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$400 Million Funding Round Pushes Wholesale Marketplace Faire’s Value to $12.4B

Retail TouchPoints

Online B2B wholesale marketplace Faire has closed a $400 million Series G funding round, its third in the last year. The Series G funding round was co-led by new investor Durable Capital Partners and returning investors D1 Capital Partners and Dragoneer.

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Homedics CMO Reveals 6 Major Truths About Modern Marketing 

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Over the course of her expansive career in marketing, Kristen D’Arcy has worked for household names like American Eagle , PacSun , Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta. But she believes that successful marketing revolves around one key thing: understanding your customer and creating the value they expect.

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

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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. Digital Marketing. to visit your website.

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A Pea in the Pod Returns to Physical Retail With Locations in NYC and Chicago

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Maternity retailer A Pea in the Pod has returned to brick-and-mortar with stores in Chicago and New York City. The retailer was acquired by Marquee Brands for approximately $50 million in December 2019 with plans to emphasize “ecommerce, select wholesale partnerships and strategic marketing relationships.”.

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Wholesale Marketplace Faire Expands into Europe

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B2B wholesale marketplace Faire is expanding into Europe with launches in the UK and the Netherlands, with plans to add additional European markets in the coming months. Faire connects local independent retailers with brands and artisans from around the world. billion after its latest $170 million Series E funding round.

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How Constellation Brands is Using DTC Tactics to Take its Wholesale Business Omnichannel

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The beverage alcohol company, which has operated as a traditional distributor-based wholesale business for decades, is currently in the process of building out standalone websites for its key brands as it moves toward becoming a customer-centric omnichannel operation. “The Taking a Long View to Optimize Marketing Spend.

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Kathmandu parent KMD Brands sees sales, net profit increase

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“Customers returned to shopping in stores, with retail store sales increasing 17.5 This had an impact on online sales, a trend noted across the industry as customers returned to pre-pandemic shopping behaviours,” said Michael Daly, CEO and MD at KMD Brands. Gross profit increased 13 per cent to $599.7 per cent to $91.4