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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. And this is just the first of in a series of shopping events Wish has planned for 2023.

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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. A few days before reporting Q2 earnings, Wish also announced plans to cut approximately 34% of its workforce, or about 255 employees, in order to “refocus the company’s operations.”

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Amazon to open £500m robot-powered East Midlands warehouse

Retail Gazette

Amazon is planning to build a new £500m robot-powered “next-generation” warehouse in Northampton, East Midlands. The new warehouse will create 1,400 new jobs at its launch, with roles including engineers, HR and IT, finance specialists, as well as workers to pick, pack and ship customer orders.

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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

Larocque has spent more than 20 years with Burton, becoming SVP Operations in 2010. The second prong was replacing foundational systems, such as the company’s legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. “It If a customer walks into a store and says, ‘My hands are full, ship it to me,’ that’s one experience we have to offer.

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

Retail Gazette

Retail Gazette caught up with chief product officer Mauricio Monico on how it plans to compete with its Chinese rivals. 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

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Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Inside Retail

Within a year, the sorting centre run by garment re-use and recycling charity Moda Re plans to double the volume it handles to 40,000 metric tonnes annually. Precise data on the growth of clothing waste is scarce but collection for recycling and reuse increased gradually in several European countries from around 2010, a 2021 EU report said.

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How Community Commerce is Helping Angling App Fishbrain Cast a Wider Net

Retail TouchPoints

Fishbrain launched in 2010 as a free app for fishing enthusiasts. “It You have to think about what your service-level agreement looks like, how to make sure your sellers are shipping on time, things like that.”. but the company has plans to take it global down the line. From Monetizing Fishing Intel to Selling Gear.

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