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‘An exciting way to test a new market’: More fashion brands turn to rental

Inside Retail

Australian online clothing rental company GlamCorner is adapting its offering as more brands look to launch their own branded rental service amidst major changes in consumer behaviour. According to Future Market Insights, the global online clothing rental market is currently worth US$1.9 The ‘Attenborough’ effect.

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Aligning Purpose with Profits: How Consumer Goods Companies can Unlock Business Growth by Integrating Sustainability into their Operations

Retail TouchPoints

The rapid advancement of technology and social media has created a new generation of well-informed, empowered and discerning consumers. IBM’s Institute of Business Value (IBV) has just completed significant research into the priorities and decisions for supply chain operations and sustainability in partnership with The Consumer Goods Forum.

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The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

These costs include not just advertising (a crucial expenditure to stand out on Amazon’s crowded “shelves”) but also sales commissions and fulfillment services including warehousing, packing and delivery (which, while optional, are used by 86% of third-party sellers). Jungle Scout’s survey found that Ebay was still the No.

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NACDS honors Hy-Vee’s Randy Edeker

Mass Relators

from 2009 to 2022. Randy has been a champion of empowering employees to make decisions – focused on the consumer, on giving back to the communities where Hy-Vee operates stores, and on being a company of great purpose. Edeker was named chairman and chief executive officer in 2009. Fantle Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

As Robert Gilbreath, VP of Marketing at ShipStation, a web-based shipping solutions provider, puts it, “Compared to splashy marketing campaigns and new product features, shipping isn’t exactly the sexiest topic. This involves: Market Analysis: Understand your target audience, their preferences, and their buying behavior.

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

It wouldn’t be precisely accurate to count Bookshop.org among the successful conquerors, since its 1% market share of print book sales is dwarfed by Amazon’s approximately 50% (by some estimates, it’s even more). But then, “from the years of like 2009 to 2018, I just watched Amazon start eating everybody’s lunch,” he said.

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How Rent the Runway Boosted Talent, Sustainability and CX by Moving to the Cloud

Retail TouchPoints

The pandemic hit the fashion rental company hard as homebound consumers opted not to refresh their wardrobes. Since then, the bumps seem to be smoothing out, helped by the fact that consumers are back at work and weddings again. Attracting Top Talent in a Tight Labor Market.