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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

One of the topics that consistently comes up in the retail world is the logistics of shipping. From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. Choose a model that can scale with your growth trajectory.

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Today’s Advancements in Compute Hardware Can Power the Next Generation of ‘Moonshots’

Cisco Retail

The first generation of Cisco UCS introduced in 2009 shipped with compute chipsets featuring two to four cores per socket. The X-Series offers compute chipsets with 64 to 128 cores per socket and the use of graphics processing unit (GPU) is much more commonplace now than it was in 2009. Let me illustrate with some numbers.

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Beer Cartel invites consumers to buy up shares in the business

Inside Retail

There are also plans to introduce investor perks such as free shipping and discounted pricing on beer. And we want to enhance our logistics offering so that we can manage higher demand,” Kelsey said. The funds raised through Birchal will be used to improve the website, logistics and marketing. Covid kind to craft beer.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Rent the Runway pioneered clothing rental for women, but in 2009 the tech just didn’t exist for this kind of platform and all the reverse logistics we do, so everything was built from the ground up,” said Steinberg in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. There are technologies we want to leverage that are managed within Google.

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High growth e-cigarette brand opts for Brightpearl to light up multichannel expansion

365 Retail

Since they launched in 2009, Ecirette has experienced phenomenal success, growing from one of the first online vaping stores to one of Ireland’s leading e-cigarette brands. Brightpearl’s well-known connectability with Shopify means it can quickly sync with Ecirette’s online webstore.

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The collapse and rebirth of UK fashion giant Missguided

Inside Retail

Missguided, founded by Nitin Passi in 2009, shocked the retail industry after declaring that it had fallen more than £80 million ($136 million) in debt. But how did this fast fashion giant collapse so quickly and what lies ahead for Missguided under new management? However, those days are long gone. Self-inflicted wounds.

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

Retail TouchPoints

But then, “from the years of like 2009 to 2018, I just watched Amazon start eating everybody’s lunch,” he said. The key is that every sale — whether it’s through a bookstore page, an affiliate shop or a direct purchase on Bookshop — are fulfilled and managed by Bookshop and its distribution partner Ingram.

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