Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

For the first time the tech giant broke out revenue from its advertising business (more than $31 billion in 2021 — see, you’re impressed) and announced that it will be raising the annual fee for its Prime subscription for the first time since 2018, from $119 a year to $139 a year. stock market’s history. billion in Q4 2021, up 98.6%

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The 2021 Global Market: Fall Experience was a four-day virtual product discovery experience held October 18-22, facilitated by ECRM and powered by RangeMe. Generation Z was a hot topic during Global Market, as retailers have started recognizing their influence on consumer spending. don’t entice them.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Last Crumb even drops limited amounts of special-flavored cookies. . To put this into perspective, Cowen Equity Research has predicted that the sneaker resale market will be worth $30 billion globally by 2030. In 2021, face coverings and masks from stars like Kanye West saw a 154% average resell price increase from $82 to $208.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

In fact, Salesforce has already predicted that the modest growth of the 2021 holiday shopping season could foreshadow this year , with Q1 data showing a 3% YoY decrease in global digital sales. and shoppers placed 12% fewer orders worldwide compared to the same period in 2021. 5: Retailers will Test NFT Drops.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Shoppers who purchased items from participating retailers will be able to drop off those they wish to return, with no box or label required, at approximately 2,000 FedEx Office locations. retail sales in 2021 , or $761 billion in merchandise, were returned. Concern over the cost of returns is no surprise. of all U.S.

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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 While we’ve experienced high levels of inflation in our international markets over the years, U.S. Store comparable sales grew 3.3% billion in revenue.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

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. “The Omnichannel and Store-Based Fulfillment Are Bigger Than Ever.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 7, 2022

For many SME retailers, the thought of scaling their businesses to enter new markets has many perceived barriers, particularly if you’re managing multiple roles within your business from stock procurement to marketing, quality control and customer services. Consider other international markets .

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

31, 2021. “We’re 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. with BNPL orders in 2021 up 44% compared to 2019 and 3% over 2020, according to the Adobe Digital Economy Index. “In

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 27, 2022

After the pandemic-driven surge in consumer demand that triggered a frenzy of shipping activity and skyrocketing prices, logistics and transportation companies are signaling a fast slowdown. Shipping and wholesale prices are plunging and orders are not being placed as often. . Disruptions in the Container Shipping Industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I was paying a premium, but not getting premium service, and there was nothing [in the market] that felt premium or could deliver items as quickly as I needed to get them. We offer lots of added value for members, including pre-access to sneaker drops and free shipping within the UK. How did that come about? RTP: The U.S.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Bluethumb Digital’s first collection, the Genesis Drop, is set to launch this Thursday, February 24, with 91 artworks from 25 Australian digital artists, including big names, such as Marble Mannequin, Mysterious AI, and Brad Robson, who recently got a shoutout from NFT aficionado Paris Hilton. Lowering the barriers to entry.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. comparable sales growth and growing market share in grocery during Q4 2021, and much of this success can be attributed to its robust last mile and fulfillment strategy.

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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. That number was even higher in January 2021. “

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Discounting and perks like free shipping have been successful drivers of Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaigns; however, dropping prices is not a winning strategy that creates a path to profitability. Minimizing perks like free shipping and employing more efficient acquisition models will also fuel topline growth.

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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. I don’t actually believe that will happen, but the market definitely doesn’t like it.” Analysts were expecting $155.2

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Maintaining margins within business constraints while efficiently providing order fulfillment to customers is a tall order, especially considering each customer purchase requires a real-time fulfillment decision within a shifting context of inventory, demand, returns, delivery times, and shipping costs. That’s the billion dollar question.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Both 2020 and 2021 each had their own clear themes and pressures, and this holiday season will be defined by trying to understand what has changed. “ However, that demand has come and gone, and Kramer sees 2021’s sales growth of 14.1% Retailers are planning to cut back in one area: marketing. as an outlier.

