As the summer season heats up, wealthy vacationers from the Northeast are getting in their cars and heading out to the Hamptons for seasonal luxury, and high-end fashion brands and retailers are seizing on the opportunity to engage these valuable customers. For instance, online luxury...
As eCommerce merchants look for ways to win the trust of and build connection with their shoppers, some are turning to pop-ups to create real-world relationships with shoppers without sinking the high cost into permanent brick-and-mortar stores. Take, for instance, fast fashion giant Shein. The...
Retailers are looking to do more in smaller spaces, a trend that seems ready to increase during the holiday shopping season and beyond. Among the latest examples of that comes from kids’ eyewear retailer Fitz Frames, which offers face measurements via its mobile app, and...
It’s a story commonly heard from children – and a story that, in this case, led to a fresh idea for subscription commerce. As told to PYMNTS in a recent interview, the story involves the son of Gabriel Schlumberger, CEO of U.S.-based Fitz Frames, which...
August 20, 2019
It’s a story commonly heard from children – and a story that, in this case, led to a fresh idea for subscription commerce. As told to PYMNTS in a recent interview, the story involves the son of Gabriel Schlumberger, CEO of U.S.-based Fitz Frames, which makes and sells 3D-printed eyeglasses for children. Schlumberger’s own son […]
July 06, 2018
We admit, it may seem a strange time to declare toys sizzling — since, about a week ago, the nation’s largest purveyor of toys, Toys R Us, switched off the...
June 03, 2019
Amazon, the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K., planning to launch pop-up stores to give small businesses the chance to sell on High Street. In a press release, Amazon said it teamed up with Enterprise Nation, which supports more than 90,000 U.K. small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program […]
March 26, 2019
Amazon is gearing up to roll out kiosks in India that will enable consumers to purchase its hardware including its Kindle eBook reader, Echo, its smart speaker, and the Fire...
March 11, 2019
Retailers kept up the trend of shuttering stores last week, with Dollar Tree, Abercrombie & Fitch and Amazon making announcements on that front. Dollar Tree announced it is closing 390...
March 06, 2019
Amazon will shutter all 87 of its pop-up stores in the United states by the end of next month, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The move...
