Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

The beauty retailer recently announced its plans to open more standalone stores and beauty shop-in-shops at Target and by adding Return Bars to locations, it will be able to boost store traffic, streamline the returns process and help reduce logistical costs. As a result, 78% of Americans will live within 10 miles of a Return Bar.

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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. plan to start buying gifts earlier – the No.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We As this market is built off demand for low supply, there has been a drop in resale prices.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We As this market is built off demand for low supply, there has been a drop in resale prices.

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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. billion in Q4 2021, up 98.6% stock market’s history.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2021

In fact, the impacts of the most unique holiday in decades are still being felt: retailers should plan for continued shipping delays in the short term, and also continue to refine their omnichannel operations as they prepare for the rest of 2021. Retail sales grew 3% during the extended holiday season (Oct. 11 through Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 ecommerce holiday shopping and shipping season is expected to eclipse years past. Retailers will have to have a definitive plan to communicate order confirmations, delivery updates and delay notifications. Regardless, these communications will be crucial to whether holiday customers return throughout 2021. of total U.S.

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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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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 ATO fraud against U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Labor shortages, stressed supply chains and a major emphasis on ecommerce have turned fulfillment into one of the biggest challenges retailers will face in the 2021 holiday season. Data also can help retailers make the most of whatever inventory they already have in warehouses as shipping capacity becomes more limited during the busy season.

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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 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

JUNE 1, 2021

To be sure, some of the retailers debuting marketplaces are looking to compete directly with Amazon: Walmart , Target , Hudson’s Bay and the planned Debenhams marketplace (under new owner Boohoo Group ) are all essentially huge digital department stores with broad category reach. Expand Reach, but Within your Niche.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The post-COVID-19 retail recovery hasn’t quite gone according to plan. 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.

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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

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The UK-based marketplace already offers same-day service in the London area for sales on its ecommerce site, with plans to roll out this capability across the UK next month. million USD) and his plans to “aggressively” enter the U.S. How did that come about? Our demographics are split 50-50 between male and female buyers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Dick’s Sporting Goods also attributed part of the brand’s 23% profit drop in the second fiscal quarter of 2023 to theft ( CNBC ). billion in 2021. Optimize inventory management: Like damaged products and shipping errors, theft can negatively impact retail inventory management. According to a June study by the U.S.

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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

MARCH 30, 2022

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. Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

Increases in cost of shipping both for raw materials inbound to Brazil plus outbound finished goods to our markets were a big factor for some of 2021 and much of 2022, but things have mostly normalised now,” he added. Be it trade shows, buyers, or subcontractors, it’s all reliable, according to Esser.

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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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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Whilst 2020 was about dealing with the outcomes of the acceleration of e-commerce and omnichannel, in 2021, retailers were trying to cope with a perfect storm of demand and supply issues, including international shipping uncertainty, loss of capacity, increased costs – even a lack of containers and pallets.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When retailers don’t have to buy as much, they don’t have to plan for the markdowns and large promotions that Richard described. 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. What can the retailer learn from and improve?

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A1 Retail

JULY 28, 2022

Hush Puppies have acquired a further 214 new retail partners from 2021-2022. Hush Puppies UK is forecasting over 500k pairs sold by end of 2022, compared to 350k in 2021. Online sales remain a major contributor to Hush Puppies’ growth with Very, Next and John Lewis serving as Hush Puppies leading sales partners 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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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. During Thought Leadership with CVS , Brian Eason, VP of Consumer Health & Wellness at CVS, expressed their plans to invest more time and money toward digital retail efforts.

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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

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. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events.

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Hyken

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This week we feature an article by Dan Martin, Chief Executive Officer of Xpress Global Systems , an organization focused on innovation, efficiency, and scalability of shipping and distribution of flooring products. Dan Martin joined Xpress Global Systems, LLC (XGS) as Chief Executive Officer in April 2021. Voice of Customer.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of shoppers’ minds, it’s no surprise so shoppers have jumped ship from the traditional big four supermarkets to discounters. However, it made an even bigger investment in its expansion plan, opening 50 new branches to Aldi’s 18. to £178.7m it achieved in 2019.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 20, 2022

“The reality is that nearly one third (26 per cent) of young Australians plan to stop buying products from retailers that fail to step up and take sustainability actions.”. All the school needs to do is collect cups and drop them off at their partnering 7-Eleven store. Food focus. Eco-friendly targets on the move.

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Retail Minded

AUGUST 27, 2022

Stockouts were disastrous for retailers during the pandemic – up by 250% (Adobe, 2021) – and with 37% of consumers saying they’d simply shop elsewhere if they couldn’t find what. Of course, this level of demand could not be maintained – and in 2022, they have dropped. in 2021 from 10.6% considerably.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2022

With luxurious touches, such as a VIP area with velvet chairs, a personal shopping service, and free domestic shipping for in-store customers, Nicholas calls it “one of the most elegant stores” she has ever seen. Of course, life doesn’t always turn out as we plan, and we wound up moving to Melbourne in 2017.

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Independent Retailer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The key lies in using solutions that drive business intelligence forward, such as inventory planning and demand forecasting software. Of course, this level of demand could not be maintained, and in 2022, they dropped considerably. Even returns are up, reaching 17 percent in 2021 from 11 percent in 2020. by Jill Liliedahl.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

per cent in 2021 and domestic consumption set to double in the next 10 years. While this seems logical and obvious for any long-term business plan, it’s surprising how reluctant brand owners can be to invest money into a China venture and allow time for the profits to flow. trillion, and the US$5.6

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Take her sentient ship, Forsaken, on a quest for redemption across the galaxy and beyond the boundaries of reality as they fight to unite resistance forces against the Circle. MXGP 2021 – The Official Motocross Videogame (new game launch on Steam ). — NVIDIA GeForce NOW (@NVIDIAGFN) December 1, 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

With consumers seeking bargains from home, online secondhand is set to grow 69% between 2019 and 2021, while the broader retail sector is projected to shrink 15%.”. Given the periodic nature of selling jewelry, we have not invested in a mobile app and do not have any immediate plans to launch one,” he added.

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