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Finding Dropshipping Companies & Suppliers (Free Directory Updated for 2018)

BigCommerce

When an item is ordered from your site, the supplier will then ship the product directly to your customer. We’ve compiled a list of both general and niche dropshipping companies, many of which charge only for the cost of the item and shipping. Also the fashion industry is seeing nice growth. Dropship Direct. Collective Fab.

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Despite a booming stock price, Wayfair is no Amazon

Steve Dennis

Wayfair.com, the leading purveyor of home furnishings online, recently delivered what many on Wall Street saw as a blockbuster quarter, reporting sales growth of more than 40%. Not only does buyers’ remorse tend to be higher in the home furnishings category, but the nature of the product often means items are more prone to damage.

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9 Provocative Retail Predictions for 2021

Steve Dennis

Yet, a rapidly growing percentage of what gets called “e-commerce” actually involves a store, given the growing role of ship-from-store, BOPIS and curbside pickup. Without a return to fun, we won’t see a luxury and fashion recovery. The social aspect of shopping is also critical to most luxury and fashion expenditures.

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AR and VR in retail: do shoppers buy the hype?

GetElastic

For home furnishing and home improvement, the latter is approaching “table stakes” (pun intended) as nearly every major retailer has an AR experience, including Home Depot, IKEA, Lowe’s, Pottery Barn, Amazon, Build.com, Wayfair, Target, Houzz, Sherwin Williams and Macy’s. Be realistic about artificial reality.

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4 Ways Retailers Use Digital Technology to Improve the Brick-and-Mortar Experience

Sailthru

more retail stores will close, with apparel, electronics and home furnishings being hit especially hard. As far as we could tell, big brand beacon use tended to be creatively limited in this fashion. As ecommerce growth continues to explode, UBS analysts project that by 2025, 75,000(!) However, even this strategy is challenging.

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(Some of) the Technology that is Empowering the Customer Channel in Physical Retail

retailnext

Half shipped, half in store? Ship to store? Allbirds (via Shopify), to highlight one retailer, offers pick up in store and fulfills orders via ship from store. . Can you be a home furnishings retailer without compelling 3D product visualization and customization? They are in control. Drive through pickup?

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5 Awesome Brand and Retail Partnerships and What You Can Learn From Them

Wiser

To help its customers better coordinate their homes’ color schemes, Pottery Barn and its sister brands partnered with Sherwin-Williams to create paint palettes that match the retailers’ home furnishings. Kohl’s would accept Amazon returns at its store, handling the packing, labeling, and shipping for the eCommerce giant.