Consumer Demand

Costco’s First China Store Signals Broader Retail Trend Into Foreign Markets
Costco’s First China Store Signals Broader Retail Trend Into Foreign Markets
August 28, 2019  |  Retail

Costco Wholesale Corp. continues to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations – same-day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the...

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How Cafes Created The Momentum That Made Oat Milk 
How Cafes Created The Momentum That Made Oat Milk 
August 20, 2019  |  Retail

Plant-based milks are incredibly trendy as of 2019, but are far from a new phenomenon. Soy milk (or something quite like it) has been on the...

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Chinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
Chinese Consumers’ Pullback Seen As A Global Economic Red Flag
June 26, 2019  |  International

One of the problems with trade wars is that they act more as bludgeon than scalpel. Tariffs, of course, make all sorts of things expensive...

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The Cashless Check Is In The Mail
The Cashless Check Is In The Mail
May 17, 2019  |  Disbursements

It might be too much (and certainly too cliché) to call it a revolution. Even so, it’s in the same neighborhood — consumer demand for...

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Netflix Says Apple Not A Threat
Netflix Says Apple Not A Threat
April 16, 2019  |  Earnings

Netflix’s first quarter earnings results showed the highest net additions of subscribers measured on a quarterly basis at 9.6 million new subscribers, up 8 percent...

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Munchery’s Out, So Who’s In To Travel Food Delivery’s Last Mile?
Munchery’s Out, So Who’s In To Travel Food Delivery’s Last Mile?
January 23, 2019  |  Delivery

Another one has bitten the dust when it comes to providing the vital last-mile delivery service for online consumers (especially the hungry ones). The news...

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Amazon Echo Goes On Backorder
Amazon Echo Goes On Backorder
December 17, 2018  |  Amazon

Shoppers might have to wait until the New Year to get their hands on one of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers. Bloomberg reported that several of...

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NEW DATA: Why Two-Thirds Of Small Merchants Struggle To Innovate
NEW DATA: Why Two-Thirds Of Small Merchants Struggle To Innovate
October 16, 2018  |  Retail

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) must possess a long list of attributes if they want to stay competitive in today’s day and age. To maintain...

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Apple’s iPhone Demand Falls In China
Apple’s iPhone Demand Falls In China
October 15, 2018  |  Apple

Thanks to a decline in demand for Apple’s iPhones in China, Goldman Sachs is warning the iPhone maker could post earnings that disappoint. CNBC, citing...

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