Inside Retail

MARCH 31, 2022

When the Nanjing-based company was established, in 2008, it was labelled a discount brand, selling ultra-cheap, of-the-moment fashion. However, Shein’s direct-to-consumer business model, in which it ships orders from its warehouse in China directly to US consumers, allowed the company to avoid such tariffs.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 19, 2022

A study from 2008 found that you could likely only reduce your emissions by about five percent if you bought local food all the time, and the same can be said for general products found at your local grocers or mom-and-pop shops. Most of that transportation takes place by ship.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2021

If the demand spikes in one geographic region, will the shipping couriers be able to deliver the products within the designated delivery timeline? And as consumers grow more sophisticated and “channel-blind,” automated planning of promotions and advertising campaigns becomes essential to having a competitive edge.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 5, 2022

While the sector was already struggling to get products onto shelves due to supply chain issues, the situation quickly spiralled when Abbott Laboratories was forced to shut its Sturgis, Michigan, manufacturing facility in February after four babies consuming its formula developed bacterial infections – leading to two deaths.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

And below is part two, featuring advice from Greenlit Brands CEO Michael Ford, former Target Australia CEO Launa Inman and Camilla CEO Jane McNally about the lessons they learned during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and how they apply to the current environment. Experience: I clearly remember the 2008 GFC. Michael Ford.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

” “The way fashion is produced and consumed needs to change – this is an undeniable truth,” H&M said. Almost half the clothes donated to Moda Re are shipped for resale in African countries including Cameroon, Ghana, and Senegal. It did not respond to a request for comment on the suggestion it needed to do more.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Perhaps with M&S now motoring, Norman might jump ship to see if he can perform a similar feat at its rival? Sound familiar?

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Retail Focus

MAY 27, 2021

However, 2020 saw a 46 per cent growth in online sales – this being the greatest increase since 2008. While shopping from home is both convenient and less time consuming, from an environmental point of view, this is has caused some damaging effects to the environment. In 2019, physical stores were a £60.9 Pick your packaging carefully.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2020

Consumers are getting harder and harder to impress. But as Amazon proves, a great post-purchase experience — one that streamlines shipping and provides additional transparency — is a new area of focus. The bar for what makes a standout customer experience (CX) is rising every year. The key is to never settle for the status quo.

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Cisco Retail

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Cisco started making public commitments to reduce our environmental impact in 2008 – and we’ve added to them ever since. We are working to reduce both the resources we consume and the waste we generate. Taking action. Embedding circular economy principles across our business is an important part of our strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 30, 2020

If a certain industry relies on offshore factories, reshoring means allocating the resources necessary to localize that production, which means organizations no longer have to depend on international deals and long-distance shipping. In a 2018 study, the consulting firm A.T. Kearney reported a record number of imports from outside the U.S.,

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. While focusing on the US, we’re also looking to expand our direct-to-consumer model to break into the Asian market, specifically Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. While focusing on the US, we’re also looking to expand our direct-to-consumer model to break into the Asian market, specifically Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

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Small Biz Trends

MAY 21, 2022

OmniChannel Consumer Electronics Co. Established in 2016 this OmniChannel Consumer Electronics Co. offers four brands of consumer electronics (CE) products. SaaS – Amazon & eBay Drop Shipping Automation Tool. Manage the backend of eCommerce with this SaaS – Amazon & eBay Drop Shipping Automation Tool.

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Like Janet Jackson, more consumers are asking brands, “What have you done for me lately?” In the past three months, more than 80% of consumers purchased a different brand from the one they normally buy and 44% said they would repurchase the new brand even if the original preferred brand was available again. 1 Devenyns, Jessi.

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 5, 2022

It is a consumer-to-consumer platform where small businesses and individuals sell items to consumers. It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Taobao.com is Alibaba’s biggest website. Source: Statista. AliExpress.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

Consumers love shopping online but what they really want is control. Be honest, before the pandemic weren’t you were part of the vast majority of consumers that had never tried curbside pickup? This service is also beneficial for consumers worried about their goods being stolen after they are dropped off. More than 1.7

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Inside Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Ask any consumer to name a fast fashion retailer and they probably think of H&M, Zara or Gap. In 2008, he launched a fashion e-commerce site – She Inside – as a way to target consumers who were tired of waiting in lines in stores or unable to find their specific size. Shein’s inclusive strategy makes a lot of sense.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and consumers around the world were forced to shop online sending digital sales to levels never seen before. While stores will always have value all brands are rethinking how best to serve their consumers digitally. Setting up a legal entity in China is time-consuming and difficult.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of shoppers’ minds, it’s no surprise so shoppers have jumped ship from the traditional big four supermarkets to discounters. It ultimately chose not to pass on these cost increases to consumers, but invested instead in keeping prices low” Indeed, Lidl added more than 1.4

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Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It was easy for Forever 21 to capture the hearts and minds of young consumers looking for trendy apparel. Now popular online fashion retailers began to popup with ASOS launching in 2000, Boohoo and Fashion Nova launching in 2006 and Shein launching in 2008. The infrastructure cost became too expensive.” billion in 2016 to $3.1

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Indigo 9 Digital

APRIL 27, 2022

Consumers would spend their Saturday afternoons at the mall getting everything they needed in one trip. Consumers can shop at a Walmart or a Target and get most of their weekly needs fulfilled without having to shop at multiple stores. If it wasn’t clear before it is now, consumers want their eCommerce orders quickly.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Major disruptions to the supply chain, the last mille, and to consumer behavior as a result of covid, will make this year extremely hard to predict and manage for brands and retailers. 5:52] A kind of predictor of future spending is this this huge survey that University of Michigan does every month the consumer confidence index.

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Retail Geek

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

” Sean emphasizes the importance of being a direct-to-consumer brand and how Lovesac has found sustained success by focusing on customer acquisition costs and offering a high-quality product. He discusses the concept of direct-to-consumer and shares his thoughts on its significance. 10, 20, 50, 100, 250 locations now.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 21, 2022

Two year growth and remember like you know there was in 2008 there was this recession and there was negative growth so you’d think the the year-over-year from that recession would be super high but but this. Over that two-year growth we grew 22% as I mentioned earlier and so I actually. [11:09]

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Cisco Retail

MAY 26, 2022

In 2005, I was lucky enough to become a Senior Editor at Tom’s Hardware Guide and attended Black Hat as accredited press from 2005 to 2008. A serious challenge was to secure the needed hardware and ship it in time for the conference, given the global supply chain issues. Seven Meraki MS cloud-managed stackable access switches.

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