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Amazon Takes Flight in India with Debut of Dedicated Air Cargo Network

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Each plane will ship thousands of packages every day from the 1.1 in 2016 and has since grown to include more than 110 aircraft across 70 destinations worldwide. Amazon Air India will be operated by Quikjet Cargo Airlines and currently encompasses two Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Amazon Air debuted in the U.S.

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StockX COO on the importance of fast shipping to improve CX, drive growth

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Last week, the Detroit-based company launched Xpress Ship, a new feature that shortens the shipping time for verified items to three business days. Under the Xpress Ship program, products are sent to an authentication centre, where they go through a multi-step verification process.

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Serious Counterfeiting Requires a Serious, Intelligence-Led Response

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In 2019, GhostData found that 56,000 Instagram accounts were associated with the counterfeit of luxury brands, representing a 171% increase since 2016. These accounts generated 64 million posts to promote imitation products, up more than 300% from 2016. Fighting Back Against Fakes.

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‘The sneaker wars have begun’: StockX opens Melbourne hub

Inside Retail

StockX was founded in 2016 as an online marketplace to buy and sell rare and highly coveted limited-edition sneakers from the likes of Jordan and Yeezy, but in recent years, it has expanded into premium streetwear, luxury handbags, electronics and collectibles. Not just sneakers.

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DTC Brands Forge Unique Paths to Growth

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Now, with four physical ThirdLove stores open, Veronique Powell, the brand’s VP of Strategy and Operations, noted in an interview with Retail TouchPoints that ThirdLove will open at least four more locations by the end of 2022, in Washington, D.C., in early 2022 after starting an online-only business in 2016.

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Fickle Consumers? CVS Prescribes its CarePass Paid Loyalty Program

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In 2016, then President of CVS Pharmacy Helena Foulkes made a surprise appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to unveil the option for digital receipts, for those who wanted them. PRNewsFoto/CVS Pharmacy) But CVS wants to be known for much more than its novel-length receipts. The CVS Rewards Tracker.

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What Retailers Can Learn from Grocers About Sustainability

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It can separate the information by quantities, types, categories, locations and costs of waste to measure the impact of waste on a store’s performance. Ray Hatch has served as President and CEO of Quest Resource Management Group (NASDAQ:QRHC) since February 2016. Retailers should strongly consider adopting these same practices.

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