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7 Tips for Wholesale Inventory Management

Independent Retailer

Wholesale inventory bloat, combined with a softening demand in the economy, is taking its toll on cash flow and earnings at retailers. . billion of inventory in October, a 21% increase from last year, according to the U.S. “Seemingly overnight, shortages are flipping to inventory surpluses in certain categories.

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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

One of the topics that consistently comes up in the retail world is the logistics of shipping. From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. Choose a model that can scale with your growth trajectory.

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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. Digital Marketing.

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Meet Nakedvice, the brand founded by best friends in the Sportsgirl stockroom

Inside Retail

Both Miller and Gargan worked at Tiger Mist, another Australian fashion brand, before Miller moved on to work at Sass & Bide and Gargan went into product development at S&R Fashions, a design, development and supplier of women’s fashion garments to retailers and branded wholesalers.

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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

Ready to grow even further, the company launched a digital transformation to swap out its legacy systems, advance customer knowledge through data and provide a truly omnichannel customer experience. If a customer walks into a store and says, ‘My hands are full, ship it to me,’ that’s one experience we have to offer.

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Direct-to-consumer retail is about dynamism, as well as data

365 Retail

Some major brands are doubling down on their efforts to reach customers directly, strengthening buyer relationships and increasing retail margins. Meanwhile, others are returning to a more traditional wholesale approach to increase their visibility in the eyes of consumers. Iterative Customer Experience.

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Everyone’s Talking About the Supply Chain Slowdown. Here’s What Marketers Are Doing About it.

Retail TouchPoints

“[Marketers that have thrived during the pandemic] know their old beliefs about customer preferences — and by extension, how they connect with their customers — are less relevant. They] are committed to making a wholesale shift to adapt everything they do — insight, data, engagement, responsiveness.”.

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