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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Who doesn’t want that? alongside a large QR code.

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Alibaba waives guidance as revenue growth slows in Covid’s shadow

Inside Retail

Alibaba Group said it would not give a forecast for the current fiscal year due to Covid-19 risks as it reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public in 2014. While delivery services resumed in May, they were taking time to fully recover due to factors such as parcel backlogs, the company said. billion a year ago.

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Alibaba waives guidance as revenue growth slows in Covid’s shadow

Inside Retail

Alibaba Group said it would not give a forecast for the current fiscal year due to Covid-19 risks as it reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public in 2014. While delivery services resumed in May, they were taking time to fully recover due to factors such as parcel backlogs, the company said. billion a year ago.

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Alibaba waives guidance as revenue growth slows in Covid’s shadow

Inside Retail

Alibaba Group said it would not give a forecast for the current fiscal year due to Covid-19 risks as it reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public in 2014. While delivery services resumed in May, they were taking time to fully recover due to factors such as parcel backlogs, the company said. billion a year ago.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

It was easy for Forever 21 to capture the hearts and minds of young consumers looking for trendy apparel. Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days. While many argue Forever 21’s demise is due to a more socially conscious consumer fast fashion retailers are as popular as ever.

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How Tmall Global is overcoming the challenges of China’s zero-Covid policy

Inside Retail

Back in October, the online marketplace teamed up with global real estate giant Simon and Shop Premium Outlets to bring US brands to Chinese consumers through a series of livestream shopping events. The company is also doing virtual walkthroughs of stores for its consumers. Global Shopping Festival and throughout the holiday season.

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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. And be Engineers we were able to automate effectively everything in that e-commerce business except the part around shipping and Logistics. Scot: [5:52] And then so that was 2015 earlier kind of also 2014 yet.