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Dillard’s Debuts Coterie Shop Spotlighting Four Fashion Entrepreneurs

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Each of our featured brands was founded by incredible, talented artisans running their own businesses and creating beautiful, captivating pieces while living busy and fulfilling personal lives. Sophia Demirtas founded Fanm Mon in 2013 as an ode to her Haitian heritage.

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Amazon Reveals First Locale to Receive Prime Air Drone Deliveries

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Back in 2013, Jeff Bezos proclaimed his plans to begin delivering packages by drone on a 60 Minutes interview. The company’s vision for drone delivery involves a vast fulfillment network of drones across the country, but the logistics of creating such a service are complicated, not least because of the volume of other airborne objects.

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Ecommerce Accelerator Pattern Secures $225M in Funding

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The ecommerce marketplace accelerator, founded in 2013 , has more than 900 employees and clients including Panasonic , Pandora , Black Diamond , Skullcandy , KONG and Sorel. Pattern has received $225 million as a minority investment from Knox Lane.

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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

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A growing retail and ecommerce business can turn an efficient process into a multi-step nightmare with inaccurate purchasing, order fulfillment and returns processes. It all depends on multiple factors like the size of the warehouse, the quantity of inventory and the number of orders fulfilled. Sophisticated Automation.

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‘Surf Hippie’ Lifestyle Brand Faherty Unifies Physical and Digital Data to Enhance Omnichannel CX

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Launched by twin brothers Alex and Mike Faherty in 2013, the premium “surf hippie” lifestyle brand currently operates 25 stores and sells into 300 specialty outlets. Our brand is a true labor of love,” said Alex Faherty, Co-founder and CEO of Faherty Brand in a statement. “As As we grow, we want to be the best we can be.

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XPO Logistics and ASOS Expand Partnership with New Fulfilment Centre and Contract Renewal

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XPO Logistics, a global provider of transport and logistics solutions, has announced it has been awarded the contract to manage a new fulfilment centre in Lichfield Staffordshire for leading online fashion retailer ASOS. The expansion further cements XPO’s position as a leader in outsourced e-fulfilment in the UK.

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Reports: Amazon Delays or Cancels 16 Warehouse Openings as Ecommerce Spending Slows

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billion net loss, which was partially driven by $6 billion in added costs — including the cost of operating its massive fulfillment network. In March, year-over-year ecommerce sales actually declined for the first time since 2013. This scaling back follows a disappointing Q1 2022, during which the ecommerce giant reported a $3.8