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Reports: Chinese Ecommerce Player Pinduoduo Launches U.S. Site

Retail TouchPoints

Temu’s site shows average shipping times to most of the U.S. Founded in 2015 , Pinduoduo has focused on lower-income customers and the agricultural sector. Multiple women’s dresses are priced below $20 (some below $10 ) and only a few are above $50. of seven to 15 business days, with no fees for orders of $49 or more.

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Scaling Up Sales in Enterprises: Weighing Discounts Against Free Shipping

Wiser

Among these strategies, two stand out as particularly effective tools for driving conversions: discounts and free shipping. On the other hand, free shipping has emerged as a potent marketing strategy in the era of eCommerce. Free Shipping The influence of free shipping on eCommerce conversions is profound.

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Australia’s Top 50 People in E-Commerce for 2025 revealed

Inside Retail

Nappa first started working at Oz Hair & Beauty as a warehouse packer during school holidays and officially joined the business as a partner in 2015. He also implemented several supply-chain optimisations, including a custom ship-to-store solution, which led to significant cost-savings, she said.

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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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TikTok Continues Amazon-like Push into Commerce with Fulfillment Services in the UK

Retail TouchPoints

Just like its Amazon counterpart, Fulfilled by Amazon or FBA, FBT will offer UK merchants picking, packing and shipping services for products sold on TikTok. Merchants aren’t required to store all of their SKUs at the warehouse or use FBT for all of their products; they can select which items they want to store and ship through FBT.

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After a $5.5B Valuation, Vuori Exec Reveals What’s Next in International Expansion

Retail TouchPoints

At a time when renowned athleisure brands like Lululemon are struggling , Vuori is continuing to ride its rocket ship to growth. Since its launch in 2015, Vuori has grown to serve customers across 18 countries through a growing network of brick-and-mortar locations and a robust ecosystem of distributors.

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Dollar General, Dollar Tree Come Under Activist Investor Fire for Workforce Issues

Retail TouchPoints

The investor has stated that Dollar General lacks “adequate systems” to handle challenges caused by supply chain disruptions and shipping delays, particularly unpredictable shipments and influxes of inventory, due to its poor worker retention rate. Dollar General has faced more than $15 million in fines from the U.S.

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