All E-Commerce & DTC articles – Page 5

  • Dufry
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    Alibaba in partnership with the duty free retailer Dufry in omnichannel drive

    6 October 2020

    The Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba has entered into a partnership with the Swiss duty free retailer Dufry that will further integrate online and offline shopping. The parties will form a strategic joint venture in China, and Alibaba will become a minority shareholder in Dufry.

  • Ant
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    Ant Group debuts cross-border trade platform

    25 September 2020

    Chinese fintech company Ant Group, part of e-commerce giant Alibaba, launched an international trade and financial service platform powered by its blockchain-based technology solution AntChain to facilitate the cross-border sale of products and services by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and to reduce costs for financial institutions serving these companies. ...

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    GlassesUSA to sell capsule collection by Champion

    25 September 2020

    GlassesUSA.com will be the near-exclusive online retailer for a new unisex eyewear capsule collection by Champion, the American sportswear brand. Certain sunglass models will be sold through Champion’s website as well. Consisting of 18 eyeglasses and 14 sunglasses – with retail prices starting at $220 and $160 respectively – the ...

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    KKR buys 1-800 Contacts

    23 September 2020

    The investment firm KKR has agreed to buy 1-800 Contacts, the American online retailer of contact lenses, from AEA Investors, which acquired the company in January 2016. No financial details were disclosed but the news agency Reuters cited an unnamed source indicating that the deal was worth more than $3 ...

  • TikTok
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    U.S. delays TikTok ban to Sept. 27 as Trump gives blessing to deal with Oracle, Walmart

    21 September 2020

    The U.S. Department of Commerce said that it has delayed until Sept. 27 the prohibition of the Chinese mobile application TikTok. The department had previously announced that the ban would start today. The decision comes after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had given his “blessing” to a proposed deal ...

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    Amazon: The Janus-faced company

    11 September 2020

    The current Covid-19 crisis has accelerated Amazon’s consumer goods business exponentially. The Silicon Valley giant doubled its profits in the second quarter of this year and increased its turnover to nearly $89 billion. The share value has also nearly doubled since the middle of March. On Sept. 1, Amazon announced ...

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    PayPal to launch buy now, pay later solution in Q4

    2 September 2020

    PayPal, the American online payment provider, announced that it will launch early in the fourth quarter “Pay in 4”, a short-term installment payment scheme for customers in the U.S. The service will permit merchants to be paid upfront while customers can pay for purchases between $30 and $600 over a ...

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    GrandVision’s online booking plays key role in customer conversion

    9 August 2020

    GrandVision continues to see lower retail traffic across its business as a result of higher consumer uncertainty. But, this is being offset by higher customer conversion driven by the underlying need for eyecare and brand loyalty, the Dutch eyewear retailer said in comments accompanying its first-half results. The online appointment ...

  • Yoox
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    Yoox, Armani lay out a new distribution model

    23 July 2020

    Yoox Net-a-Porter (YNAP), the fashion online retailer owned by the Swiss luxury group Richemont, is creating with the Italian fashion group Giorgio Armani a new distribution model that will further the partnership between the two companies that have been working together for 20 years. Under the new agreement, which will ...

  • Vision Expo
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    Vision Expo West cancelled due to Covid-19 uncertainty

    13 July 2020

    The Vision Council and Reed Exhibitions, the organizers of Vision Expo, have decided to cancel Vision Expo West 2020, that was scheduled to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from Sept. 23 to 26 due to ongoing concern about the coronavirus pandemic. The decision comes after the governor of Nevada, ...

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    Julbo launches new B2B platform

    29 June 2020

    Julbo Eyewear is launching a new B2B platform. As reported by sport-guide.com, the new platform enables faster deliveries with cheaper delivery charges. All Julbo and Solar products are available via the platform. The project has been developed internally, with the help of an external consultant, in about four months.

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    For Eyes, Walgreens set up co-branded website

    23 June 2020

    For Eyes, the U.S. business unit of the GrandVision group, has expanded its partnership with the American drug store chain Walgreens by launching a co-branded website called Walgreens.foreyes.com. In a message on his LinkedIn account, Jorge Gervasi, For Eyes’ managing director, said that the website was created in just eight ...

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    Online represented one-third of retail sales in the UK in May

    19 June 2020

    In May, the proportion of overall retail sales in the U.K. bought online soared to the highest level on record at 33.4%, which compares with the 30.8% reported in April, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). In a survey carried out between May 18-31, the ONS says that ...

  • Rinascente
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    Rinascente launches its online store

    18 June 2020

    Italian upmarket retailer Rinascente, one of the major department store chains in the country, made its e-commerce debut with a dedicated website. The online store features 15,000 products from 650 brands in all product categories, spanning fashion, accessories (including Italian and international footwear and eyewear brands), beauty, food and design. ...

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    GrandVision sales in reopened stores drop by 13% early June

    15 June 2020

    GrandVision is enjoying a recovery in sales as its stores reopen, but the company has noted that consumers are continuing with e-commerce purchases, especially for contact lenses.

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    Hapter may set up a direct-to-client channel in countries not covered by its network

    10 June 2020

    Hapter, the high-end Italian manufacturer that retails it products at €400-500 a pair, is considering the possibility of setting up a direct-to-client sales channel in countries not covered by its network of agents and distributors.

  • WGSN Future Consumer 2022
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    ​WGSN sees three major consumer groups emerging from the crisis

    1 June 2020

    The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated societal changes and is forcing industries worldwide to adapt to the resulting changes in consumption, and WGSN has set out to predict what consumers will be looking for in the next couple of years.

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    Jimmy Choo, Versace return to last’s year sales levels in China

    1 June 2020

    In April and May, Jimmy Choo and Versace returned to last year’s sales levels in Mainland China, as volumes gradually built up from the end of the coronavirus-related lockdown, while the Michael Kors brand was at 80 percent of last-year’s sales for the period. The three brands are owned by ...

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    Facebook wants to become a shopping platform

    20 May 2020

    In response to the current corona crisis with the worldwide closure of many physical shops, Facebook has started to integrate a shopping function into its main social network, as it has already been doing on Instagram. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive of Facebook, said in a livestreamed video on ...

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    Revo partners with johnnie-O

    20 May 2020

    Revo is launching a capsule collection of sunglasses with johnnie-O, the men’s lifestyle brand. The collection comprises four styles, called Pursuit, Venture, Aspire and Wingman. The Revo x johnnie-O capsule collection is sold exclusively on Revo.com and johnnie-O.com.