Product Sourcing
November 7, 2016 at 11:14 am
Nordstrom last week responded to a shopper's viral open letter demanding that the retailer stop selling Ivanka Trump's fashion brand. The retailer posted a response on Twitter Wednesday, saying it's not taking a political position by selling Trump's products. "We hope that offering a vendor's products isn't misunderstood as us taking a political position; we're…
November 7, 2016 at 9:25 am
In episode 60 of Total Retail Talks, Christopher Wu, co-founder and CEO of Paper Culture, an online retailer that offers modern design and sustainable products, including stationery, wedding invitations and wall decor, talks about the growth of the business, and in particular how a commitment to environmentally friendly products and attracting millennials to the brand…
October 24, 2016 at 9:34 am
The new retail economy, spurred by a digital revolution that has put the power in the hands of consumers, has created an ever-widening
October 6, 2016 at 12:02 pm
A class-action lawsuit worth more than $5 million has been filed against Williams-Sonoma, accusing the retailer and its subsidiaries, Pottery Barn and West Elm, of misleading customers. The lawsuit states that Williams-Sonoma had advertised sheets as “Signature 600- Thread-Count Sateen Bedding” made in Italy of Egyptian cotton. When the sheets were analyzed by experts, they were found…
October 3, 2016 at 3:00 pm
RangeMe is a platform that brings retail buyers and suppliers together to bring the best products to market. RangeMe makes it easy for buyers to quickly find products that are right for them by managing proposals from thousands of suppliers. The company was just honored as the Digital Commerce Startup of the Year at Shop.org's Retail…
August 17, 2016 at 11:40 am
American Apparel has called Los Angeles home for 27 years, but that may be coming to an end in 2019. The clothing retailer’s downtown L.A. headquarters’ lease is up in 2019 — one year before California’s minimum wage is set to rise to $15 per hour. States on the East Coast, like North Carolina and Tennessee,…
August 1, 2016 at 11:17 am
Amazon Launchpad announced last week the creation of a Kickstarter Collection, featuring more than 300 Kickstarter products available for purchase on Amazon.com. Startups featured include Piper, Zivix, Prynt, MudWatt, among others. Consumers shopping the Kickstarter Collection can browse categories such as electronics, wireless accessories, home and kitchen, books, movies and TV, and toys and games,…
July 21, 2016 at 12:07 pm
Birkenstock will stop supplying products to Amazon in the U.S. and will no longer authorize third-party merchants to sell on the site.
June 29, 2016 at 11:08 am
This week, Truth In Advertising (TINA) reported Wal-Mart is still misusing the “Made in the USA" label. In a letter to the FTC, the advertising watchdog group urged the group to look into Wal-Mart’s continuous practice of mislabeling products as Made in the USA. The group currently believes over 100 products are mislabeled on Wal-Mart’s…
June 22, 2016 at 10:35 am
After years of rumors and innuendo, Amazon.com finally seems poised to launch a large-scale push into its own lines of consumables.
