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5 Ways Retailers can Begin to Market from the Outside-In

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The ongoing decentralization of retail and retail marketing is forcing CMOs to embrace new strategies in the media world to compete, especially amid more ephemeral brand affinity. The dot.com bust in 2001 slowed, but didn’t stop, the inexorable move toward consumers shopping and buying online. Chucking the expensive commercials.

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Inside Johnny Cupcakes’ ‘Fakery’: Gourmet Retail Theater Thrives in Boston

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And it’s what inspired him to start his T-shirt line, Johnny Cupcakes, in 2001…before he even turned 20. “It And often, it gets a little weird: He has hosted pop-ups in ice cream trucks and has done scavenger hunts and giveaways that start on social media and end in the most random of places. “I

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