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Survival Mode: Fashion Retailers Slash Prices

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For example, Thinknum , which tracks eCommerce retail, found that in January, Lululemon had 1,060 items on sale. If margins and profits are already struggling then slashing prices for an entire season’s clothes will be very painful,” said Sophie Lund-Yates, analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown. Now, it’s back up to 39 percent. “As

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Big Fizzles For Once High-Flying Unicorn Investors

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The problem with large investments – the type that run into the billions of dollars – is that just as gains can be astronomical, the losses can be devastating. billion rescue, and also said it had taken its valuation of the beleaguered workspace company down by 80 percent, to around $5 billion at the end of the most recent quarter.

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The Rumble In Big Retail’s Jungle

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This keeps Walmart’s economics in check – why build when you can rent the services of a complementary platform when needed? For Uber and Lyft, this is pure profit to the bottom line that keeps drivers happy by giving them more work. Some analysts have ascribed a ~50 billion valuation on the service in 2015.

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