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Scaling Up Sales in Enterprises: Weighing Discounts Against Free Shipping

Wiser

Among these strategies, two stand out as particularly effective tools for driving conversions: discounts and free shipping. Discounts have been a traditional marketing tactic for as long as commerce itself has existed. On the other hand, free shipping has emerged as a potent marketing strategy in the era of eCommerce.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Pinduoduo has made its most aggressive move yet into non-Chinese markets with the Sept. 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. While GlobalData forecasts that the Chinese ecommerce market will reach $3.3

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

Retail TouchPoints

The UK, along with several markets in Asia, was one of the first regions where TikTok Shop commerce functionality was made available. Now the UK also will be the first market for the company’s new logistics program, called Fulfilled by TikTok (FBT). A full rate card can be found on the TikTok Seller Centre.

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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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Untuckit is Setting Sights on Expansion and Internal Visibility is Helping it Get There

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, Untuckit has officially entered the wholesale market following a pilot program with Macy’s that began in November 2023. “We We started Untuckit online in 2011, but retail has really been the backbone of our company since 2015,” said Chris Riccobono, Founder and Executive Chairman of Untuckit in a statement.

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CEO Details ‘Reimagination of eBay’ Including a Collectibles Vault and New Digital Wallet

Retail TouchPoints

We see incredibly compelling growth potential in this market and believe it is our opportunity to win by sharpening our focus and continuing to create value through a tech-led reimagination of eBay.”. eBay and PayPal have been slowly separating their businesses for years, beginning with the 2015 spinoff of PayPal.

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3 Ways Retailers Can Harness the Post-Purchase Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Fulfilment, shipping, delivery and returns updates can all be enriched with personalized promotions, loyalty program information and other immersive, branded content. consumers will unsubscribe completely from marketing content if they are incorrectly targeted by marketing outreach. A recent study found that 63% of U.S.