When we talk about circular economy, we are talking about much more than an economic model aimed at reducing waste and conserving input: we are talking about our culture, our ethos and our mission in this world, or becoming the society that we want to be. Circular economy is about sharing and pooling resources, collaborating…
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There can be no denying that the pendulum of commerce has swung very sharply to online selling. It is no secret or surprise that the pandemic has accelerated e-commerce hard and fast. Even populations that were unlikely or unwilling in the past to cross the digital divide have made the switch – because there was…
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With lockdowns, quarantines and social distancing, most of us have done our fair share of e-commerce retail therapy. Mind you, it has not just been virtual window shopping — e-commerce is booming and sales flourish. Fast forward to the high season. We did our Black Friday shopping, our holiday shopping, and soon it will be…
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Think about it: the journey of an online product return begins with rejection. That item that the shopper purchased from your brand has now been relegated to the status of “unwanted”. It doesn’t matter why, those are just the facts. From the moment that the shopper makes that decision, they go very quickly into an active…
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E-commerce retailers are in a race against time and one another to find local, convenient spaces to provide speedy and cost efficient fulfilment to their customers. This race is heating up with COVID-19 accelerating e-commerce shopping. But the situation is complicated: not only is space hard to come by, it is also limited. And e-commerce…
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According to Statista, global e-commerce has jumped by 6% between January 2020 and March 2020. I’m quite sure that no one is shocked by this at all. With COVID-19 effectively leading to lock-downs all over, consumers have taken to online shopping instead of making trips to physical stores. But what about now? Since May, different…
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It seems that one of the direct consequences of the recent global lockdown as a result of the pandemic, has been the acceleration of the bridging between the digital divide of online retail and offline retail. If the general statistics prior to COVID-19 showed online retail purchases making up 10-12% of total retail purchases, now…
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Right about now, hundreds of thousands of people are feeling nostalgic — or even desperate — to return to some kind of normalcy: to the time before COVID-19 snuck in like a thief in the night and stole our lives. But before we turn back the clocks, I think each one of us —…
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On the day after now: it may be in a month, it may be more, we are going to be asking ourselves some questions: What did we do during our mandated seclusion? What did we do during our mandated seclusion to make sure this never happens again? What did we do during our mandated seclusion…
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Triste sort que celui des achats en ligne retournés chez l’e-commerçant ! La situation met d’autant plus à mal l’industrie de la mode qu’elle est désormais connue du grand public. D’après le CEO Agenda – qui résume en 8 points les sujets prioritaires en matière de développement durable pour les industriels de la mode –…
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