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Inside Natori’s Transformation from High-End Wholesaler to Omnichannel Brand

Retail TouchPoints

The company’s wholesale business is still thriving, but now it’s only part of an omnichannel strategy that includes ecommerce , social commerce and marketplaces. Introducing DTC Without Damaging Wholesale. The key in the end was to ensure that Natori.com wasn’t really competing with the brand’s wholesale partners.

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From Niche Product to Viral Sensation: How Bogg Bag Ventured into 1,800 Target Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Vaccarella is no stranger to retail — Bogg has wholesale partnerships with Dick’s Sporting Goods and Bass Pro Shops , among others — and she has mastered a model in which the brand develops exclusive designs tailored to each partner’s shopper base. We started doing trade shows and focused on wholesale.

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One to watch: APAC goes all in on social commerce

Inside Retail

During periods of lockdown, social media emerged as a key form of communication, opening an opportunity for retailers to accelerate the development of social commerce in the APAC region. China continues to lead the world in social commerce. This growth was largely driven by Covid-19.

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From Line to TikTok: Exploring APAC’s US$1 trillion social commerce market

Inside Retail

When it comes to social commerce or ‘shopper-tainment’, the valuations of this burgeoning space can fluctuate wildly. One report claimed that social experiences will directly influence US$42 billion of e-commerce sales in Southeast Asia by the end of 2022. A refresher. Best practices from China.

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Consolidation and live shopping: Four e-commerce trends to watch in 2023

Inside Retail

While we’re expecting this year to see an acceleration of many trends that took off in the pandemic years, the consumerisation of B2B e-commerce is the sleeper of the 2023 season. Social commerce and live shopping. Social commerce is anticipated to grow three times faster than traditional e-commerce by 2025.

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2022 Trends for Social Commerce

Independent Retailer

The impact and growth of social media brands play a huge part in what we see on our newsfeeds — and with that, social commerce has flourished. Social apps that already allow for commerce include Instagram , Facebook , and Pinterest , but TikTok and Twitter are also experimenting with shopping features.

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Walmart-Owned Flipkart Raises $3.6B to Fund Next Stage of Growth in India

Retail TouchPoints

The Flipkart Group includes ecommerce marketplace Flipkart , digital fashion destination Myantra , Flipkart Wholesale , online travel company Cleartrip and a majority stake in the payments app PhonePe. million kiranas in India through its wholesale business and last-mile delivery program. Flipkart currently works with more than 1.6

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