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    Crisis Management: Why Vuori spent 2020 keeping up relationships and plotting store strategy

    From creating an omni-associate role to improving back-end store performance, the DTC brand didn't sit still on its brick-and-mortar plans.

    By June 29, 2021
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    Nike plans for $50B in revenue next year

    By 2025, the company expects to reach a 60% DTC business and 50% digital, through both owned and partner channels.

    By June 25, 2021
  • Trendline

    What's shaping the e-commerce landscape?

    From pivots in digital strategies to challenges retailers must overcome with reverse logistics, here are some of the forces shaping online retail.

    By Retail Dive staff
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    All retailers win as biggest Prime Day ever pushes US e-commerce above $11B

    Online sales surpassed Cyber Monday and Amazon benefited the most, but the early summer event got shoppers into stores, too.

    By June 24, 2021
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    US needs 330M square feet of warehouse space to keep up with e-commerce: CBRE

    Retailers looking to build or rent new real estate face potential sticker shock.

    By Matt Leonard • June 24, 2021
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    Podcast

    The Backroom: In e-commerce, it's growth versus profits

    In 2020, digital operations saved retailers when consumers couldn't or wouldn't visit stores. But how sustainable is online retail in the long run?

    By June 24, 2021
  • Nordstrom partners with Indochino for shop-in-shops.
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    Nordstrom to open 21 Indochino custom apparel shops in stores

    The partnership expands the department store's men's category with made-to-measure suiting. 

    By June 23, 2021
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    Warby Parker confidentially files to go public

    The eyewear company, which launched in 2010, was among the first class of direct-to-consumer brands to enter the scene, popularizing the DTC model.

    By June 23, 2021
  • DTC brand Stojo goes to Target
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    Target to add DTC pet, homewares brands in stores

    For both Stojo and Jinx, the partnership is their first brick-and-mortar placement with a big-box retailer.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 23, 2021
  • With $200M from private equity, Saks Off 5th online will go it alone

    Owner HBC earlier this year similarly split up its full-line operations at Saks Fifth Avenue, and is hanging onto all its Saks-related real estate.

    By June 22, 2021
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    Glossier gets back into physical retail with plans for 3 stores

    The DTC beauty brand's two permanent stores were shut down due to the pandemic, and these openings replace them.

    By Updated June 18, 2021
  • Unilever to acquire Paula's Choice skincare.
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    Unilever to acquire DTC skincare brand Paula's Choice

    The CPG company has been investing in the space as it focuses on building out its portfolio.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 17, 2021
  • What can DTCs gain from online marketplaces?

    While online marketplaces offer digital natives benefits like reaching new customers, brands may forfeit control over key aspects of the customer experience.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 17, 2021
  • Adidas techfit period proof tights
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    Adidas drops leak-proof activewear collection

    Joining DTC brand Thinx, the sportswear giant is looking to create products to help athletes deal with their periods.

    By June 16, 2021
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    Deep Dive

    Customers love them. Investors love them. But which online players can survive in the long run?

    As they seek scale, some of the fastest-growing e-commerce firms have a license from investors to burn cash. A business can't lose money forever, though. (Right?)

    By June 16, 2021
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    Thinx rethinks inclusive sizing with the help of the plus community

    After its extended sizes failed two years ago, the period underwear company decided to get the fit — and the messaging — right. That meant starting over.

    By June 15, 2021
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    Boxed to go public in SPAC deal valuing online grocer at $900M

    The merger, which keeps existing CEO Chieh Huang at the helm, is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • June 14, 2021
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    Chewy reports 30% net sales gain in Q1 as demand remains high

    The pet retailer benefited last year by having a strong e-commerce presence and selling online. It expects the boom to continue as it raises its guidance.

    By June 11, 2021
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    Grove Collaborative taps former Amazon exec as new chief marketer

    Jennie Perry spent over nine years at the e-commerce giant, where she led marketing initiatives for Prime and Amazon Fashion.

    By Maria Monteros • June 9, 2021
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    Sephora to offer DTC hair care brand Vegamour in stores

    The deal ticks multiple boxes for the beauty retailer as it looks to expand clean beauty offerings and bring in more DTC brands.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 9, 2021
  • Torrid returns to IPO plans as inclusive sizing catches on

    The private equity-owned plus-size apparel retailer, a millennial favorite, abandoned an effort to go public two years ago.

    By June 9, 2021
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    Q&A

    How Allbirds' CPO leads with empathy after a turbulent year

    Addressing topics such as well-being requires a balance on the part of HR departments and managers, according to Laila Tarraf.

    By Ryan Golden • June 9, 2021
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    Pattern raises $60M to snap up DTC home brands

    The multi-brand consumer goods company, formerly branding agency Gin Lane, houses Open Spaces, Equal Parts and now GIR.

    By June 8, 2021
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    Deep Dive

    The business of normalizing taboo topics

    From periods and acne to sex toys and toilet plungers, DTC brands are out to disrupt every eyebrow-raising industry under the sun.

    By Maria Monteros • June 8, 2021
  • DTC mattress brand Purple hires new chief marketing, digital officer

    The company has hired Patrice Varni to improve its marketing strategy as the COVID-19 pandemic buoys home retailers and brands.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 8, 2021
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    Pinterest introduces Shopping List feature

    Users can access products they have saved in one place and receive notifications on price changes as part of an overall expansion of shopping features. 

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 7, 2021