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The Logistical Nightmare Before Christmas: How to Avoid it

Retail TouchPoints

If current supply chain trends continue, Salesforce has forecasted that 700 million holiday gifts will likely not arrive on time this year. Even back in August, major carriers such as FedEx and UPS already were seeing holiday-level volumes, with UPS’ shipping volume up 30% and FedEx’s up 25%.

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15 Facts You Need to Know About StockX the Billion Dollar Resale Platform

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon The resale market is one of the fastest growing segments of retail. Traditional retailers are not sitting back watching this market grow. In 2019 Foot Locker invested $100 million in resale platform GOAT, its largest investment ever at the time. The sneaker resale market is growing quickly.

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eCommerce and its Profitability Issue. Why its So Hard to Make Money

Indigo 9 Digital

Take mattress retailer Casper. High marketing costs are one reason for Casper’s struggles but returns have also eaten into the brand’s profitability. In 2019 Walmart’s eCommerce business lost an estimated $2 billion. to fulfill and ship that order which means Amazon loses money on many orders. In 2018 Casper spent $80.7

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Forever 21: 4 Reasons it Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

New ultra fast fashion competitors like ASOS and Boohoo entered the market and did what Forever 21 did but better. Not only are these retailers fast to market with their trendy designs they are also skilled eCommerce operators. Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days.

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JD.com's Strategy, 10 Things to Know

Indigo 9 Digital

But the truth is many eCommerce trends come from the largest eCommerce market in the world, China. Last year retail eCommerce sales in China came in at an eye popping $2.6 trillion giving China a 52% share of global eCommerce retail sales. The offline market is very important to us.” Fast shipping is the way to go.

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Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Strategy, 4 Things to Watch

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If you are curious about how Dick’s plans to make the most of a great market opportunity then consider these four elements of its strategy. These stores, which debuted in 2019, are huge coming in at around 100,000 square feet, twice the size of an average Dick’s store. Store expansion. Do you like this content? Omni-channel.

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Tim Hortons’ Turnaround Strategy, Why it’s Working

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Or in the process of trying to turn the ship around many companies make a number of missteps as they desperately try to improve operations. billion close to its pre-pandemic 2019 revenues of $6.7 Justin is so fervent in how much he loves Tims,” said Hope Bagozzi, chief marketing officer at Tim Hortons. in 2016 to -1.5%