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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

Then there are those pesky returns. How often have you bought something online, then returned it without a second thought? For the retailer that’s a cost that eats into profits. As a way to spend less on marketing Casper started selling in wholesale channels like Target starting in 2016 and began opening stores in 2018.

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Spring Fair ramps up its buyer experience

A1 Retail

Spring Fair, the UK’s most popular, diverse, and trend led marketplace for Home, Gift, Fashion and Everyday, and retail’s definitive wholesale shopping destination, has revealed a raft of new experiences and activations to inspire buyers and enhance their visit making it more efficient and enjoyable.

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6 of the Top Reasons Online Businesses Fail

Indigo 9 Digital

An innovative idea and a slick website might get customers excited but many founders eventually realize it’s actually pretty hard and expensive to acquire customers when you don’t have any retail stores. And when your customers demand free shipping or when return costs add up a promising business can be put into jeopardy pretty quickly.

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How to Make Money on Poshmark

Small Biz Trends

People can sell clothing from popular brands and luxury brands straight from their own closet or buy wholesale clothing and sell it on the app to make money. Set up your profile, including adding a photo of yourself, return address for shipping labels and bank information, and any other additional information.

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How Outsourcing Your Fulfillment Will Grow Your Business

Rangeme

Perhaps you run out of storage space, or will run out of space if you take that large order from a retailer or wholesale partner. If you currently work with retailers or plan to grow your in-store presence, look for 3PL companies with expertise in B2B or wholesale fulfillment. A good 3PL understands these concepts.

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6 Ways Farfetch is Disrupting Luxury Retail

Indigo 9 Digital

Commissions typically range from 25%-33% depending on whether in addition to providing eCommerce functionality Farfetch manages shipping, returns or other services. This model is in contrast to Farfetch’s rival Net-a-Porter which operates primarily a wholesale model where it owns the inventory sold on its site.

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Retail Springs to Life

Independent Retailer

Retail experts are expecting a huge boom in brick-and-mortar sales come the spring and summer months since the vaccine rollouts are making consumers more comfortable to shop in person. Now is the time to get ready to fully reopen and for brick-and-mortar retail to come back to life. Post-Pandemic Retail Trends.

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