Tech Infused Retail Monday Morning Reads #325 - Cloud Wars, Top 20 Retailers 2010 vs 2020

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Links

  • Macy’s running out of tricks, will sell/develop air rights to build office tower above NYC store. Link

  • Macy’s Story didn’t work, management cuts taking place and 125 stores are closing. Haven’t we heard this story before? Time to rip the bandaid. Link

  • Is Macy’s too Macy’s? Link

  • Here comes higher merchant fees specifically for eCommerce. Link

  • Stein Mart to go private. Going private doesn’t hid the structural issues most retailers are facing. Too many stores and lower than industry growth rate in eCommerce. Link

  • Amazon to double down on 4 Star stores. Link

  • Competition for Amazon Flex drivers is fierce. Link

  • Forever 21 sells. Link

  • Instagram is larger than YouTube and makes up 25% of Facebook revenues. Link

  • Sleepless IPO from Casper. Link

  • 30% of US adults have said they have used a dating site or app. Link

  • The fight for the cloud (Link), image below.

  • Lyft poised to catch up to Uber (Link), image below.

Off Topic

  • Who’s Killing Horses in Central Florida? Link