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

Retail TouchPoints

That, of course, is the key to Wish’s business model — by connecting international consumers directly with manufacturers (most of them Chinese, although diversifying the company’s merchant base is one of the company’s key turnaround pillars), customers can get products for dirt cheap. Doubling down on merchants outside of China.

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Analysis: Why synergy is Southeast Asian app Grab’s super power

Inside Retail

On 1 July, Grab Thailand announced the launch of a pilot called Digital BagAds, which are LED digital advertisements displayed on the large green bags delivery drivers use as they buzz around the city bringing Grab’s prepared food and groceries to their customers. The crossover between business segments can also be seen in financial services.

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Jason Del Rey Explores the ‘Bare-Knuckled Battle’ Between Amazon and Walmart

Retail TouchPoints

What were your biggest goals going into writing the book, and how did your approach evolve as you embarked on the writing process? I think there’s a lot of rapid improvement going on in areas like their advertising and logistics businesses, but they’ve also experienced some major challenges in recent years. 8 division ?

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What’s Behind the New Urgency Driving Sustainability Initiatives?

Retail TouchPoints

Retail TouchPoints recently partnered with Amazon Web Services on a survey of 500 retail and brand executives and found that the vast majority ( 84% ) have incorporated CSR in some way into their business strategies, largely because they think it is the right thing to do ( 72% ). Supporting Sustainability Across the Value Chain.

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Starbucks, Amazon and Gucci: Retail embraces crypto, but it’s not easy

Inside Retail

The industry’s latest move: accepting cryptocurrency as a form of payment. In August 2021, German streetwear brand Philipp Plein became the first fashion brand to accept cryptocurrency at its new crypto concept store in London. Since the beginning of this year, a number of brands have begun to process crypto payments in-store.

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How Michael Ford pulled Greenlit Brands back from the brink

Inside Retail

Our view and the view of our merchants is that 2023 is probably when we will see it stabilise. When I’ve seen advertisements recently for Freedom, they do have a very fashion feel to them. You can see that reflected in our advertising, be it on television or other media. How did you first learn about it?

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 279 – Amazon, eBay, Shopify Q3 2021 earnings

Retail Geek

It was a rigorous process. While snap was clear that changes have not impacted the efficacy of their advertising iOS 14.5 is limiting direct response advertisers ability to measure and optimize campaigns on Snapchat. Well those things really stink worse than anyone I ever imagined because you know they.