A decade ago, “direct-to-consumer” emerged as a cool new business model pioneered by startups such as Everlane and Warby Parker. They sold products to customers online and cut out middleman retailers. These days, the DTC model is increasingly the norm.
At the start of 2020, 70% of Rebecca Minkoff’s sales came from wholesale orders from department stores such as Bloomingdales and Saks Fifth Avenue. Then, in March, when the lockdowns went into effect, every single one of those wholesale orders was canceled. Minkoff was thrust into an existential crisis. “When you have so much coming from wholesale, that’s your focus every day,” she says.
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This Is How Grocery Shopping Experience May Change Soon | Eat This Not That
"Based on what we know about COVID-19 vaccines, people who have been fully vaccinated can start to do some things that they had stopped doing because of the pandemic," the CDC says .
Here's everything you need to know about grocery shopping amid the vaccine rollout, including the latest safety guidelines from the CDC. For more on how to keep yourself safe against the new coronavirus, here is The One Vitamin Doctors Are Urging Everyone to Take Right Now .
After similar moves for Shopping and Flights, Google makes hotel listings free – TechCrunch
The company is positioning this change as a way it can better help meet consumers’ needs, ahead of the expected return of travel as the pandemic comes to an end.
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With these listings now becoming free, consumers will have an expanded set of options. And that will make Google a more reliable place to search for bookings. It could help Google compete with an array of travel booking apps and services, which are also expected to boom in the post-COVID months to come. And though the pandemic is not over yet, there are already signals that some are treating it as such in the U.S.
Online shopping options now available for WIC participants | KRQE News 13
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico families with Women, Infant, and Children benefits have more options when it comes to shopping. The New Mexico Department of Health recently rolled out online shopping and pick-up at three locations.
"Allowing WIC households to purchase WIC-eligible foods online will improve food access and relieve some of the stress New Mexicans face related to COVID-19," said WIC Director Sarah Flores-Sievers in a news release . The following are the three locations:
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Skeletal remains found near Pa. shopping center - pennlive.com
Officials are investigating after skeletal remains were found Monday in the woods near Airport Road in Lehigh County, officials said.
Troopers were called at about 12:23 p.m. Monday, and found the remains of a male in a wooded area in the 2100 block of Hoover Avenue in Hanover Township , Lehigh County, Trooper Nathan Branosky said.
The area includes warehouses for US Foods and Primo Produce, and is behind a shopping center that includes BJ's Wholesale Club.
Seattle retailer reflects on a year without in-person shopping - Marketplace
" My Economy " tells the story of the new economic normal through the eyes of people trying to make it, because we know the only numbers that really matter are the ones in your economy.
Most of the United States is approaching one year in the pandemic economy, but the city of Seattle has been feeling the effects of COVID-19 for even longer. A Washington state resident was the first person in the U.S. with a confirmed case of the new coronavirus in late January 2020, prompting many schools and offices to go remote.
Auto Insurance Shopping Stabilizes, State-Level Competition Intensifies: J.D. Power
As the country hits the one-year mark of the arrival of COVID-19, auto insurance industry trends are beginning to show a return to the pre-pandemic baseline, which will further intensify the ongoing customer acquisition war.
As consumers hunkered down under stay-at-home orders last spring, with their mobility limited and their bank accounts braced for financial uncertainties, they embarked on a flurry of auto insurance shopping activity. According to J.D. Power’s new real-time shopping tracker – Loyalty Indicator and Shopping Trends (LIST) – shopping activity surged as high as near 20% in the early part of the pandemic, as customers looked to cut expenses.
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