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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

JUNE 1, 2021

When Woolworths announced plans for its new third-party marketplace in April 2021, the retailer’s Director of New Business Faye Ilhan described it as “a highly curated marketplace focused on range extension in our core everyday needs categories.” Indeed, curation is central to getting marketplace implementation right.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I think this will develop rapidly, such that we’ll see just the tip of the iceberg during this holiday season and even more into the first half of 2021. Because of the dramatic increase in online/DTC sales, the order profile has changed more to shipping individual packages to consumers. What can the retailer learn from and improve?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

Looking back, the pandemic highlighted the importance of having robust and flexible supply chains, and retailers have been forced to rethink their supply chain strategies and invest in new technologies to be dynamic, nimble and agile to evolving market conditions. One example is Havaianas.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2022

The 2022 back-to-school (BTS) season could be the most “normal” since the start of the pandemic, with even more demand than the record-setting BTS 2021 season for clothing, classroom supplies and new technology. Personalize Your Back-to-School Marketing. Another easy step: Drop account creation requirements and allow guest checkout.

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Wiser

JUNE 5, 2023

A good transportation infrastructure helps reduce costs associated with delays while ensuring timely deliveries so that customers receive their orders on time and without damage to items shipped. When demand for an item suddenly spikes or drops, it can lead to cash flow issues, inventory shortages, and increased competition.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2023

On the B2B side, Merrell is using 3D and AR tech to sell their products via digital showrooms, prior to manufacturing and shipping, to increase speed to market, reduce costs and lower their carbon footprint. The furniture and home goods space is another sector of the market that’s seeing increased applications of this technology.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Episode 276 is a Recap of GroceryShop 2021, new woes for Amazon FBA sellers, and industry news. Episode 276 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday September 24th, 2021. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. GroceryShop is a trade show dedicated to the grocery and CPG industry, with a particular.

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Mass Relators

JULY 26, 2021

PHILADELPHIA — GSK has started shipping its quadrivalent influenza vaccines to U.S. health care providers and pharmacies for the 2021-22 flu season. The report indicated rates were lower in 2020 than in 2019, with total influenza vaccinations dropping 14-35% in 2020 compared to 2019.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in March, it secured USD$6 million in Series A funding, which it will use to increase its foothold in the US market and attract talent across engineering, products, and its marketing team. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We We are dual headquartered, in LA and in Hong Kong.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in March, it secured USD$6 million in Series A funding, which it will use to increase its foothold in the US market and attract talent across engineering, products, and its marketing team. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We We are dual headquartered, in LA and in Hong Kong.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2024

With best-sellers ranging from a $175 washable silk tank to a $365 buttoned dress, the brand’s items are lauded for their quality and long shelf life, which makes sustainability and longevity powerful marketing pillars that the brand consistently taps across channels. homepage and integrated resale more consistently into our owned marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The 2021 Retail Strategy & Planning webinar series, now available on demand, brought together retailers, solution providers, practitioners and industry experts from firms including IDC, Alvarez & Marsal, WSL Strategic Retail and Cambridge Retail Advisors. Holiday 2021 and Preparing for 2022.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 22, 2021

Episode 251 is our annual predictions episode for 2021 and a recap of our 2020 predictions. 2021 Predictions. Amazon Shopify Competitor (shipping solution). Bonus – More store closures in 2021 than 2020. Shipping (Shopify) – launch own DSP. commerce penetration says at 16% or better in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

That’s a drop in the bucket compared to Amazon’s 1.7 Then in June 2021, Google forged integration partnerships with some of the biggest ecommerce solutions in the space — Shopify, Square, WooCommerce and GoDaddy — making it easier for the thousands of merchants using those platforms to make their products discoverable through Google.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Episode 276 is a Recap of GroceryShop 2021, new woes for Amazon FBA sellers, and industry news. Holiday 2021 will be one of the most uncertain holiday events in modern retail history. Episode 277 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Sunday October 3rd, 2021. Tied to the market. Transcript.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

from the volume of imports that moved through the ports in the first half of 2021. Ports on the East and West coasts remain congested, said Ben Hackett of Hackett Associates, who noted that the Port of Los Angeles has around 40 ships waiting to dock. Imports for all of 2021 totaled 25.8 That would represent an increase of 1.5%

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Driven by the explosive growth of ecommerce and shifting consumer preferences, the global cloud manufacturing market is expected to reach about $112 billion by 2024 , growing at an astounding 20 percent annually. This is particularly beneficial for smaller brands because they can go to market quicker and with less risk.

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Rangeme

JULY 29, 2022

With supply chain disruptions making waves in even mainstream media, you might have thought consumers would loosen their expectations for fast and free shipping. According to consumers, promising fast shipping sells. While fast shipping promises can attract new customers, delivering on those promises can help retain them.

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