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$400 Million Funding Round Pushes Wholesale Marketplace Faire’s Value to $12.4B

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Online B2B wholesale marketplace Faire has closed a $400 million Series G funding round, its third in the last year. The new capital will be used to continue to hire top talent, build new tools to equip its customers, grow Faire’s supply of global brands and introduce the platform into new markets.

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Calpak Embarks on a New Retail Adventure: Physical Stores

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When Edward and Judy Kwon founded Calpak 35 years ago, they modernized the luggage and travel goods sector by investing in innovative design and marketing. But as many brands have learned, the major growth unlock for Calpak’s next phase was physical retail — especially given the highly visual and tactile nature of its category. “If

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BJ’s Wholesale Club Names Interim Leader President and CEO

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BJ’s Wholesale Club has appointed Bob Eddy as the company’s new President and CEO. From 2013 to 2017, he also chaired the Financial Executives Council of the National Retail Federation. Baldwin, Executive Chairman of BJ’s Wholesale Club in a statement. Eddy also will join BJ’s Board of Directors.

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Why luxury brand Leo Lin is positioned to be Australia’s next big fashion export

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Australian luxury fashion brand Leo Lin has been part of the fashion landscape for seven years, launching in 2017, but only since building its e-commerce store in 2021 has it really taken off. In February, the business announced it had experienced 225 per cent year-on-year sales growth, primarily driven by its strategy in the US market.

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Wholesale Marketplace Faire Expands into Europe

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B2B wholesale marketplace Faire is expanding into Europe with launches in the UK and the Netherlands, with plans to add additional European markets in the coming months. Created by four former Square employees in 2017, Faire was recently valued at $2.5 billion after its latest $170 million Series E funding round.

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Alibaba Separates International and Domestic Commerce Operations, Names New CFO

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Alibaba Group has reorganized its consumer and wholesale commerce divisions and named current Deputy CFO Toby Xu to succeed Maggie Wu as CFO in April 2022. The markets will always have ups and downs, but Alibaba has ambitious long-term goals. From 2014 to 2017, she was Alibaba’s Chief Customer Officer.

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How the Gance brothers built a billion-dollar pharmacy empire leading with retail

Inside Retail

Meanwhile, the brothers slowly but surely expanded their pharmacy footprint from two stores to 35, a chain that would eventually be rebranded as MyChemist, while scaling their wholesale distribution business. Now, Chemist Warehouse has stores internationally across New Zealand, Ireland, China and most recently Dubai.

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