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TikTok Continues Amazon-like Push into Commerce with Fulfillment Services in the UK

Retail TouchPoints

TikTok is continuing to build out its commerce-related services with the launch of ecommerce fulfillment for companies in the UK selling via TikTok Shop. Now the UK also will be the first market for the company’s new logistics program, called Fulfilled by TikTok (FBT). cubic liters per shipment. 1, 2023, multiple sources report.

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PayPal Offloads Happy Returns to UPS

Retail TouchPoints

Happy Returns offers box-free, label-free returns for more than 800 merchant partners at over 10,000 locations across the U.S. The company was acquired by PayPal a little over two years ago as part of PayPal’s ambition to expand beyond payments and become a “ digital commerce enablement engine.”

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Zilingo on the brink as loan recalled, financial advisor appointed

Inside Retail

“Due to Zilingo’s failure to fulfil prior obligations under the loan agreement, the company’s lenders have made the decision to accelerate the repayment of the entire loan,” Zilingo’s board said in a statement to Reuters. It provides logistics, financing and other services to factories and merchants.

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Meet Missfresh, the Chinese grocery retailer offering 30-minute delivery

Inside Retail

Speedy delivery is the name of the game for supermarket retailers all over the world right now, as major chains invest in micro fulfilment centres and explore dark stores in an effort to keep up with customers’ rising expectations during the pandemic. Can you explain a bit about how Missfresh has grown in popularity since launching in 2014?

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How Retailers like Rothy’s and Shinola are ‘De-Risking’ Product Design with Consumer Data

Retail TouchPoints

Technological innovations have optimized and enhanced almost all areas of the retail organization, from marketing to fulfillment, but the process of bringing products to market has been markedly slower to advance. But these legacy processes don’t work as well as they once did, and COVID made that fact hard to ignore. “A

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Management changes announced by Walmart

Mass Relators

Casey has been a passionate advocate for our sellers and led the work to define and implement our seller value proposition, which has led to strong growth in our third-party marketplace and Walmart Fulfillment Services. in 2015 from U.K. I have appreciated Casey’s contributions to the Walmart U.S. business.”.

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The Paper Store wins Retail Innovation Award

Retalon

As The Paper Store (TPS) grew, management there understood that in order to maintain a high customer service level, unique and diverse assortment, and convenient fulfillment options, it would have to bring world-class technology and innovation to its supply chain processes.