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Red Sea attacks disrupt shipping for over 50% of UK retailers

Retail Gazette

The business lobby group found the cost of shipping a container from Asia to Europe has risen by up to 300% for some companies. He said: “There has been spare capacity in the shipping freight industry to respond to the difficulties, which has bought us some time.

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StockX COO on the importance of fast shipping to improve CX, drive growth

Inside Retail

As the resale market continues to grow, leading fashion and sneaker reseller StockX is taking steps to improve the process of buying and selling authenticated, pre-owned products online. Last week, the Detroit-based company launched Xpress Ship, a new feature that shortens the shipping time for verified items to three business days.

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Time for retailers to take stock of shipping costs; playing the waiting game won’t win

Retail Focus

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. The factors have triggered a long-running period of disruption and caused shipping costs to escalate.

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Shein’s Latest Pop-Up in Vancouver will Focus on Circularity Efforts

Retail TouchPoints

from April 11-14 that will do more than showcase the fashion app’s latest collections. The pop-up will feature an extensive selection of women’s clothing as well as men’s fashion, kids’ clothing, pet accessories, home items and the SHEGLAM makeup line. Shein will host a pop-up store Vancouver, B.C.

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Tommy Hilfiger Amps Up Circularity Efforts with Resale in the U.S., Rental in the UK

Retail TouchPoints

Both programs are part of the fashion label’s “ Waste Nothing and Welcome All ” initiative, which, among other targets, aims to make Tommy Hilfiger a fully circular brand by 2030. The six-month pilot program with Rotaro kicked off with the first of three phased product drops. Tommy Hilfiger , owned by PVH Corp. , In the U.S.,

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Inside Mosaic’s pivot from specialty fashion to digital department store

Inside Retail

The strategy, which Mosaic started rolling out in FY20 before Covid-19, has seen some of Australia’s most recognisable specialty fashion retailers expand into new categories, including homewares, beauty, jewellery, electrical and kids’ products. Mosaic’s department store move isn’t exactly unique in the fashion industry.

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The Rise of Consolidated Shipping & How It Can Benefit Your Business

Independent Retailer

Consolidated shipping is a method of shipping where a consolidator combines individual less than container load (LCL) shipments from various shippers into one full container shipment. What is Consolidated Shipping? Participating in consolidated shipping earns the shipper preferred rates. According to C.H. LCL vs. FCL.