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CommentSold Moves into DTC Sales with Popshoplive Acquisition

Retail TouchPoints

The deal coincides with the wide launch of CommentSold’s drop shipping capabilities, creating an end-to-end platform for direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales. “I These sites will automatically feature seller-curated drop ship items as ecommerce listings. CS has stood out in the live commerce sector in the U.S.

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The Secret Behind Quick-Turn Merch: A Strong Partner

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This branded apparel — or merch, as it’s more commonly called — sent consumers into a frenzy. How do these brands turn around these drops so quickly? The key to consumers’ hearts lies in the merch partner you choose. Additionally, a proven track record of successful products (especially with a quick-turn drop) is essential.

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Claire’s Debuts Subscription Service as it Seeks New Ways to Connect with Gen Z

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Jewelry and accessories retailer Claire’s is tapping into “drop” culture with its newest offering, a subscription box service called cDrop. Aimed at “fostering self-expression” among its core Gen Z demographic, each box retails for $30 and is shipped quarterly, with no ongoing commitment for customers.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

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And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve.

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How cult US beauty brand Il Makiage is disrupting the beauty industry

Inside Retail

Launched by brother and sister Oran Holtzman and Shiran Holtzman-Erel in 2018, the fast-growing online retailer uses little-known ‘micro influencers’ to demonstrate its products and attract customers. The brand launched in the UK and Germany last year and recently opened a local warehouse in Australia to facilitate faster shipping.

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‘This place enables curiosity’: Inside Levi’s Eureka Innovation Lab

Inside Retail

But this required shipping multiple iterations back and forth, and it could take weeks before they had a prototype they were satisfied with. A second iteration, released in 2018, enables users to order a ride on Uber and Lyft through the jacket.

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Nike Returns to its Oregon Roots with Latest ‘Live’ Store Design

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The stores would include integrated online-to-offline capabilities as part of a digitally empowered phase of Nike’s Consumer Direct strategy , the Consumer Direct Acceleration. In 2018, Nike tested the neighborhood-centric Live pilot in Los Angeles.

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