Tech Infused Retail Monday Morning Reads #306 - Slack vs Teams, Zara Ecommerce, Madewell IPO

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WeWork craziness. Link

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  • Bob Iger has been sharing all kinds of interesting stories to preview his new memoir. Why he didn’t acquire Twitter, the idea that if Steve Jobs was still around Apple and Disney would have potentially merged. Link

  • Stage Stores goes where the growth has been. Off-price. Link

  • Denim far from dead, just ask Madewell. Link

  • To remain alive, Forever 21 looking at providing landlords a stake. Link

  • First look at Walmart’s free standing health format. Link

  • Streaming old reruns is a big, expensive gamble with no idea on payoff. Link

  • Roku remains incredibly bullish on cord cutting. Link

  • Late to ecommerce, Zara is now blanketing the world with it. Link

  • Stripe, the payment processor for .coms recently increased its valuation considerably. Seems that money still flows into tech startups. Link

  • Amazon has been tinkering with its’ search results. Link

  • It isn’t easy being a small retailer. Link

  • The Fleece Phenom. Link

  • Casper dreams of being bigger than mattresses. Link

  • US Retail bankruptcies (Link):

  • In the battle for the instant messenger of 2020, Slack seems to be winning with startups and Microsoft winning with big businesses (Link):

Off Topic

Dark crystals and the booming wellness craze. Link