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Amazon Begins Expanding Electric Van Program, Provides Update on Packaging Reduction

Retail TouchPoints

Since 2015, Amazon has reduced the weight of its outbound packaging by 33% , eliminating 915,000 tons of packaging material worldwide. Carbon is the primary metric we hold ourselves accountable to when we think about sustainability for the customer — and our corporate responsibility is to be a leader in this space.”.

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How Kulani Kinis is thriving in overseas markets

Inside Retail

Danielle Atkins and Alexander Babich started Australian bikini label Kulani Kinis as a side hustle in 2015. Our journey began with selling directly over the internet, we were working from home and shipping bikinis on our lunch breaks at our old workplaces,” Atkins told Inside Retail.

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How to Sell on StockX

Small Biz Trends

This guide will take you through the process of selling on StockX, including how to set up an account and the benefits and drawbacks of selling on StockX. Once a product is sold, you’ll ship the product to StockX to complete an authentication process before it’s sent to the buyer. Making an Account. What is StockX?

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Nu-Venture Bypasses Supply Chain Woes

Independent Retailer

To help cut down on shipping costs and time complications, the company is forging a new path and utilizing a new Lens material that is soft, pliable, and allows them to make quality 3D prints for apparel iron-on transfers. Nu-Venture, LLC has been producing high quality 3D lenticular images in a unique format since 2015.

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

Retail Gazette

Potts joined the supermarket in 2015 after almost four decades at Tesco, where he started on the shop floor aged 16 and rose through the ranks to run its Asian operations. Perhaps with M&S now motoring, Norman might jump ship to see if he can perform a similar feat at its rival?

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For men, online shopping is ‘a lot more functional’, Politix finds

Inside Retail

Politix has been undergoing a slow and steady digital transformation since 2015, when the Melbourne-based menswear retailer first started selling products online. This drastically improved product availability on its website and reduced delivery times for online orders, since they can be shipped from stores.

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How Heavily Does the UK’s Food Imports Rely On The Suez Canal?

365 Retail

Recently, we were all enthralled by the news of the Ever Given, a 400-metre long container ship that became stuck in the Suez Canal in Egypt. This created a significant backdrop of similarly-sized container ships on either side, many of which were forced to wait patiently for the Ever Given to be moved on.