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Alibaba’s Business Model – How the eCommerce Giant Makes Money

Indigo 9 Digital

It is a consumer-to-consumer platform where small businesses and individuals sell items to consumers. It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Launched in 2010 AliExpress is a global retail marketplace.

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The Benefits & Cons of Selling on Amazon, 10 Factors to Consider

Indigo 9 Digital

Amazon is the first channel consumers turn to when conducting a product search online ahead of even Google. If there was a mall where most customers shop, think of the biggest mall in any city, wouldn’t a retailer want to be located there? The Children’s Place started selling on Amazon back in 2003. Do you like this content?

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Normalizing Taboo CPG Topics: Lubricants, Toys, And Menstruation, Oh My!

Rangeme

From period products to sex toys and condoms, women-owned brands are breaking barriers when it comes to “taboo” topics in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. The stigma that these products are somehow “dirty” or “gross” runs deep within societal and retail norms. Are you a buyer on RangeMe interested in FemmyCycle’s products?