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Why shipping costs need not be a deal breaker for cross-border sales

Inside Retail

With shipping rates climbing, retailers today are far less likely to be offering free delivery with purchases to encourage purchases – but they can still attract customers by offering delivery options to suit their budgets. DHL eCommerce is a relatively new division of DHL, formed in 2019, effectively replacing the old DHL Global Mail.

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3 Ways SMBs Can Deliver a More Personalized Shipping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

In this new landscape, the shipping experience has become more important to a brand’s bottom line — and reputation — than ever before. Here are three ways SMBs can deliver a more personalized shipping experience to build a happier, more loyal customer base. Offering different shipping speed options is no longer enough to differentiate.

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Will soaring shipping costs make Australian manufacturing more attractive?

Inside Retail

The cost of shipping around the world has skyrocketed. Until now most retailers have absorbed the costs, but with no end in sight to the shipping crisis, it’s possible the price of goods for consumers is going to rise. What caused shipping costs to surge? In 2019 ocean freight slumped. Freight prices are going up weekly.

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How stackt is Creating Community and Commerce with…Shipping Containers?

Retail TouchPoints

Designed completely out of shipping containers, stackt is a Toronto-based marketplace that brings community connection, commerce and culinary experiences together. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): Stackt opened in April 2019. RTP: Why make the space out of shipping containers? That’s where stackt comes in.

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Sendle raises $45 million to grow in US market

Inside Retail

Delivery provider Sendle has completed a $45 million Series C funding round to further it’s market expansion in the United States. As this trend continues to grow, so will the importance of small business shipping in helping online sellers create a meaningful competitive advantage so they can thrive in the age of e-commerce.

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As wine shipments flow into China again, brands face falling alcohol consumption

Inside Retail

Australian wine-makers have shipped millions of bottles of wine to Hong Kong in a bet that China will soon lift tariffs on Australian wine and revive a trade worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to industry figures and trade data. Tim Ford said Treasury had not shipped wine for China to Hong Kong. million litres worth $65.5

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How Flip is Flipping the Script on Influencer Marketing by Making Actual Customers its Stars

Retail TouchPoints

Here’s how he’s doing it. ” The solution, according to Agha, is definitely not marketing or influencers: “By definition, every brand thinks their product is the best, so when you’re comparing five products [everything you see tells you] they’re all the best,” said Agha. We did scale it, but it wasn’t a good experience.”

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