| Retail Sales Fall 1.2 Percent In December; Plus Captain Blankenship Tries A DTC Pivot; And Wayfair Opens Up An Outlet Store  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | Captain Blankenship And Stepping Out Of Wholesale's Shadows | | | | After a decade in businesss, "clean" beauty brand Captain Blankenship is changing its business plan — focusing on partnering with third-party retailers and boosting its direct-to-consumer marketing and sales efforts. The time is now, according to Founder and CEO Jana Blankenship, as consumer interest in ethical beauty products and brands is on the rise — and her brand has the products customers don't know they are looking for. | | | | |
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| | | | | | |  | | | | | | Digital At-Home Boxing Subscriptions Step Into The Ring | | | | Call it the Peloton strategy, perhaps. Fitness startups are coupling equipment with subscriptions to bring a gym-like experience home — and FightCamp is applying the model to boxing. Khalil Zahar, the company’s CEO and co-founder, explains how the company’s business model works — and how its digital data features pack a punch. Read More... | | |
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| | |  | | | | | | Savvy Online Retailers Add Connected Consumer-Friendly Payment Options | | | | Consumers are looking for new ways to access products and services — swapping out cable for streaming services, with Netflix adding 6.4 million international subscribers in 2018. The latest PYMNTS Connected Commerce Playbook notes that when offering streaming or another service, the provider must make purchasing seamless. These are some of the ways retailers are making streaming services as frictionless as possible with the help of digital payments. Read More... | | |
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| | | | |  | | | | | | Great Expectations (And Demand) For Gig Workers And Digital Services Gone Global | | | | Voice-driven commerce during the morning commute, the freelance marketplace connecting projects with experts and everything from movies to money moved online … the theme of Today in Data is digital services rendered across time and space, always on and instantly accessible. Blurring the lines of commerce — and the lines of borders — takes some careful planning. Read More... | | |
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