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Quiksilver Women’s Apparel Makes Quick Pivot to Wholesale

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The bankruptcy filing does not impact Authentics ownership of the brands, and Authentic said at the time of Liberateds bankruptcy that it intended to shift to a wholesale strategy for many of the affected brands, as it has now done with Quiksilver womens.

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C&S Wholesale Grocers Buys SpartanNash in $1.77 Billion Deal

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Grocery industry wholesale supplier and retailer C&S Wholesale Grocers will purchase the nearly 200 -store SpartanNash chain for $1.77 C&S and SpartanNash share many of the same values, including a strong emphasis on customers, teamwork and our communities,” said Eric Winn, CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers in a statement.

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Alibaba, Wix Team up to Simplify Cross-Border Wholesale Connections

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Website building platform Wix has teamed up with B2B marketplace Alibaba.com to enable merchants using Wix to easily expand their wholesale capabilities, while also allowing Alibaba merchants to quickly establish new DTC or B2B ecommerce storefronts with Wix. “At Our collaboration with Alibaba.com takes that a step further.

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Nike Ramps Up Embrace of Wholesale Channel

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Renewed Focus on Wholesale Nike CEO Elliott Hill. Photo courtesy Nike) Hill emphasized on the earnings call that improving and expanding sales in the wholesale channel is a key Nike initiative under his watch. Wholesale revenue totaled $25.9 Nike Full-Year Financial Results Full-year sales totaled $46.3

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Small Business, Big Ideas: Amid Historic Disruption in Off-Price, This Family-Owned Overstock Wholesaler is Reinventing the Game

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As he drove around the streets of Chicago looking for local retailers interested in steeply discounted Christmas tree bulbs and the like, he had his own lightbulb moment perhaps there was a larger market for excess and out-of-season inventory. Normans company, The Bazaar Inc. We’ve always had a uniquely good source of supply, he said.

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Toys ‘R’ Us to Make Latin America Debut with New Panama Flagship Stores

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WHP Global has partnered with Cotton Candy International to bring both Toys R Us and Babies R Us brick-and-mortar stores to Latin American and Caribbean markets, beginning with flagship stores in Panama that are scheduled to open next year.

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Vince Holding Corp. Changes Hands, Former CEO Brendan Hoffman to Return to the Helm

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The brand also is sold in premium wholesale channels around the world and has a subscription service, Vince Unfold , that is operated by CaaStle. Vinces Interim CEO David Stefko will step down from that role and resume his position on the brands board of directors.

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