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Black Friday 2024: Why automation is critical for Australian retailers

Inside Retail

This year, Australian shoppers are expected to spend a jaw-dropping $6.7 Building a future-proof tech stack To survive and thrive during Black Friday, retailers must invest in tech solutions that integrate seamlessly with their current systems – inventory management, CRMs, and shipping tools. The key to thriving? Automation.

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4 Ways Ecommerce Returns Will Change in 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers are Split Between Home Pickup and Carrier Drop-off. As a result, drop-off (at a carrier or retail location) became the preferred returns method for 67% of consumers, according to our BOXpoll surveys. The Post Office Increases its Popularity as a Returns Drop-off Destination. consumers love the USPS.

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Six Things the Consumer of 2021 Really Wants

Retail TouchPoints

In 2020, more than any year since the advent of online and mobile commerce, consumers lost a sense of control. Meanwhile, for merchants that had already built their businesses online before the pandemic, a larger addressable market buoyed most, but created scalability challenges for all (including Amazon). on average.

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Q4 Roundup: Amazon and Target’s Success Spotlights Fulfillment Prowess, Stores or no Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Fulfillment was a key driver during the ecommerce-driven final quarter of 2020. Amazon in particular invested more than $60 billion in shipping alone in 2020, helping it maintain blazing fast delivery times, but O’Shea believes its lack of a significant physical store footprint will cause it to lag behind the competition to some degree.

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Under Armour Makes Brand Leadership Shakeup to Support Turnaround Efforts

Retail TouchPoints

Reporting directly to Linnartz, Dausch led global brand, marketing, digital engagement and customer experience across all commerce channels. The appointment comes with Under Armour’s acquisition of Unless Collective , a zero-plastic regenerative fashion brand that Liedtke co-founded in 2020. When Dausch leaves the company on Aug.

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Survey: 11% of Americans Subscribed to Walmart+ in its First Two Weeks

Retail TouchPoints

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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Foot Locker Revamps Rewards Program, Promises Enhanced Mobile App Later in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

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.