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Walmart Fined by New York Attorney General Over the Sale of Realistic Toy Guns

Retail Wire

Walmart allegedly broke New York law when some third-party sellers shipped realistic toy guns to addresses within the state. Investigators with the AGs office were able to purchase and ship nine realistic toy guns to New York addresses through Walmart.com. The worlds largest retailer will pay a $16,000 fine to settle the case.

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Meet the power couple behind Stax and Secondleft

Inside Retail

Fast-forward through a global pandemic sinking their life savings into a temporarily missing shipping container filled with stock, which sold out in just 60 seconds Stax has solidified its position in the crowded athleisure market. I thought it was just a photo editing app, Matilda said. Don started telling me to post on Instagram.

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More Orders from Amazon will Soon be Arriving in their Own Packaging — Here’s Why

Retail TouchPoints

And yet that’s exactly what Amazon is doing with its Ships in Product Packaging (SIPP) program, which, as the name suggests, allows products to ship in their original box or bag without any added Amazon packaging. As a result, in 2022, 11% of packages globally were shipped without Amazon packaging , amounting to millions of deliveries.

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Subscription Pro Tips: Encourage Loyalty and Long-Term Relationships by Making it Easy to Cancel

Retail TouchPoints

That has not stopped consumers from subscribing though, especially with the rise of new takes on the model (box services, auto shipping and streaming TV, to name just a few). Things have evolved since 2015, but there are still barriers and mental blocks that customers have when joining a ‘subscription.’”. The average U.S.

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Amazon Begins Expanding Electric Van Program, Provides Update on Packaging Reduction

Retail TouchPoints

Since 2015, Amazon has reduced the weight of its outbound packaging by 33% , eliminating 915,000 tons of packaging material worldwide. Carbon is the primary metric we hold ourselves accountable to when we think about sustainability for the customer — and our corporate responsibility is to be a leader in this space.”.

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Why Retailers Need Cloud-Native Payment Orchestration: 5 Tips to Flexible, Scalable, Customized Payment Infrastructure

Retail TouchPoints

Meanwhile, the payment team is frustrated, accounting can’t scale efficiently under the demand to reconcile reports, and the retailer’s developer can’t stick everything together. Shopping carts are going headless and cloud-based, as are stock control, shipping and even warehousing solutions. 4) Scale for Simplicity.

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How Merchgirls supercharged business growth by 300% during the pandemic

Inside Retail

Established in 2015 by Hannah Chipkin and Pippa Joseph, Merchgirls quickly became the go-to merch solution for companies that wanted something different to the traditional merchandise offering. When your shipping needs are complex, we make things simple. Sustainable shipping and delivery options.