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NYT: Walmart+ Reportedly in Talks With Disney, Comcast, Paramount for Streaming Deal

Retail TouchPoints

Walmart already has removed shipping minimums and added six months of Spotify Premium access to its incentives, as well as offered perks unmatched by Prime like gas station discounts. The retailer acquired Vudu in 2010 and added shoppable ads in 2018, but ultimately sold the streaming service to Fandango in 2020.

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

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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. which Yan said should enable faster shipping times on those products for North American customers.

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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. Under Yan’s tenure the company has reduced shipping times dramatically and signed a new partnership with ShipSage to speed up U.S.

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Nine Tips to Create Recurring Revenue with Subscriptions

Retail TouchPoints

Free shipping has become expected by many shoppers. Additionally, free shipping is one of the most popular incentives in ecommerce. Merchants can use this to their advantage by instituting a free shipping threshold — the amount subscribers will need to spend to receive free shipping. Driving Better Business Decisions.

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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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Rising sales and customer searches: Has Glossier made a comeback?

Inside Retail

Into The Gloss was launched in 2010 and would serve as the inspiration for the similar-sounding beauty brand that Weiss would launch just four years later. What’s been going on with Glossier? Weiss launched Glossier at a time of intense investor interest in direct-to-consumer e-commerce companies.

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The challenge of continually improving: Why Tinyme’s Ben Hare loves his job

Inside Retail

The strategic genius A lot has changed since Ben Hare first entered the e-commerce industry to join Tinyme, a mass-customisation brand that makes personalised kids’ products, in 2010. “My My very first day, I actually went to the Online Retailer Conference in Sydney. I hadn’t even set foot in the office,” Hare told Inside Retail.

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