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What to Learn from China’s Singles’ Day and Spring Festival Going Into 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Since the infamous shopping holiday was created and marketed by Alibaba in 2009, there has been no slowing down. As social commerce becomes increasingly entrenched in mainland China, livestreaming has become a backbone to the influencer and ecommerce economy. Social commerce generated approximately $ 475 billion (U.S.)

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NRF day three: How Foot Locker, Rent the Runway, Pacsun are switching things up

Inside Retail

The future of fashion: Innovation and impact with Rent the Runway When apparel rental brand Rent the Runway first launched in 2009, the fashion industry was an entirely different beast. It is imperative that retailers look into measures to better detect returns fraud and help optimise the process to go as smoothly as possible.

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