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How Streamlining Digital Checkout Boosted Polywood Conversions Nearly 50%

Retail TouchPoints

In 2017, Polywood had a great product sustainability story (its outdoor furniture is made from 100% recycled plastic and comes with a 20-year guarantee) and a solid launching pad for direct-to-consumer sales (a 27 -year history of selling through big box, home improvement and specialty patio stores).

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Why Your Retail Business Needs Credit Report Services

Retail Minded

In fact, during the first half of 2017, several significant retailers were forced to go out of business due to poor planning owing to economic inflation. Fortunately, various services can help keep your retail establishment afloat in stormy financial waters. What Are Credit Report Services? . Improve Customer Service .

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Huboo Expands Product Lineup After Year of Unprecedented Growth

365 Retail

Global fulfilment platform Huboo has expanded its product range by investing in a raft of new services following a significant year of financial, client and commercial growth. It also allows all shipping data to be tracked in one place, while providing proactive updates and notifications for merchants and their customers.

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Recall Roundup: July

Hunton Andrews Kurth

Amazon”) seeking to force the characterization of Amazon as a “distributor” of products under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Under the CPSA, a “distributor” is “a person to whom a consumer product is delivered or sold for purposes of distribution in commerce.” 2052(a)(8). 2052(a)(8). Total Recalls: 22.

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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. We have a direct-to-consumer business that's growing and we have a wholesale business that is growing.” Amazon spent morethan $61 billion on shipping costs in 2020 up from nearly $38 billion in 2019. Think about this.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

It was easy for Forever 21 to capture the hearts and minds of young consumers looking for trendy apparel. Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days. While many argue Forever 21’s demise is due to a more socially conscious consumer fast fashion retailers are as popular as ever.

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The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

Retail Prophet

If a single image has come to define the failure of global supply chains amid the Covid-19 crisis it’s that of the Ever Given – one of the world’s largest container ships – seized in a diagonal death grip inside the Suez Canal, heavy with more than twenty thousand units of cargo aboard. Slave laborers load cotton onto waiting ships.