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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. Doubling down on merchants outside of China. based merchants, including an electronics reseller with warehouses in the U.S.,

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Interview: How Wish aims to compete with rivals Shein and Temu

Retail Gazette

When it launched in 2010, Wish.com was the only manufacturer-direct discount shopping app on the market. The San Francisco-based platform shipped its vast array of discounted products straight from their factories. “[The . “What we’re continuing to do is innovate in the same way we did when we started,” he says.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 296 – Guardian Baseball Co-Founder Matt Kubancik

Retail Geek

Matt: [2:05] No not at all actually spent six months in in college dropped out was one of the original I started selling on eBay 1999. Excellent capability of functioning in the warehouse so providing quality control integrating with the shipping carriers like ship work shipstation.