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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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‘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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What retailers can learn from Reformation’s bold, quirky brand voice

Inside Retail

Whether you buy the linen twin set or not, the return you get in words is priceless. It started in 2009, selling retailored vintage clothing out of a small Los Angeles storefront. Reformation pays its fans in brand voice. Upon opening the email, you’re hit with a tease from the merchandise: “Us again. Living your brand voice matters.

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eCommerce and its Profitability Issue. Why its So Hard to Make Money

Indigo 9 Digital

If getting the order to you is expensive what about returns? This process of ordering and returning goods is very expensive. million on “refunds, returns, and discounts”. High marketing costs are one reason for Casper’s struggles but returns have also eaten into the brand’s profitability. In 2018 Casper spent $80.7

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The collapse and rebirth of UK fashion giant Missguided

Inside Retail

It also had a string of celebrity partnerships and collaborations to build a cachet among the 18- to 25-year-old age group that made up the company’s core market. 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. million in 2019.

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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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More recessions lessons from Greenlit Brands, Camilla, Super Retail

Inside Retail

Some of your variable expenses like marketing come under scrutiny. Advice: Any CEO is measured by the profit margin they generate from the turnover of their inventory, so it’s critical to always measure your return on working capital. We really concentrated on the category and defended our market share at all costs.