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What does wholesale look like in 2023?

Inside Retail

The traditional wholesale model is broken – and Covid is not to blame. Consider how a traditional wholesale deal works. One thing the Covid pandemic has done is made consumer demand more erratic than ever before; retailers suffer the risk of building stockpiles of products that cannot be sold at profit.

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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

One of the topics that consistently comes up in the retail world is the logistics of shipping. From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. Choose a model that can scale with your growth trajectory.

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Dr. Squatch Focuses on Shipping Experience to Drive Global Growth  

Retail TouchPoints

To combat this, companies should “look beyond a single-carrier and utilize multi-carrier shipping experiences. To combat this, companies should “look beyond a single-carrier and utilize multi-carrier shipping experiences. Multi-carrier shipping options help expand delivery and last-mile services, and customers like to have options.”

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Casper CEO’s Roadmap to Profitability: Control Costs, Expand Wholesale and Cater to Customers

Retail TouchPoints

Joe Megibow may be new to the CEO role at Casper , but he’s very much a known entity in the retail industry. This was on full display during an impromptu stroll across the Mandalay Bay resort at Shoptalk in Las Vegas last month, during which he was stopped repeatedly. That right there is the thread across every company I’ve worked at.

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Unify Drop Ship and Marketplace for a Highly Flexible Go-to-Market Model — Don’t Get Stuck in ‘Either-Or’

Retail TouchPoints

In today’s Now Economy , customers are gravitating increasingly toward the “I see it, I want it, I’ve got it” retail model — while at the same time they’re more intent than ever on making purchases that support their personal values. Shift Your Thinking and be More Flexible to Meet Changing Customer Needs.

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BJ’s Invests in Drop-Ship Fulfillment Program

Retail TouchPoints

BJ’s Wholesale Club will strengthen support for its drop-ship program with online order fulfillment and delivery accuracy solutions from CommerceHub. The retailer has enhanced several of its omnichannel offerings in recent years, including the launch of curbside pickup at all club stores in August 2020.

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Do You Have What It Takes to go from Wholesale to DTC?

Retail TouchPoints

If you’re a wholesale retailer or brand owner and you haven’t already launched a direct-to-consumer sales channel, you’d better be thinking about it. The global pandemic not only accelerated the growth in ecommerce, it highlighted the shortcomings of wholesale-only sales channels. Building an Online Presence. to visit your website.

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