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Alibaba vs. Amazon, 7 Differences & Similarities

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Alibaba.com is a business-to-business wholesale website where manufacturers, trading companies and resellers trade goods in large quantities. Alibaba has different websites to serve different markets including Lazada and AliExpress. Last year 60% of Amazon’s retail sales came from third party sellers. Business model.

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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

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Warby Parker Warby Parker which was founded over a decade ago in 2010 is often looked at as the crème de la crème of direct-to-consumer retailers. The eyeglass retailer famously disrupted the market for prescription eyeglasses with a slick website and a try-before-you-buy from home program which captured the hearts of millions of customers.

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Nordstrom Leaves Canada, 9 Reasons Why

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But the truth is Nordstrom’s failure in Canada can’t be simplified, by saying, as many are, that Nordstrom didn’t understand the Canadian market. Nordstrom operates in one of the hardest categories in retail, apparel and accessories. Over the past decade that Nordstrom has been in Canada there have been material changes in the market.

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6 of the Top Reasons Online Businesses Fail

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In the beginning beverage maker Dirty Lemon like many direct to consumer brands used Facebook and Instagram to market its products. But over time Dirty Lemon found that the success many brands found using Facebook and Instagram marketing attracted many competitors leading to higher customer acquisition costs. Do you like this content?

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The Top 20 Best Ideas for Increasing Foot Traffic to Your Store

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This year Trader Joe’s was named the third best large employer in the retail and wholesale category by Forbes. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Do you like this content? Make your store Instagram friendly.

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Introducing 20 RangeMe Brands Fast-Tracked Into KeHE’s DIVERSEtrade™ Program

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Regarding their experience during the DIVERSEtrade event, Wangene Hall, Director of Marketing at Global Village Foods, explains “We found it easy to engage with KeHE and felt like each step was geared towards our success. The DIVERSEtrade event was excellent,” says Hilary Long, VP of Sales & Marketing at Frey Farms. “We

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Nike’s eCommerce Strategy, 4 Reasons Why Digital Sales are Soaring

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The pandemic provided a large boost but the truth is that Nike made a strategic decision to focus on its direct business in 2017. Build your own platform by moving away from wholesale The year was 2013 and 81% of Nike’s business came from wholesale. One of the benefits of moving away from wholesale is better margins.