Remove 2013 Remove Advertising Remove Consumer Remove Merchant Services
article thumbnail

Alibaba’s Business Model – How the eCommerce Giant Makes Money

Indigo 9 Digital

It is a consumer-to-consumer platform where small businesses and individuals sell items to consumers. It launched in 2003 and provided an opportunity for China’s entrepreneurial class to reach China’s increasingly affluent consumer market. Alibaba does not charge merchants on Taobao listing or transactions fees.

article thumbnail

Strategies for Growth During a Frugal Holiday Shopping Season

Independent Retailer

A Shift In Advertising Focus. Consumer Spending Will Be Lower. Facing a Christmas that some economists predict could be ‘called off’ in the eyes of consumers, retailers are braced to do all they can to help shoppers spread the cost; and in turn, keeping profits stable and business afloat. by Mark Hook. A Shift In Focus.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Buckle Up, Retailers: Strategies For Growth During The Most Frugal Holiday Season Ever

Retail Minded

Facing a Christmas that some economists predict could be ‘called off’ in the eyes of consumers, retailers are braced to do all they can to help shoppers spread the cost; and in turn, keeping profits stable and business afloat. With consumer spending likely to be down this holiday season, selling to them from one place is a huge gamble.

article thumbnail

Vasos extolled for accomplishments

Mass Relators

At his mother’s request, he applied to a local newspaper advertisement for Eckerd Corp.’s where he led the operations teams and later served as a merchant. He then served as Dollar General’s chief operating officer from 2013 until being named CEO in June 2015. s management training program.

article thumbnail

From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

Throughout the decades, it has been known by various names, including The Merchants Record & Show Window , Visual Merchandising , VM&SD , VM+SD and VMSD. Consumers wanted berry spoons, mustard spoons, sugar spoons, and soup spoons in ever increasing variety.”. Soon, people wanted more and more. “A THE END OF THE. BELLE EPOQUE.

article thumbnail

Jason & Scot Show Episode 289 – ShipBob Co-Founder and CEO Dhruv Saxena

Retail Geek

ShipBob is a tech-enabled third-party logistics provider (3PL) that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. Told us very clearly that we don’t really care about great software what we care about is a great product or a great service which helps us in packaging and shipping so that influence the decision-making right.

article thumbnail

Jason & Scot Show Episode 319 Amazon Q1 2024 Results

Retail Geek

Episode Summary: In this episode, Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg and Scot Wingo dive deep into Amazon’s first quarter results for 2024, analyzing the company’s performance in various segments such as retail, offline and online sales, marketplace, AWS, and advertising. So it was fun. He’s been a friend of the show.