Member Brief: A Neighborhood of Goods

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Redefining anchor retail. If you asked anyone around the table at last night’s Executive Member Roundtable in Soho, one of the issues facing the maturing DtC industrial complex was an obvious one. There is a lagging effort in the mall management sector to attract these emerging “challenger” brands – a growth trigger that could potentially revitalize stuttering malls by attracting a new and affluent consumer cohort to Tier B malls.

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Member Brief: The Product Lab

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The digital publisher’s product lab is a new evolution of content monetization. Publishers seek to harvest data with the intent to determine the most appealing products to the publisher’s readership. Using this method, they can sell specialized collaborations (or sourced products) to the readership. This can be interpreted as a value-add for the readership. But most importantly, it can be considered an upsell or simply a “make-good” on an existing ad buy.

Gear Patrol, a site best known for high-end product reviews, has built its brand by turning people on to other companies’ products. It’s now more interested in selling its own branded products, Digiday recently reported.

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Member Brief: Brand Equity Study

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This has been another year of broken records for this annual sales cycle. Black Friday was the first day in history to achieve $2 billion or more in mobile sales. Cyber Monday generated over $7.9 billion in North American sales. But while sales volume increases, brands are left scrambling to get in on the fun. Often, to their detriment. Here, we study the delicate balance of brand equity and incentive-driven revenue. Idealism aside, there is a balance that can be achieved.

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