Special Mention: Xiaomi's
flash sale model means that the Redmi 1s has the same problem as the Xiaomi Mi3.
Not exact matches
Things were going swimmingly, except for two issues: The startup's
flash -
sales model meant it never had any consistent supply of inventory (making international shipping and fulfillment awfully tricky), and Fab's free shipping policy
meant everything going outside of the U.S. was bound to cost a fortune and take forever.
CEO Jason Goldberg has said those cuts were
meant to streamline staffing and costs as the business shifted from a labor - intensive
flash -
sale model, where tons of new products had to be sourced and prepped every day, to a more standard e-commerce shop with predictable inventory needs.
This
means, that Xiaomi India will be following the same
flash sale model which has come to a lot of criticism over the past few weeks with people finding it tough to get their hands on the Mi 3 smartphone, which is going out of stock within seconds every week.