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“Primed for disruption”: Cargo Crew founder talks acquisition, growth plans

Inside Retail

We talk about our online store as a window to the world, and we now ship to over 80 countries,” Rodgers said. “I Domestic and global plans Rodgers explained that different companies had approached Cargo Crew over the years to discuss what a joint venture or partnership would look like. I think aprons were primed for disruption.”

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

Retail TouchPoints

Last year, Amazon delivered more than 20 million packages using electric vehicles, and the retailer plans to continue building on this momentum in 2021. Since 2015, Amazon has reduced the weight of its outbound packaging by 33% , eliminating 915,000 tons of packaging material worldwide. Data Analysis Leads to More Efficient Packaging.

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How Brands Can Deliver Sustainable Instant Commerce for Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

Traditional logistics networks weren’t built to handle such breakneck delivery speeds, and retailers are left trying to meet consumers’ expectations while facing ever-rising environmental impacts due to emissions-heavy overnight air shipping, cardboard overuse and even more delivery trucks clogging up city streets and spewing exhaust.

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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. It will also continue its pop-up stores, with an opening planned in Los Angeles next year, and a Gold Coast pop-up on the horizon.

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“Into the third generation”: How Ashford Handicrafts is spinning success 

Inside Retail

We manufacture to stock, so our retailers are able to order today, and have it shipped on the same day. In 2015, my husband and I decided the time was right to move from New York City back to Ashburton and grasp the opportunity to work and ultimately take over the family business. IR: Can you discuss future plans for the business?

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Yoox Net-a-Porter’s APAC GM talks tech, loyalty and luxury spending

Inside Retail

NL: It offers customers access to exclusive benefits, including personal shopper services, regular discounts and offers, as well as complimentary express shipping. We plan to grow this segment by ensuring these customers invest more in their wardrobe and by ensuring new customers are making considered purchases.

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

Retail Gazette

On top of that, she has faced fierce criticism around her turnaround plan, which includes a focus on non-retail activities such as house building. 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. Sound familiar?