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Future growth centers on stronger seller and buyer tools
Future growth centers on stronger seller and buyer tools
LaFontaine says Whatnot's priorities are helping sellers operate better businesses, supporting more product categories, and improving the buyer experience through customer support, trust and safety, lower shipping costs, and better product selection and quality.
- Speaker
- Grant LaFontaine
- Topic
- Future Growth
- Source timestamp
- 39:52
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