices increase. Between 2012 and 2014 sales via smartphones catapulted from 5% to to 34%. So what’s most interesting is that mobile sales are becoming a way for express payments whilst in stores themselves. Checking customer reviews.

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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

Harvard Business

They spend their days developing new content — videos, photos, blog posts, and podcasts — and engaging their followers. million RMB (nearly $500,000) in sales of a limited-edition handbag in just six minutes. The rise of social media has created a new type of local partner: local digital influencers.

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