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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

One of the topics that consistently comes up in the retail world is the logistics of shipping. From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. Choose a model that can scale with your growth trajectory.

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Business lessons from Beyoncé

Inside Retail

Whatever she sells, I’m buying, whether it’s overpriced album merchandise that won’t get shipped out for another 11-12 weeks from the US, or her activewear collaboration with Adidas. I am a ride-or-die member of the Beyhive, Beyoncé’s unofficial global fan club. That’s what Beyoncé has done better than most.”. Surprise and delight.

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‘This place enables curiosity’: Inside Levi’s Eureka Innovation Lab

Inside Retail

From Turkey to Telegraph Hill Eureka Innovation Lab was opened in 2013 as a way to bring the prototyping process closer to the denim brand’s US headquarters. But this required shipping multiple iterations back and forth, and it could take weeks before they had a prototype they were satisfied with.

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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Drones: Leveraging drones for shipping and delivery fulfillment came to attention when Amazon revealed their ‘Octocopter’ in 2013.

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Black Friday 2020 In-Store Traffic: An Expected Result in an Unexpected Season

Retail TouchPoints

27) dropped considerably in comparison to last year. It’s only since 2013 that Thanksgiving Day shopping started to become an event, and judging from the fact that it has only contributed 1.5% This means that the drop in Black Friday traffic may benefit other, later dates before New Year’s. 26) and Black Friday (Nov.

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South Korea’s LG becomes first major smartphone brand to withdraw from market

Inside Retail

Dropping out of the fiercely competitive sector would allow LG to focus on growth areas such as electric vehicle components, connected devices and smart homes, it said in a statement. It shipped 23 million phones last year which compares with 256 million for Samsung, according to research provider Counterpoint. 5 brand.

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Have we reached peak Christmas advent calendar?

Retail Gazette

Liberty launched its own version in 2013 and it remains the fastest selling product in its almost 150-year history. “Year-after-year we are increasing units to meet demand, both in the UK and internationally, with more and more countries being added to our shipping list each year,” says Coonan.