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The core objective of Lowe’s loyalty program? Drive one more trip

Retail Dive

Customers at the two higher tiers can earn rewards faster or with fewer restrictions, but everyone gets access to the same set of perks, including earning points and free shipping options. MyLowe’s Rewards aims to overcome this pitfall by offering all of its benefits to its lowest-tier members. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc.

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Free returns are often a deal breaker for consumers

Retail Dive

These returns create an expense iceberg for retailers and brands — where the lost sale is just the tip, and hidden costs like shipping fees, manual labor, and thinning margins erode profits beneath the surface,” according to Rithum. In 2024, U.S. By Caroline Jansen • Oct. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc. or its subsidiaries.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 326 Retail Media Networks

Retail Geek

And it is still true today that the scarce product is predominantly available through Nike direct channels and so as they’ve come back to wholesale. They’re they’re not doing the new drops in wholesale and you know they’re going from zero skus on Amazon to a bunch of skus on Amazon but I’m kind of curious.

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Levi Strauss to lay off hundreds with Kentucky distribution center closure

Retail Dive

Those centers are used to warehouse and ship products to the brand’s wholesale customers, stores and e-commerce shoppers, according to paperwork filed with the U.S. Levi’s changed its distribution strategy last year from an owned and operated model to a mix of owned and third-party operated distribution centers.

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They tried Made in the USA – it was too expensive for their customers

Inside Retail

“We’re absorbing costs in a number of ways, such as finding shipping efficiencies by shrinking the box down more and also taking some hit on our margin,” Kinoshita said. For now, Chottani is keeping her wholesale price the same even as her costs have gone up. The tariffs at any level are truly punitive.

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Do You Have What It Takes to go from Wholesale to DTC?

Retail TouchPoints

If you’re a wholesale retailer or brand owner and you haven’t already launched a direct-to-consumer sales channel, you’d better be thinking about it. The global pandemic not only accelerated the growth in ecommerce, it highlighted the shortcomings of wholesale-only sales channels. to visit your website. Fulfillment and Returns.

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What Does ‘Omnichannel’ Mean in 2021? How Marketplaces are Reshaping the Digital Landscape

Retail TouchPoints

Merchants, particularly large retailers, who historically had this wholesale relationship where they had vendors and buyers now recognize there’s a benefit to a third-party marketplace model. Amazon is the third-largest advertising platform on the planet, and it used to just be a marketplace. We’re seeing it with Walmart.