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Some retailers are turning to air freight to offer a competitive edge

Inside Retail

Marcus Ng, regional head of air freight, Asia Pacific, at AP MllerMaersk, notes that the Sea-Air option where some products are shipped rapidly by air and others less quickly by ocean has been particularly attractive to some lifestyle apparel retailing customers. In many cases, they are mixing air and sea freight solutions.

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Top Wish Execs Share Plan for Winning Back Consumers, Beginning with ‘Wishmas’

Retail TouchPoints

When Wish debuted in 2010 it took the U.S. From March 30 (3/30) to April 5, 2023, shoppers will have access to deals on thousands of products and free shipping on all orders over $10. As an operating partner at one of Wish’s longest-running investors, GGV Capital , Yan has long had an insider’s view of the business.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

When it debuted back in 2010, Wish was the only game in town as far as manufacturer-direct discount shopping apps went. The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve. Here’s a look at some of those initiatives and where Wish is focusing next: 1. Reducing shopping and shipping friction.

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Small Business, Big Ideas: 3 Companies Leveraging Amazon to be a ‘Force for Good’

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon took a breather from the veritable onslaught of tech updates at its Accelerate conference Thursday to shine the spotlight on three specific companies. But the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 shook these two Haitian-born Americans, and they felt compelled to take action. million people in the U.S.

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How the Packaging Industry Can Help Tackle Confectionery’s Big Waste Problem

Retail TouchPoints

Valentine’s Day saw consumers projected to spend an average of $16 on chocolates and candy — up from under $9 per person in 2010 — while Halloween candy sales reached a record $3.1 Packaging & Wrapping is dedicated to providing superior products and services at an affordable price. billion in 2022.

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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

With a new retail management solution in place, Burton will now be able to: Deploy mobile POS (mPOS) devices in its stores; Provide store associates with improved visibility into customer, product and inventory data ; and Gain a unified view of its e-Commerce and brick-and-mortar operations at both the store and headquarters levels.

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COVID-19 Has Transformed Wine Shopping. Here’s How Vivino Is Adapting

Retail TouchPoints

In 2010, when I founded Vivino, there was no easy way to pick out a good wine and I wanted to solve this using the opinions of wine drinkers — not individual critics. We also increased our customer service resources to help users with order issues since there was a big slowdown in shipping speed.