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

Inside Retail

Fulfilment by GlamCorner now sees the platform handling the logistics of clothing rental on behalf of fashion brands, including warehousing, cleaning, shipping and returns, and giving brands their own rental stores, which they can embed in their e-commerce sites and promote to customers. The ‘Attenborough’ effect.

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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. His many accomplishments include: opening Hy-Vee’s first pharmacy fulfillment center; launching Vivid Clear Rx; acquiring Amber Specialty Pharmacy; establishing a fleet of mobile health units; developing Hy-Vee’s loyalty program, and establishing Hy-Vee’s state-of-the-art retail media network, Red Media.”

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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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eMarketer: COVID-19 Retail Recovery Will Take Longer Than ‘Great Recession’ Rebound

Retail TouchPoints

The magnitude of the downturn and pace of recovery will be harder on the retail market than the Great Recession,” according to an article on the eMarketer site. After the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it took the majority of affected markets approximately one year for retail sales to return to pre-crisis levels. We now expect U.S.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Long-standing company CFO, John Bryce, has been appointed as interim CEO and will continue to fulfil both CEO and CFO responsibilities. Meyer formerly served as Canadian online retailer The Bay’s chief customer officer, as well as chief marketing officer at The Iconic.

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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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