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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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How designer label Dion Lee is positioning itself for global expansion

Inside Retail

Dion Lee is a luxury brand established back in 2009 by its namesake designer in Sydney, Australia. The founder and creative director hit the runway straight out of fashion school showcasing his first collection in a Kings Cross car park at Australian Fashion Week in 2009.

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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. The funds raised through Birchal will be used to improve the website, logistics and marketing. From a marketing point of view, it’s about making more people aware of us. “The The website itself is such a big channel for us.

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

Inside Retail

It started in 2009, selling retailored vintage clothing out of a small Los Angeles storefront. Not that this will stop Ref from tempting its global customers with free shipping, and compliments: The Australian website pop-up comments, “Cute accent, btw.” Ref is unlike the Sheins of the world, and far from your average fashion company.

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Best Retail Marketing Tips for 2019

Retail Next

While it brings great opportunities for entrepreneurs, the stiff competition in the market, plus the enormous demand for high-quality service, make succeeding in this industry challenging too. That is why effective retail marketing is crucial. With push notifications, you can send marketing messages to your customers in real-time.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Attracting Top Talent in a Tight Labor Market. Developers want to develop and build, so if you can feed their appetite to do really cool things, you can attract more engineers into the company and continue to lead the market ,” he said in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.