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Net-a-Porter, Ssense, Farfetch: How luxury’s e-commerce leaders stack up

Inside Retail

Net-a-Porter is considered a pioneer in the online luxury space since its founding at the start of the millennium in the year 2000 by Natalie Massenet. Net-a-Porter is much more of a wholesale model. We started seeing brands like Prada and Gucci pulling back on their breadth of distribution and have been far more selective.

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China, digital and brand collabs: Here’s what’s next for Papinelle

Inside Retail

If the Covid-19 pandemic had to happen, it couldn’t have come at a better time for Australian sleepwear brand Papinelle. . Currently, the brand operates a local e-commerce site in the US, but it ships orders and handles returns out of Australia.

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Alibaba’s Business Model – How the eCommerce Giant Makes Money

Indigo 9 Digital

It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. It is a wholesale marketplace where manufacturers, trading companies and resellers trade goods in large quantities. Taobao.com is Alibaba’s biggest website. Source: Statista. AliExpress.

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eCommerce Expo 2023 Preview

365 Retail

At the forefront of these changes is the annual eCommerce Expo , which has consistently served as a platform for industry professionals to gather, share, and learn. Held on 27th and 28th September 2023 at ExCeL London, the event is expected to attract over 11,000 visitors and will feature more than 300 solution providers.

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The Benefits & Cons of Selling on Amazon, 10 Factors to Consider

Indigo 9 Digital

Selling on Amazon comes at a cost. The Children’s Place started selling on Amazon back in 2003. 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. The bad news.