EP025 - Retail Apocalypse, NY Store Visits, and Other News
Episode 25 - Retail Apocalypse, NY Store Visits, and Other News
NY Store Visits:
- Ralph Lauren - Magic Mirror (Oak Labs)
- Barney’s - Chelsea
- Macy’s One Below (and Etsy)
- Samsung 837 \
- LuluLemon Lab
Retail Apocalypse
- TSA filed bankruptcy and is liquidating
- Aeropostale filed for bankruptcy, closing 5 stores asap
- WSJ Article: Retail is overbuilt
- WSJ Article: Free shipping crowding out small businesses
- Mall traffic is down
- Promotions driving a race to the bottom
Misc News:
- eBay Enterprise rebrands as Radial
- Paypal onetouch working well
- Target inventory tracking robot, Tally
- Target and lancome first snapchat ecommerce ads
- Bonobos - guideshop is working!
Upcoming events:
- We’ll be both be at shoptalk May 15-18 in Vegas
Episode 25 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, May 5th, 2016.
Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at Razorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing.
