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News & Numbers
E-Commerce Winners and Losers in 2022 link
Wayfair reports more losses in 2022 link
eBay GMV declines for seventh consecutive quarter link
BevAlc Insights’ 2023 Bourbon Forecast link
IRI: Impact of Inflation on Consumer Behavior link
Boston Consulting Group: 2022 CPG Growth Leaders link
TikTok outpaced Instagram and Facebook to become the UK’s most shopped social channel link
ByteDance launched a new social commerce app called Lemon8 in the US and UK. The app encourages users to post photos of products and share where they bought them, as well as tag each product in the photo with a brand and a price. link
Rebuy, a startup that combines AI with no-code technology to allow merchants to create personalized shopping experiences for their customers through upsells, cross-sells, and post-purchase follow-ups, raised $17M in a Series A round led by M13. link
Tips
How to Start a Private Label Hair Extensions Brand link
eCommerce Data Scraping for Beginners link
Top 40 eCommerce Trade Shows (with dates) link
DTC Briefing: What startups can learn from wholesale-reliant brands’ attempts to go DTC link
Trends
Mintel: Global Packaging Trends 2023 link
7.5 million creatives sell on Etsy platforms link
China-based sellers increasingly important link
This Marketing Pro Got Crocs on Every Celebrity From Bad Bunny to Justin Bieber. Now, He’s the One Behind the Stanley Tumbler You Can’t Escape link
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