Remove Advertising Remove Apparel Remove Merchant Services Remove Shipping
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Amazon FBA Boosts Sustainability Efforts With Two Circular Commerce Programs

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has introduced two new Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) programs to help merchants selling on Amazon resell customer-returned or overstocked items. Merchants can then set the price for items based on their condition and manage pricing, advertising and sales using their existing processes. by the end of 2021.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Google Doesn’t Care if it Sells Products, but it Cares a Lot About Attracting Shoppers. Here’s Why.

Retail TouchPoints

We’re indifferent on where the shopping journey ends, where that transaction takes place ,” said Matt Madrigal, VP and General Manager of Merchant Shopping at Google in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It The result is a much lower barrier of entry for merchants looking to capitalize on Google’s massive reach.

article thumbnail

5 Holiday Trends to Watch Include Rise of ‘Couch Commerce,’ Curbside Pickup

Retail TouchPoints

RetailNext found that Black Friday store traffic dropped by 48% year over year, with jewelry (-53.5%), footwear (-52.8%) and apparel (-50.2%) seeing the most significant drops. Adobe reports that the percentage of retailers offering curbside services also increased year over year, from 15% in 2019 to 23% this year.

article thumbnail

How to Use Google Product Category Attribute in Google Product Feeds

Store Growers

This is part of the process that goes on when Google checks your bids and decides to show your product ad to a user. Let’s delve deeper into Google’s product categories in the Merchant Center. It’s a constant work in progress for Google, but for merchants, once you set it, it’s pretty much done.

article thumbnail

How to Use Product Category Attribute in Google Product Feeds

Store Growers

This is part of the process that goes on when Google checks your bids and decides to show your product ad to a user. Let’s delve deeper into Google’s product categories in the Merchant Center. It’s a constant work in progress for Google, but for merchants, once you set it, it’s pretty much done.

article thumbnail

How Michael Ford pulled Greenlit Brands back from the brink

Inside Retail

I would say it is the most challenging [situation] we’ve faced, and unlike apparel, which you can air freight, in the furniture industry, you’ve actually got to get it in containers and ship it because they’re bulky goods. Our view and the view of our merchants is that 2023 is probably when we will see it stabilise.

Apparel 130