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Are Third-Party Marketplaces the Growth Driver Legacy Retail is Looking for?

Retail TouchPoints

Private labels offer the advantage of higher margins but come with the logistical burden of manufacturing and fulfillment. Marketplaces, meanwhile, feature lower margins but offer a relatively hands-off path to new revenue , since it’s the third-party sellers that handle production and fulfillment.

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Wayfair’s Strategy – 7 Compelling Facts You Need to Know

Indigo 9 Digital

As Wired writes : “dropshipping is a ‘fulfilment’ method. Wayfair uses advertising to buy growth. billion on advertising on $13.7 One of the reasons Wayfair has such high advertising costs is because it does not have a fleet of physical stores. Wayfair’s customers who shop infrequently put pressure on marketing spend.

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3 Mistakes for Brick-and-Mortar Retailers to Avoid

Retail TouchPoints

Cutting your online marketing budget : As counterintuitive as it may seem in a down economy, now is actually a great time to boost online advertising for new customers.

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CCS 2021: Levi’s, 1-800-FLOWERS, Under Armour Reveal How They’re Meeting Fast-Changing Consumer Expectations

Retail TouchPoints

The 15 sessions, now available on demand, encompass critical areas of the retail enterprise, including: customer loyalty strategies; visual tech developments such as AR and 3D modeling; fulfillment and delivery management; the power of social networks; fast-growing Buy Now, Pay Later services; and the all-important customer experience.

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‘Indecision is the hardest part’: Retailers react to Sydney lockdown 2.0

Inside Retail

St Frock founder and CEO Sandradee Makejev is also adding an extra promotion and increasing her marketing spend over the next two weeks after learning in the last lockdown that staying connected with customers is the most important thing. “A A lot of people pulled back media spend,” Makejev told Inside Retail. “A

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 318 Temu Deep Dive with Earnest Analytics

Retail Geek

But unlike traditional Western-based marketplaces, Temu does a lot more of the work, of listing the products and fulfilling the products for the factory. Marketplace sellers to sell and fulfill their goods from the U.S. In fact, February of 2023 had fewer sales than January, despite the really heavy advertising spend you mentioned. [10:47]

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

A focused, disciplined advertising approach. Following its rebranding and major marketing push in August 2022, Wish has pulled back significantly on its marketing spend to, as Liu put it, “focus on achieving target returns on our ad spend.