Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

In 2020, more than any year since the advent of online and mobile commerce, consumers lost a sense of control. BOPIS (buy online, pick up in-store) took off in 2020, led by curbside pick-up (BOPAC) increasing 208% by the beginning of May. One-third think seven-day free shipping is ‘acceptable.’ on average.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Customers can schedule returns via the new Carrier Pickup by FedEx service for products that have been shipped and sold by Walmart.com, using either the website or the Walmart app. Customers without access to a printer at home can choose the “Drop off at FedEx” return method.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 25, 2024

Foot Locker had rolled out its FLX loyalty program in North America in February 2020 in order to unify all its brands under a single loyalty platform.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The killer feature of Walmart+ may be free shipping on orders over $35 , which 35% of respondents cited as the program’s most exciting part. Walmart+ gives the retail giant’s customers a good reason to keep shopping with it during the pandemic, and free shipping could provide an edge as retailers compete over smaller wallets this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2021

Lands’ End Marketplace had a soft launch in June 2020 to beta test the platform’s integrated systems. The retailer will leverage its website and drop shipping for order fulfillment to create a positive customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

drop in 2020. “It’s The other complicating factor is you’ve got consumers who are incredibly aware of the supply chain, inventory and shipping challenges that are out there. The rise in traffic compared to 2020 showed that shoppers are starting to return to stores. Overall sales were up 8.5% 1 through Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

. “Our partnership with Staples US Retail significantly increases the availability of in-person drop-off points for online shoppers and gives retailers a more cost-effective way to manage their reverse logistics.” “Staples is a destination for all things shipping, especially for small businesses and remote workers.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

The appointment comes with Under Armour’s acquisition of Unless Collective , a zero-plastic regenerative fashion brand that Liedtke co-founded in 2020. ” Righting the Under Armour Ship Plank has played a central role in the growth and evolution of the Under Armour brand and its products since he founded the company in 1996.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. Retailers across the U.S. Return Meets the Resale Economy.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 22, 2022

The company is clearly also hoping a leadership change will help to right the Old Navy ship. “As Green took the helm at Old Navy in October 2020, following a stint as President and CEO at sister brand Athleta. CEO Sonia Syngal in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

In 2020, 62% of consumers had made that kind of switch. Smarter Shipping Options Transport is a large component of the ecommerce footprint. They require extra effort from customers, cost companies return shipping fees and increase the returned item’s carbon footprint.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2021

Blue Apron, Freshly and HelloFresh are among the businesses that saw a flood of new customers in 2020; and. More than one-third of Americans said that none of the gifts they gave during the 2020 holiday season were shipped. There are subscription shopping services now available too.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 4, 2021

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. The factors have triggered a long-running period of disruption and caused shipping costs to escalate.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Fellow tech behemoth Meta, formerly known as Facebook, made headlines for its stock’s 27% dive after its Q4 earnings were announced — the biggest single day drop in value in the U.S. from Q4 2020) thanks in large part to its cash cow cloud division Amazon Web Services, which saw 40% YoY growth. billion in Q4 2020 to $10.3

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2021

Nothing about 2020 was normal — in fact, for many retailers, the phrase ‘hindsight is 2020’ is one they should reconsider using. . While many customers will have purchases shipped directly to their homes this year, brick-and-mortar stores have rolled out their own solutions that may impact the way we approach the 2021 holidays.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

toy industry sales increased 11% in Q3 2021 from 2020, according to the NPD Group , driven by price increases, a continuation of pandemic lifestyles and fewer promotions. Adobe reports that out-of-stock messages are up 172% compared to January 2020 and up 360% from January 2019. Stressed Consumers Spread Out Spending with BNPL.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 ecommerce holiday shopping and shipping season is expected to eclipse years past. Winter elements have historically been unkind to packages, which as a side note is why shipping insurance is a good idea during the winter. Brick-and-mortar sales — which will account for 81.2% of total U.S. this year by two full years.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2021

Holiday 2020 was unlike any other for ecommerce growth. This massive increase put significant strains on the supply chain as well as shipping and delivery. By October that number had only dropped to 66% — a clear indication that people were still very much looking to get their orders as soon as possible.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2021

The pandemic put pressure on every retailer’s website, but GNC faced a unique obstacle: the company had rolled out a revamped ecommerce site in January 2020, just in time for social distancing and lockdowns to cause a massive shift toward online ordering. Because we were only 60 days in, there was instability with the site,” said Hamby.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2022

However, shares dropped 11.38% to $131.35 following the results’ release on May 17 and continued dropping the morning of May 18, hitting $125.51. “We’re And we will work with our vendor partners from sourcing to production to shipping.”. The home improvement space has held strong since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

