Latest In: Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023)

Amazon Amazon Buy with Prime amazon fba amazon prime day Buy with Prime Featured prime day Retail ThinkTank (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) small business small businesses SMBs The Woobles third-party sellers
A selection of sellers offering Buy with Prime-based Prime Day promotions, including The Woobles.

How ‘Buy with Prime’ is Helping Small Businesses Capitalize on the Prime Day Hoopla

Today begins what has become one of the biggest shopping events of the year — Amazon’s annual Prime…

Features July 11
Amazon Amazon seller CPA customer acquisition digital growth direct-to-consumer dtc ecommerce ecommerce strategy Featured Retail ThinkTank (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Featured In Ecommerce Strategy (2023) SuperOrdinary
As emerging brands navigate an increasingly competitive digital landscape, many are turning to marketplaces (specifically Amazon) to acquire new customers.

Is Selling on Amazon the Cure for High Customer Acquisition Costs?

As more direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands face heightened competition and rising cost-per-acquisition rates online, many have disinvested in their…

Features July 7
Amazon automation Featured ReadingRewards resale Retail ThinkTank (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Featured In Ecommerce Strategy (2023) rewards program sorting software ThriftBooks tiktok
Inside a ThriftBooks processing center.

How ThriftBooks Flipped the Script on Book Resale by Focusing on Community Instead of Price

Back in the ’90s, when Jeff Bezos was looking for a way into the wide world of the…

Features June 30
amazon prime best buy Bold Commerce brand affinity Costco Featured madison reed paid membership Restoration Hardware Retail ThinkTank (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) Spotify starbucks subscription fatigue Subscription Trade Association SUBTA SubSummit 2023 sunk cost Verizon +play Walmart+
Bold Commerce's Jay Myers discusses the paid membership opportunity at SubSummit 2023.

With Consumers Awash in Subscriptions, Brands Set Sights on Paid Membership

The subscription economy has been the subject of dire headlines recently, with terms like “subscription fatigue,” “the great…

Features June 6
Adidas Adidas CONFIRMED co-creation community building crypto winter cultural economy digital collectibles digital wallets E.l.f The Lab e.l.f. cosmetics Featured NFTs Nike Nike .Swoosh non-fungible tokens Retail ThinkTank (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) starbucks starbucks odyssey Ticketmaster token-gated access web3
Forget digital art — today’s NFTs are about community, loyalty and co-creation.

NFTs Aren’t Obsolete — They’re Just Evolving into Something Much More Useful

In the two years since Christie’s sold a Beeple NFT for $69 million and Justin Bieber paid $1.3…

Features May 26
Azazie bridal retail David's Bridal Featured made-to-order Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) size inclusivity special occasion wedding dresses wedding retail
Online retailer Azazie has set out to reinvent bridal retail. (Source: Azazie)

As Legacy Bridal Retailers Flounder, DTC Brand Azazie is Selling 5,000 Dresses a Day

The bankruptcy of David’s Bridal in April — its second in five years — signaled more than just…

Features May 19
consignment consignment fees ecommerce profitability Featured goodwill GoodwillFinds profitability resale Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) secondhand goods the realreal thredup thredup resale-as-a-service ThriftBooks unit economics used books
A ThredUp employee scans an item in a processing center.

3 Different Paths to Resale Profitability

Resale is one of the hottest sectors of retail right now, but despite rampant consumer demand and brand…

Features May 11
alibaba Amazon amazon sellers Buy with Prime Dr. Squatch eBay Etsy Featured Jungle Scout online marketplaces Prosper Show 2023 retail media retail media networks Retail ThinkTank (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) shopify Target third-party sellers Walmart Fulfillment Services walmart marketplace
Prosper Show 2023 highlighted the growing competition among online marketplaces.

The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

Editor’s Note: As 2023 comes to an end, we are highlighting some of our most-read content of the…

Features March 21
Amazon artificial intelligence BrandX ChapGPT Constellation Digital Wave Technology Featured generative AI GPT-3 Henry Rose Hershey's Jungle Scout product descriptions product information management Retail ThinkTank (2023) Retail ThinkTank: Ecommerce Strategy (2023) SEO shopify stitch fix Stylitics Talkoot
How retailers are using generative AI.

From Product Descriptions to SEO: How Retailers are Putting Generative AI to Use

[Editor’s note: This is the third article in our series on AI in retail. Be sure to check…

Features March 16
Retail Trendcaster Webinar Series
Retail Strategy & Planning Series
Holiday ThinkTank