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B2B Marketplace Faire Accelerates the Digitization of an Underserved Market: Wholesale

For nearly two decades now online marketplaces have proliferated, beginning with Ebay and Amazon, followed by Walmart, Etsy and countless others. But…

How Sustainability Dovetails with Hanna Andersson’s ‘North Star’ of Product Durability

Kara Carter has been in a long-term relationship with Hanna Andersson. Starting as a Merchandising Director in 2014, she has spent a…

The Human Cost of Goods: Where Does Stuff Come from and Why Should We Care?

With online shopping becoming the new norm, the latest products and innovations are more accessible than ever before. Consumers can buy designer…

Build Resilience with Global Sourcing

The ongoing global logistics disruptions continue to impact businesses, and many of them recognize the need to better equip their supply chains…

Boots Forms Partnership to Broaden Range of Brands in its Assortment

Boots has partnered with RangeMe to help it source new, emerging and diverse brands for its stores. The retailer has been adding…

Crate & Barrel Enhances Sustainability With Commitment to Eco-Friendly Products

Crate & Barrel Holdings Inc. (CBH) is digging deeper into sustainability via corporate responsibility and responsible design across its Crate & Barrel,…

Allbirds to Track Carbon Dioxide Emissions Via PLM Upgrade

B Corp Certified footwear and apparel brand Allbirds is fortifying its green business credentials with the help of a new PLM solution…

Make Sure You’re Tapping Minority-Owned Brands’ Best Marketing Experts — Their Creators

Retailers increasingly recognize the importance of sourcing products from diverse business owners — that’s the good news. The not-so-good news is that…

Accenture Study: ‘Infrequent’ Ecommerce Shoppers Boosted Online Purchases 343% due to COVID

COVID-19 undoubtedly convinced a large number of ecommerce “virgins” to make their very first online purchase, but it’s likely much of the…

Schnuck Markets and Meijer Make Moves to Increase Diversity of Their Suppliers

Schnuck Markets and Meijer have each partnered with product discovery solution provider Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM) to launch initiatives aimed at…

4 Market Conditions Retailers Must Understand For Successful Sourcing

“Source. Sell. Repeat”. This, in a nutshell, is what e-Commerce — or any commerce for that matter — is all about. For…

Sephora, Ahold USA Adopt Product Discovery Platform

Sephora and Ahold USA, the parent company of supermarkets Stop & Shop, Giant and online grocery service Peapod, have partnered with online…

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