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Navigating the new normal in retail shipping: Insights from Shippit’s new report

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To understand those trends – and ultimately answer the question, what is the state of shipping – we surveyed thousands of consumers and retailers and analysed more than 200 million orders powered through Shippit from 2018 to 2024. In 2018, 81 per cent of retailers provided this benefit, but this figure has dropped to 70 per cent this year.

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Five years after Shark Tank, sportswear startup ONTHEGO collapses

Inside Retail

ONTHEGO partnered with Workwear Group , a subsidiary of Wesfarmers, in 2018, with Wesfarmers taking a 5% stake in the business. The deal never actually passed the due diligence stage, but thrived in the 12-months following anyway, increasing its valuation by some 250%.

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Off White, Louis Vuitton artistic designer Virgil Abloh passes away

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In 2013, he founded Off White, and became the Men’s Artistic Director of Louis Vuitton in 2018. Abloh’s official Instagram said he had battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer known as cardiac angiosarcoma, and chose to keep his battle private.

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Victoria’s Secret CEO Amy Hauk resigns as Adore Me takeover settled

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Hauk has led Pink since 2018 and she was named CEO of Victoria’s Secret last July. In 2021, Victoria’s Secret broke away from L Brands to form a standalone business. Hauk’s position is not expected to be replaced.

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Allbirds creates the world’s first zero-carbon shoe

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Dubbed “the world’s first zero-carbon shoe,” Mo.onShot is made from carbon-negative materials such as merino wool, sugarcane-based foam, and bioplastic eyelets manufactured from a polymer formed from converted methane. According to Allbirds, the product has a carbon footprint of 0.0

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What is an ‘everything app’ and why does Elon Musk want to make one?

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These mega apps are widely used in Asia because mobile is the main form of access to the internet for many people in the region, wrote Scott Galloway, a New York University professor of marketing and co-host of tech podcast “Pivot,” last year. Have other US tech companies tried this?

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Here’s why everyone is talking about garment workers in Bangladesh

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Eighty-three percent of the hazards had been remediated by February 2018. Before it expired on May 31, 2018, nearly 200 brands and retailers signed onto the 2018 Transition Accord , which extended the agreement for another three years. Why is the Bangladesh Accord set to expire? This is what’s set to expire on May 31, 2021. .

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