Macy’s solution for the retail apocalypse? S E L L I N G A D S – The often-predicted retail apocalypse certainly seemed to get more likely for many large retailers over the past year. Macy’s alone shuttered 45 stores in 2021 and needed a $4.5B loan to escape bankruptcy. Yet it is one of the retailers…
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For all my packaging, branding, and naming friends – here’s a story – Fok Hing Gin, owned by Hong Kong-based company Incognito Group Ltd, has been deemed offensive in a landmark ruling by the UK’s Independent Complaints Panel. Incognito Group had claimed that the brand name is an English romanization of the traditional Chinese phrase meaning…
Amazon plans to open several large physical retail locations in the U.S. that will operate akin to department stores, a step to help the tech company extend its reach in sales of clothing, household items, electronics and other areas, people familiar with the matter said. The plan to launch large stores will mark a new expansion…
Apple is working on a new service (backed by Goldman) that will let consumers pay for any Apple Pay purchase in installments over time, rivaling the “buy now, pay later” offerings popularized by services from Affirm (whose stock dropped 10% on the news)and PayPal. Look out … here comes Apple. #wakeupimagine https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-13/apple-goldman-plan-buy-now-pay-later-service-to-rival-paypal
Kellogg’s Bowl Bot – seems like our love of cereal always rears its head – from cereal cafes/bars to now cereal mix and match vending. Similar to the soda-mixing Coca-Cola Freestyle machines introduced years ago, Kellogg Company’s is rolling out a new #vendingmachine called the Kellogg’s Bowl Bot that creates custom mixes of cereals and toppings like fresh fruits and…
Google is opeing its first retail store in New York City. Google betting on in-store retail at a time such businesses are still reeling from closures. Google plans to launch its first brick-and-mortar store this summer in Chelsea, where it has been steadily growing its office presence during the past decade. Hello, #digital moving to #retail – a trend we have seen a…
Amazon is poised to bring its automated checkout technology to full-size supermarkets, a significant milestone in the race to revolutionize how people buy their groceries. Planning documents for a store under construction in Brookfield, Connecticut, contain all the hallmarks of an #AmazonFresh grocery store: a two-word logo on dark gray panels above the store’s entrance, online order pickup…
I know, I know my Italian friends are cringing big time. But you know you want to try it! #wakepimagine #robotics #coffee #innovation
There’s a super sweet sheriff in town as PepsiCo and Peeps have teamed up for Easter with a gimmicky marshmallow flavored version of Pepsi. Feed this one to your kids as they WFH! The eye-catching #packaging shouts grab me, but the real catch: you can’t have it. That is unless you enter to win it by taking a picture…
Stripe just became Silicon Valley’s most precious gem and clearly, Patrick and John Collison have the luck of the Irish as their digital payments brainchild has reportedly raised $600m at a $95B valuation, making it the most valuable private company ever to come out of Silicon Valley. (apparently, they don’t even need the money) Here’s why:…