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Reports: Chinese Ecommerce Player Pinduoduo Launches U.S. Site

Retail TouchPoints

Temu’s site shows average shipping times to most of the U.S. Founded in 2015 , Pinduoduo has focused on lower-income customers and the agricultural sector. Multiple women’s dresses are priced below $20 (some below $10 ) and only a few are above $50. of seven to 15 business days, with no fees for orders of $49 or more.

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More Orders from Amazon will Soon be Arriving in their Own Packaging — Here’s Why

Retail TouchPoints

And yet that’s exactly what Amazon is doing with its Ships in Product Packaging (SIPP) program, which, as the name suggests, allows products to ship in their original box or bag without any added Amazon packaging. As a result, in 2022, 11% of packages globally were shipped without Amazon packaging , amounting to millions of deliveries.

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Subscription Pro Tips: Encourage Loyalty and Long-Term Relationships by Making it Easy to Cancel

Retail TouchPoints

Subscriptions can be tricky business, not least because most consumers at one time or another have had a bad experience with a subscription service. That has not stopped consumers from subscribing though, especially with the rise of new takes on the model (box services, auto shipping and streaming TV, to name just a few).

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Inside the rise of the ‘art-lennial’

Inside Retail

Historically, the art world has been synonymous with exclusivity and for the most part, inaccessible to a mass consumer base,” Tom Woodger, vice president of cultural marketing at StockX, told Inside Retail. “In Thanks to an injection of funds in 2015, the brothers were able to invest in technology and marketing to scale their offering.

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How pop-ups helped inform Kat the Label’s new flagship store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Founder and designer Kate Nixon said that the business started in Byron Bay in 2015, with her hand-making lace bralettes and posting products online. Nixon attributed this to consumers being online more and having more time to shop, as well as the growth of the lingerie and sleepwear industry throughout this period.

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10 Online Businesses for Sale in May

Small Biz Trends

Established in 2015, this Online Wakesurfing Retailer manufactures ballasts. OmniChannel Consumer Electronics Co. Established in 2016 this OmniChannel Consumer Electronics Co. offers four brands of consumer electronics (CE) products. SaaS – Amazon & eBay Drop Shipping Automation Tool.

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6 Reasons Walmart’s eCommerce Strategy is Winning

Indigo 9 Digital

Consumers love shopping online but what they really want is control. Be honest, before the pandemic weren’t you were part of the vast majority of consumers that had never tried curbside pickup? This service is also beneficial for consumers worried about their goods being stolen after they are dropped off. More than 1.7