Mon.Sep 21, 2020

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Amazon Celebrates Handmade’s 5th Birthday

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In the five years since Handmade’s debut, selection has seen a 2,000 percent increase while the number of artists has increased by nearly 750 percent with crafters from more than 80 countries, Amazon wrote. Millions of products are available and tens of millions have been sold globally,” Amazon said. Amazon in the next year.

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Walmart Launches 'Modern Fashion Brand'

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The retailer is following in the footsteps of Amazon , which first took aim at the fashion industry in 2016. Taking things even further this month, Amazon brought out its new Luxury Stores after building up its apparel business over the past four years. billion in clothing and apparel sales, but more than doubled that amount to $48.3

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Walmart Tries Private Label On For Size

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Just a week after Amazon debuted its Luxury Store within its app for the couture crowd, Walmart is following with its own private label bid for the fashion category. Like Amazon, Walmart has been active in the clothing and apparel space, as Incandela indicated, including a joint venture with thredUP. billion in 2019 for a 9.5

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Demand For Books Surprisingly Outstrips Supply During Pandemic

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Amazon — which long ago got its start as an online bookseller — seems to be investing in getting there. But physical booksellers are a scrappy group , committed to keeping the printed word alive despite supply chain bottlenecks, printing problems and Amazon’s ever growing collection of digital alternatives to reading off of paper.

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Why The eCommerce Model Is More Accessible To SMBs Than They May Think

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That's particularly true when companies begin using third-party marketplace platforms like Shopify , eBay and Amazon to launch their eCommerce strategies. "When you start to accept payments online, you need to understand that cash flow management works quite differently compared to a regular, offline way," said Astreiko.

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The Impact Of Digital Technology On QSRs, SMBs And Retail

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And in retail, Amazon ’s sales of clothing and apparel have been on the uptick in the past few years. In payments, digital marketplaces are serving as virtual storefronts and helping small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) survive – but bringing real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. All this, Today in Data.

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Why Walmart's smaller share in TikTok is as big a deal as Oracle's stake

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is finally close to the finish line, and Walmart stands to gain new social tools and youthful consumers in its battle with Amazon and other brick and mortar chains. The months-long saga of Bytedance’s forced sale of TikTok in the U.S.

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