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Uniqlo, DXL, Figs and Other Fashion Brands Turn to Resale, Recycling to Celebrate Earth Month

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and dropping them off in designated RE.Uniqlo bins. To combat this, healthcare apparel brand Figs new Scrubs That Dont Suck program lets customers recycle their old scrubs for a credit toward near gear. Shipping costs are covered by the buyer, and sellers can receive 80% of the selling price in cash or 100% as in-store credit.

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Top Reasons for Shopping Cart Abandonment and How to Fix Them

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For retail, e-tail, and wholesale brands—especially in verticals like apparel, footwear, jewelry, sporting goods, and home goods—every abandoned cart represents lost revenue and missed customer engagement. Unexpected Shipping Costs The Problem: High or hidden shipping fees are one of the top reasons shoppers abandon their carts.

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Adobe Forecasts Festive Online Spending Will Hit Record £25.9bn as Shoppers Prioritise Price and Value

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drop in orders using expedited shipping. Notable discounts include computers (-24%), televisions (-22%), apparel (-18%), and toys (-17%). The most significant discounts will peak on Black Friday for toys and personal care, on Cyber Saturday for apparel and computers, and on Cyber Monday for televisions. in 2023.

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2025 Survey Reveals How Enterprise Brands Can Overcome Consumer Pricing Worries

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This is particularly true with the shift to subscription streaming services rather than bundled cable services; for example, consumers can drop Netflix or Apple+ , settling for fewer choices but saving money. Making it simple and easy for subscribers to skip months or even cancel can, paradoxically, bind them more closely to the retailer.

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How retailers are protecting margins and profits amid economic uncertainty

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Clinton Cahn, CEO of The Reject Shop, noted that there has been a rise in demand for everyday essential items, whereas its discretionary range showed a drop-off in demand, which affected margins. That wasnt helped by shrink in-store, particularly consumables, reaching an all-time high.

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How Brands Can Turn Viral Moments into Lasting Consumer Loyalty

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This new drop culture, where excitement builds around smaller, curated releases throughout the year, has become the new norm. Drop culture taps into the emotional immediacy that drives passive shopping. Instead, a more flexible approach such as drop zone warehousing is needed.

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Returns and Fraud are on the Rise — Happy Returns Wants to Help

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Those boxes will then be shipped back to the retailers where the products originated, in the never-ending ebb and flow of goods sold-shipped-returned-resold that is commerce today. Image courtesy Happy Returns) Along one side of the warehouse floor are a series of truck bays where UPS drivers drop off boxes from the Return Bars.

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