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Small Business, Big Ideas: Inside the Luxury Advent Calendar Boom with DTC Brand Cheese Brothers

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This story is part of Retail TouchPoints ongoing Small Business, Big Ideas series, focusing on smaller retail brands that have found big success and have even bigger ambitions. Cheese Brothers calendar, which retails for $120 , is a perfect gift, explained Ludy in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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2022 Predictions: Shipping Experience Will be the Key to Retail and Ecommerce Success

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The pandemic has brought about long-term changes for both business operations and consumer expectations, and 2021 taught us how far removed we are from ever returning to the old “normal.” Businesses continued to be put to the test over the last year, especially small business owners in retail and ecommerce.

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5 Ways Small Businesses Can Manage Supply Chain Issues

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As a small business owner, managing supply chain issues is nothing new. Because smaller retailers cannot always order in bulk or far in advance like many larger retailers do, any supply chain disruptions are often felt faster and stronger by small businesses.

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NYC Unveils Plan to Combat both Organized and Individual Retail Theft

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The largest increase took place from 2021 to 2022 when shoplifting complaints increased 44% year-over-year to reach almost 64,000 , many of which were committed by organized theft rings , according to New York State Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar in a statement.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

Retail theft is on the rise, and many businesses are grappling with the financial fallout. In recent months, The Home Depot, Foot Locker, Target and other retail giants have suggested that shoplifting is cutting significantly into their respective profits. billion in 2021. billion in 2021.

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3 Things Every Retailer Can Learn from Amazon

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This platform, with its humble beginnings selling used books, has gone on to power the careers and fortunes of countless small businesses. Amazon’s innovations also have inspired some of the most game-changing new business models in retail, adopted by Target , Walmart and Macy’s to name just a few. Source: Statista.

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UK small businesses squeezed by shrinking sales and unapproved debt

365 Retail

UK small businesses are navigating slowing sales growth, increasing payment waiting times and persistently soft jobs results, according to the latest data from Xero , the global small business platform. In the UK, it fell to its lowest point (84 points) in July since February 2021. Shrinking sales . percent y/y.