While shopping sprees leading up to Black Friday happened before 2020, more shoppers bought in early November over the last two years due to inventory and supply chain issues. For example, store associates should get measured on fulfillment metrics if they are picking and shipping. 5: Retailers will Test NFT Drops.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 2, 2022

Jessie Sadler founded Christina Stephens in 2020 after her mother complained that she couldn’t find good fashionable clothing after experiencing a fall. “We We were shopping on James Street in Fortitude Valley when my mum tripped and smashed both of her elbows,” Sadler explains.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This removes the cost and complexity of shipping furniture pieces for photoshoots, which is particularly difficult right now due to supply chain issues, as well as the difficulty of getting all the necessary staff in the same place at the same time. Creating the virtual showrooms was a fairly intuitive process.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kearney expects holiday 2021 ecommerce sales to hit $206 billion , an increase of 12% to 13% over the previous year — and that’s on top of the 32% year-over-year surge in digital sales recorded by Adobe Analytics in 2020. For curbside, retailers should work with the shopping centers for a central pickup/drop-off spot.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

Building the Foundational Groundwork Like many retailers, Sephora’s first big move into omnichannel fulfillment was in 2020, when it launched buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS). The retailer even ran a flash shipping program as early as 2015. In most cases, items are dropped at consumers’ doorsteps within two hours.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

billion on Cyber Monday 2020 , while Singles Day in November 2021 in China drove $139 billion in sales for two of that country’s major online shopping platforms. That includes frictionless payments and checkout and fast shipping options. Consider that in the U.S., ecommerce merchants pulled in $10.8

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Inside Retail

JUNE 16, 2021

And fibres don’t have to be shipped offshore. In 2019, Sheridan launched an in-store recycling program, where customers can drop off old towels, quilt covers and sheets which are then assessed for use in other textile products. It’s [more cost effective].”. Take-back scheme making good progress.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

Buyers may also negotiate better payment terms and flexible shipping schedules to help with the cash flow. Some ecommerce platforms make this easy by verifying their buyers and suppliers with certain criteria that helps both identify qualified and meaningful businesses to work with.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2021

At the moment it is hard to accurately determine how much digital sales will drop (if at all), and whether this drop will be more than compensated for by an uptick in in-store sales. The amount of online returns in 2020 was more than double compared to 2019. According to Publicis Sapient’s Digital Life Index , 51% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

But seller uptake was slow — at the end of 2020, Google Shopping had approximately 8,000 sellers, according to Marketplace Pulse. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to Amazon’s 1.7 In 2020, Amazon took a little over 10% of U.S. digital ad revenue in 2020, but the company wants to keep it that way.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2020

One of the more jaw-dropping retail statistics of the past few months is the more than 400% increase in Walmart shopping app downloads. in the first quarter of 2020. They have plenty of room to offer great discounts, and will be more confident about their shipping guarantees as well.

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2021

In 2020, we grew two-and-a-half times in two months. Bluethumb also offers free shipping and free seven-day returns to reassure those who might still hesitate to drop over $10,000 on a piece of art they haven’t actually seen in real life. “If April and May were a tipping point, and from there we really haven’t looked back.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In the summer of 2020, the athleticwear giant announced that it would be opening 150 to 200 smaller-format, digitally enabled mono-brand stores like Nike Live. Ship-from-store capabilities to fulfill online orders are another service that Nike says will allow consumers to get products faster and more efficiently.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Poshmark has been piloting the Brand Closet program since 2020 with a number of large-scale brands. Now the offering is open to brands and retailers of all sizes, enabling them to engage more deeply with the platform’s 80 million users through limited-time product drops, one-to-one clienteling and Posh Parties. ”

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Amazon’s 12 per cent extended-trade stock drop erased about $140 billion in its market capitalisation, greater than the entire value of companies such as Morgan Stanley, Netflix and Lockheed Martin. Prior holiday quarter sales growth was 9 per cent in 2021 and 38 per cent in 2020. Analysts were expecting $155.2 Cloud misses.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Retailers and industry experts have been forecasting a 2020 holiday season dominated by ecommerce almost since the world started taking COVID-19 seriously, and results from “Cyber Weekend,” or BFCM (Black Friday/Cyber Monday), effectively made their case. Shopper Yield data revealed that spend per consumer increased 36.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

market saw over $400B in returns in 2020. This was rendered possible as retailers and brands offered low-cost shipping, unlimited holding periods and easy returns. Returns provide brands and retailers the opportunity to delight their customers. But not all brands and retailers are seizing this opportunity.

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