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How Halara uses machine learning to make just the right amount of activewear

Inside Retail

Halara is a fast-growing athleisure and lifestyle brand founded in October 2020 by Joyce Zhang, a technologist who previously led algorithmic projects at tech-centered companies like Microsoft and Hulu. So I thought what was the secret?”

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Analysis: The many faces of social commerce in China

Inside Retail

Duty-free retail meets live commerce. As of 2020, the Chinese government has significantly increased the annual limit for duty-free purchases by domestic travellers to Hainan island,allowing visitors up to RMB 100,000. billionin 2020, a year that saw 15.5 million domestic travellers.

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A cost-of-living crisis is brewing in Asia. Here’s what it means for retail

Inside Retail

At first, it seemed like Asia might get off lightly – most governments and professional economic forecasters in the region said so – but cost of living pressures are rising across the continent, with food, energy, rent and labour costs now all key drivers of retail price inflation. Transportation prices are up 20.2

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Proudly made in China: How Chinese consumers are reclaiming domestic brands

Inside Retail

Still, many Chinese citizens were unable to afford – or unwilling to pay full retail prices – for foreign-branded items. JD’s Big Data Research 2020 report discovered well-educated, high earners are increasingly buying domestically, with females especially below the age of 25 showing interest in local brands. .

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Putting an End to the $50B Overstock Problem with Advanced Analytics

Retalon

Reselling Unsold inventory is often sold at markdown prices by 3rd party resellers. This can be an excellent solution, but when too much product is accessible to the public, they stop shopping at retail prices. Retailers have to be careful not to suffocate their own demand. Not all plastics and textiles can be recycled.

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Putting an End to the $50B Overstock Problem with Advanced Analytics

Retalon

Unsold inventory is often sold at markdown prices by 3rd party resellers. This can be an excellent solution, but when too much product is accessible to the public, they stop shopping at retail prices. Retailers have to be careful not to suffocate their own demand. Why is inventory being destroyed instead of recycled?

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 309 Instacart IPO Filing

Retail Geek

1:24] And just to set it up the you know in my world of start-up land it has been very hard to get an IPO done so there’s been a couple post coated and like late 2020. But then the growth in 2021 over 2020 was 24%. I mean it is the filing of the S14 instacart. [1:24] The revenue growth is Meaningful and accelerating.