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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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A Consumer Brands’ Guide to Understanding and Navigating Amazon’s Private Label Business

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According to Coresight Research ’s Inside the World of Amazon’s Private Label Offering report, Amazon now has over 22,617 products from 111 private label brands across nearly every category — three times the number of brands they had in 2018. Amazon controls the inventory, marketing and promotional strategy.

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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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Battle of the sportswear brands: Why Chinese consumers are going local

Inside Retail

It was a high-profile signal that with the easing of Covid-related outdoor movement restrictions, the market for athletic footwear and apparel in China is set to get a huge shot in the arm. Chinese nationalism is on the rise, with an accompanying disdain among a broad swathe of consumers for foreign products.

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Shein Raises $2B, Wish Adds More European Merchants as Temu Gains Ground

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Shein is reportedly set to raise $2 billion in new funding this month, while Wish is continuing its attempts to win back consumers, most recently by opening its platform to more than 18,000 new European merchants. 1 shopping app in America back in 2018 , but today it’s largely out of the game at No. Wish also was the No.

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Here is what’s driving Danish retail giant Bestseller’s success Down Under 

Inside Retail

Following its launch in Australia in 2016, Danish retail group Bestseller has firmly entrenched its presence in the retail market, with the company making strides in its sustainability and circularity initiatives. Since launching the brand in 2018 in Australia and New Zealand, we’ve seen over 200 per cent increase in sales. [It]

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Whole Foods Adds $10 Fee to Amazon Prime Members’ Deliveries

Retail TouchPoints

The retailer instated the delivery fees to avoid raising prices of the groceries themselves, starting with pilots in six markets during the summer of 2021: Portland, Maine; Providence, R.I.; Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 and introduced a free two-hour delivery option in 2018 as it steadily expanded the grocer’s delivery footprint.

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