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Clean Data, Clean Planet: How Online Retailers can use Data Analytics to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Retail TouchPoints

Newly developed freight booking tools have made it easier and more efficient to book containers on large cargo ships, thereby reducing the need for air freight, which is generally seen as producing a larger carbon footprint. Shipping companies can obtain information through GPS tags to help locate containers and ships in real time.

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Meet Nakedvice, the brand founded by best friends in the Sportsgirl stockroom

Inside Retail

The brand was co-founded in 2014 by best friends Sarah Miller and Jessie Gargan, who were 23 and 26, respectively, at the time. Other KPIs that the brand monitors include sales volumes across channels, overall revenue growth and the returns rate, which is crucial for maximising profitability and customer satisfaction.

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Celebrate May the 4th with these Star Wars APIs

Cisco Retail

The API returns data on each planet’s climate, terrain, diameter, gravity, population, orbital period, rotation period, and surface water percentage. It’s perfect for developing applications or games set in the Star Wars universe. SWAPI Planets : You can use the SWAPI to get information about planets in the Star Wars universe.

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The Future of AR-Enabled 3D Scanning in Fashion Retail

Retail TouchPoints

For ecommerce retailers — particularly those in the fashion sector — this represents a massive opportunity to heighten sales, lower returns and offer customers a new way to shop online. Online purchases are three times more likely to be returned compared to in-store purchases. The Problem With Fashion Etail.

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eCommerce and its Profitability Issue. Why its So Hard to Make Money

Indigo 9 Digital

If getting the order to you is expensive what about returns? This process of ordering and returning goods is very expensive. million on “refunds, returns, and discounts”. Since Casper launched in 2014 it has yet to make a profit. For categories like clothing and shoes the return rate is between 30% to 40%.

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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Perhaps with M&S now motoring, Norman might jump ship to see if he can perform a similar feat at its rival? Sound familiar?

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Casper CEO’s Roadmap to Profitability: Control Costs, Expand Wholesale and Cater to Customers

Retail TouchPoints

The company upended the mattress industry when it debuted in 2014, with its fresh branding and ecommerce-based approach to a category that had steadfastly resisted digital disruption. So in 2012 we rebuilt, top to bottom, the entire company so we could replenish stores and ship to the customer from the same inventory pool.

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