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Retail Packaging Recycling Innovation Goes Prime Time

 

While lots of flashy retail innovations are getting their Prime Day spotlight, Ridwell is hoping to quietly innovate on the backend to find better ways to recycle all that packaging material. For the next few weeks, the company is offering its recycling pickup subscription service free for Prime Day packaging. According to Co-Founder Ryan Metzger, what started as a small father-son project has turned into a business built to help consumers clean up their act, in the era of heavily packaged eCommerce.

 
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Why Streaming Services Dominate Subscription Commerce
 

Subscription commerce encompasses a vast range of retail products and media services, from wardrobe help to word processing software to audiobooks. According to the Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, 83.3 percent of consumers subscribe to at least one form of service. But why does a new season of Stranger Things boost demand more than a new beauty box?  Read More...

 
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Amazon Faces Cart Glitches, Strikes On Prime Day
 

Amazon’s 2019 Prime Day could become the largest sales day ever for the retailer, but the first day of the now-annual event was not without its hiccups. While the company faced striking workers and shopping cart glitches, analysts are expecting a significant increase in Prime memberships during this year’s sales extravaganza. Here’s the overview.  Read More...

 
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Bringing Supply Chains, Link By Link, Into The Digital Age

 

Supply chains are only as strong as their weakest link — and data is key to building trust and verifying who is on the other end of a contract or payment. Information and data can also unlock the trillions of dollars that is locked up in corporate commerce on any given day.  Read More...

 
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