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How Brands Large and Small are Leaning into the Amazon Effect to Compete

Retail TouchPoints

It’s not just possible but inevitable that retailers can thrive on Amazon and compete with it at the same time. A business model that was only possible with their unparalleled investment in the systems and shipping, fulfillment and supply chain infrastructure to support it. The purchasing power of $79 in 2005 equals about $109.90

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How Brands Can Deliver Sustainable Instant Commerce for Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

Traditional logistics networks weren’t built to handle such breakneck delivery speeds, and retailers are left trying to meet consumers’ expectations while facing ever-rising environmental impacts due to emissions-heavy overnight air shipping, cardboard overuse and even more delivery trucks clogging up city streets and spewing exhaust.

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Sensing, Not Seeing, with Vision AI as Retail’s Crystal Ball for the Future

Retail TouchPoints

While 7-Eleven is at the forefront of inventive uses for vision AI in the convenience retail market, we are also observing interest and adoption of vision AI for supermarket retailers for resource reallocation, to mirror each store’s unique ebb and flow of operations and foot traffic throughout the day.

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How Advanced Search Helped FastGrowingTrees.com Reach New Heights

Retail TouchPoints

We come from a direct marketing background,” said Justin French, VP of Marketing at FastGrowingTrees in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “We 2020 was a banner year in general, as FastGrowingTrees found itself at the epicenter of a number of major consumer trends — an ecommerce boom , the stay-at-home economy and a shift to the suburbs.

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Ecommerce vs. Retail Packaging: A Tale of Two Boxes

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce Packaging Protecting Your Product on its Journey E-commerce packaging focuses on the design and materials used to safeguard products during the shipping process. Excessive packaging can inflate shipping costs and create an environmental burden. Chris Thompson is Senior Marketing Communications Manager for QC Conveyors.

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With Consumers Awash in Subscriptions, Brands Set Sights on Paid Membership

Retail TouchPoints

consumers have at least one subscription, and predicts that the subscription market will reach a nearly $200 billion valuation this year and surpass the trillion-dollar mark by 2027. And while more than half of consumers said they have canceled at least one streaming service since January 2023, among that group, 73.4%

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No Magic Solution

LS Retail

Christine Lantinen purchased the company in 2005, when it had $100,000 in sales. Today, sales at the privately-held company are up to $45 million. Besides a worker shortage, Maud Borup is experiencing – as many importers and exporters are – higher shipping costs.