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Apple’s privacy changes are still causing advertising chaos. Do consumers care?
A data point from our proprietary
Consumer Trends
survey. Also: Tracking the consumer in Q3 earnings commentary.
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Stuff as a Service
Would you subscribe to recyclable shower curtains? Or an iPad? Also: Foxtrot’s new loyalty program.
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Riding out the e-commerce dip
Are we in the early stages of an e-commerce recession? Or just a few short-term bumps?
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How Food52 became the most interesting acquirer of consumer brands
And: The thinking behind Harry’s first brand acquisition.
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Is 15-minute grocery delivery a brand or a feature?
Look out, Safeway. Gorillas is coming.
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What will Instacart become?
The online grocery service has a new CEO, with a massive opportunity — and big questions — ahead.
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Why there still haven’t been more billion-dollar acquisitions for direct-to-consumer commerce startups
Inside: Why Harry’s wants to buy your brand. Why two ex-Glossier execs stopped trying to create them. And how Facebook wants to eat it all.
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Goop Kitchen’s taste test
And a
Consumer Trends
update.
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Cities aren’t over
But they’ll be different. It’s like a software update.
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Netflix and the streaming wars, checkpoint 02
The real winner so far: The consumer.
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Unbundling the grocery cart
The pandemic changed the way millions of households shop for food, forever. Especially mine.
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‘Another highly unusual quarter’
Amazon and Apple are going to be fine. But for local retail, Covid-19 is still in control of the narrative.
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Why Trader Joe’s refuses to sell groceries online
Does that still pass the smell test?
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The online grocery discovery problem
Something important is missing from the online grocery experience. That’s a big opportunity.
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Online grocery delivery is showing its cracks
Built for convenience, it’s now essential infrastructure.
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Coronavirus and the consumer
Also: MAD’s new fellowship and Amazon’s new grocery robots.
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The end of Brandless, a new beginning for Harry’s
And: Why was David Chang slinging Sweetgreen today?
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61 questions — and some answers! — about Amazon’s new grocery store
Depending on Amazon’s ambition and execution, this has the potential to be really interesting — or not.
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Nike is trying to prove that brands don’t need Amazon
Does Amazon need brands?
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Will direct-to-consumer transform the beverage industry?
The company behind Dirty Lemon wants to change how you shop for drinks.
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