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As warehouses get greener, demand for eco-friendly packaging is soaring

Inside Retail

As consumers expect more environmentally sustainable solutions for the packaging of products and deliveries, shippers may be missing equally compelling reasons to make the switch: significant cost savings and an increase in operational flexibility. For example, Ranpak’s automated Cut’it! So, there’s the first saving, right there.”.

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How pop-ups helped inform Kat the Label’s new flagship store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Nixon attributed this to consumers being online more and having more time to shop, as well as the growth of the lingerie and sleepwear industry throughout this period. She said that David Jones placed its first order for Valentine’s Day 2023, and will be getting its first drop into stores in January next year.

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‘Like a ghost town’: Retailers react to the Omicron wave

Inside Retail

Foot traffic is down in CBDs and shopping centres as consumers return to working from home. We then struggle to get deliveries and stock, as their workers are also in isolation. Managing staff in isolation means a drop in sales as well, given 20 per cent more people are locked in the house undergoing isolation.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more. So how can retailers offer these options to consumers while lowering their costs?

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 305 Amazon and Shopify Q1 2023 Earnings

Retail Geek

Scot: [2:38] Who will we have it’s been a while since we dropped a pod because we both had spring breaks and then you’ve been traveling a bit so it’s great to be back. billion consumers a month, are going to chat. And it seems like consumers are continuing to embrace that.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Podcast RSS SoundCloud TuneIn iHeartRadio Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts Facebook. ? ? ? ? ?

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 296 – Guardian Baseball Co-Founder Matt Kubancik

Retail Geek

Mark is an experienced Marketplace seller, and his current business Guardian Baseball is a hybrid seller selling both wholesale and owned brands direct to consumer from a Shopify site, and via multiple marketplaces including Amazon. Um during think my first year of high school sold baseball cards ironically and then.