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

Retail TouchPoints

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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‘That’s the power of the US market’: July co-founder talks global expansion

Inside Retail

On July 1, Melbourne-based direct-to-consumer (DTC) luggage brand July launched in the US, its first market outside of Australia and New Zealand. That’s the power of the US market,” July co-founder and chief strategy officer Athan Didaskalou told Inside Retail. So, why was the launch such a success? Play to our strengths’.

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Saying goodbye to plastic in e-commerce parcel shipping

A1 Retail

With so many innovative products now on the market, an easy win for retailers is to provide more eco-friendly packaging and delivery options. As a result, retailers have been making changes to the amount of virgin plastic used in packaging since the tax was announced in 2018. Transit packaging can also be addressed.

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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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“It’s been an awesome journey”: Marcus Crook on founding HoMie

Inside Retail

Our 2024 report features C-level executives with decades of leadership experience, alongside start-up founders and digital specialists with a wide range of skills, from marketing to logistics. Brands have so much dead stock, but they can’t exactly ship it off-shore to be remade, and then ship it back because it would cost a fortune.

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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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