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The Secret Behind Quick-Turn Merch: A Strong Partner

Retail TouchPoints

To take the obsession even further, it seems like everyone is wearing branded apparel promoting them. While you may not be shipping products worldwide, the benefit of an international company is its extensive network of suppliers, sourcing and tools. Everywhere you look, someone is talking about these moments.

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Fleeting beauty: Inside the downward spiral of BWX

Inside Retail

How does what was once an incredibly successful beauty business see its share price fall from $7 in 2018 to just 20 cents today? Back in time The story starts in 2017, when then-CEO and managing director John Humble went on a bit of a buying spree. It’s a long story. Inside Retail contacted BWX for comment, but it declined to comment.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Shein’s model does share direct connections to Chinese factories, which allows for rapid turnaround on the latest styles, with most orders shipped directly to consumers from the factory. 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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Exclusive Q&A: ‘We’re Asking a Lot More From Our Supply Chains’

Retail TouchPoints

Dr. Thomas Goldsby , Professor and Chair in Logistics in the Supply Chain Management Department of the University of Tennessee , revealed some of the less obvious reasons for rising prices, the virtues and limitations of “nearshoring” via domestic supply chains and the prospects for supply chain improvements during holiday 2022 and into 2023.

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You’ll Like Us When We’re Green: How Retailers Demonstrate Sustainability Through Track and Trace

Retail TouchPoints

Research from New York University found sustainable products delivered $114 billion in sales in 2018, up 29% from 2013 , and delivered 50% of consumer packaged goods growth during that same time period — despite representing only 16.6% of the category. So how do retailers stay ahead of the pack regarding sustainability?

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Interview: How Wish aims to compete with rivals Shein and Temu

Retail Gazette

The US website shot to fame in 2018 for its cheap prices – and incredibly long delivery times – and quickly became the most downloaded shopping app worldwide, doubling its revenue that year alone to £1.5bn ($1.9bn). . The San Francisco-based platform shipped its vast array of discounted products straight from their factories. “[The

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Inside the Online Bookstore Building a ‘Model for Small Businesses to Compete with Amazon’

Retail TouchPoints

But then, “from the years of like 2009 to 2018, I just watched Amazon start eating everybody’s lunch,” he said. The key is that every sale — whether it’s through a bookstore page, an affiliate shop or a direct purchase on Bookshop — are fulfilled and managed by Bookshop and its distribution partner Ingram.

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