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Alibaba’s Strategy, 6 Things to Consider

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billion in its 2014 IPO. But its revenues only grew by 10% over last year, the lowest growth rate since Alibaba became a public company in 2014. Create a seamless link between online and offline retail. While eCommerce represents nearly 50% of retail sales in China today that hasn’t always been the case. Fast shipping.

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

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Shein, another ultra fast fashion retailer, adds between 500 to 2,000 new items on its website every day. Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days. Commenting on the growth of Shein TechCrunch wrote : “[Shein] manufactures in China as many apparel retailers do.

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The Benefits & Cons of Selling on Amazon, 10 Factors to Consider

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Adidas has also directly sold its merchandise on Amazon since 2014. If an organization decides to enter Amazon’s FBA program they send their inventory to Amazon then Amazon manages storage of the inventory within its facilities, shipping and customer service (including returns). Do you like this content?

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6 of the Top Reasons Online Businesses Fail

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An innovative idea and a slick website might get customers excited but many founders eventually realize it’s actually pretty hard and expensive to acquire customers when you don’t have any retail stores. And when your customers demand free shipping or when return costs add up a promising business can be put into jeopardy pretty quickly.

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Normalizing Taboo CPG Topics: Lubricants, Toys, And Menstruation, Oh My!

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Here is what Monica Chinisaz, Director of Operations, and Chris Petty, Managing Partner and President at Femmycycle, had to say about their experience launching a product in the women’s health industry: RangeMe: How have you seen a shift in the “sexual/women’s wellness” product category and how has this shift impacted your business?

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10 Ways to Succeed in Retail

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A job at Shake Shack can be lucrative with General Managers at Shake Shack making $115,000 including equity based compensation. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. This is an issue mattress retailer Casper faces.