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“Primed for disruption”: Cargo Crew founder talks acquisition, growth plans

Inside Retail

The brand has been in operation since 2002, with over 25 per cent of its online sales coming from overseas. Its new partnership with Glow Capital Partners is set to further accelerate its growth into new markets. We talk about our online store as a window to the world, and we now ship to over 80 countries,” Rodgers said. “I

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

At Redmart, in four years as VP of commercial and marketing, revenue grew from $14 million to $285 million per annum and the platform’s product offer increased 25-fold after the adoption of drop shipping. Both will report to Ubaldo Minelli, CEO of the OTB group.

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10 Online Business for Sale in June

Small Biz Trends

The business currently has an average of 150 bookings annually without any advertising, so there is huge potential with the right marketing campaign. Digital Marketing Agency. You can relocate this 15-year-old Digital Marketing Agency anywhere. 5000-listed company provides both digital and traditional marketing services.

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Retail imports at near-record levels, NRF reports

Mass Relators

Dockworkers are unloading ships as fast as they can, but the challenge is to move the containers out of the ports to make room for the next ship,” said Jonathan Gold, vice president for supply chain and customs policy at NRF. “We The post Retail imports at near-record levels, NRF reports appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers.

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Cross-Channel Home Décor Retailing: 5 Take Away Lessons from The Game Changers

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans.

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Predictive Analytics Brings Retailers Closer To Omni-Channel Customers

Retalon

These tools are not able to account for new products, categories, and markets, or used & exchanged items, let alone suggest accurate and tangible actions going forward. Predictive analytics makes adopting strategies like ship-from-store a breeze. If there is one constant in retail is that nothing ever stays the same.

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

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Wayfair is more than just a pretty website, the company has been able to penetrate the online home goods market in a way that few competitors including Amazon have been able to. In 2002 Wayfair’s founders Steve Conine and Niraj Shaw noticed a trend. It is estimated that Wayfair loses money on each sale it makes.