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May E-Commerce Sales Up 81%, But Total 2020 Retail Sales Still Expected To Drop 10.5%

Retail TouchPoints

However, the return to normalcy will not be enough to offset the losses retail already has suffered during the pandemic, particularly with a shaky economy on the horizon. decline experienced in 2009, and eMarketer believes it will bring total 2020 retail sales to just shy of $5 trillion. — the lowest level since 2016. . —

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What Recommerce can Teach Retailers About New Consumer Behaviors and Future-Proofing Sales

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It’s an important secondary market for returned goods, helping retailers reduce waste and recover cost, especially as returns increase in step with ecommerce growth. Here’s how brands can marry sustainability with returns optimization to get better ROI out of what they’ve already invested in — chiefly, their products.

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What to Learn from China’s Singles’ Day and Spring Festival Going Into 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Since the infamous shopping holiday was created and marketed by Alibaba in 2009, there has been no slowing down. Singles’ Day, also known as Double 11, is now the world’s largest shopping holiday, with advertisers seeing incredible returns. in revenue in 2020 and is expected to reach approximately $3.37 In the U.S.,

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2020 VALENTINE ECONOMICS AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE FOR JEWELERS LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

According to many statistics reports including the latest NRF’s Annual 2020 Valentine’s Day Spending Survey and conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the gifts of love are driving retail sales through the roof: 2009, $14.7B. 2020, $27.4B. 2010, $14.1B. 2015, $18.9B. 2019, $ 20.7B.

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2020 VALENTINE ECONOMICS AND GROWTH PERSPECTIVE FOR JEWELERS LOOK LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

According to many statistics reports including the latest NRF’s Annual 2020 Valentine’s Day Spending Survey and conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the gifts of love are driving retail sales through the roof: 2009, $14.7B. 2020, $27.4B. 2010, $14.1B. 2015, $18.9B. 2019, $ 20.7B.

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Our last interview with Australian fashion icon, Carla Zampatti

Inside Retail

In October last year, I spoke with Carla for the first time at a Sydney event for Afterpay Australian Fashion Week, when it was announced that the show would make a return as a physical event in 2021. In fact, we had to close our stores for a month in March [in 2020] and I just decided I was going to treat it like a holiday.

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

Three years on, Bookshop.org now serves close to 2 million customers annually and has 1,700 independent bookstores participating, not to mention a roster of esteemed organizations that curate shops on the site, including The New York Time s , The Atlantic , Buzzfeed and a host of celebrity book clubs.

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