Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Amazon topped both its own and experts’ Q1 2021 expectations, with 44% year-over-year sales growth and $108.5 The retailer expects its momentum to carry over into Q2 2021, with sales hitting anywhere from $110 billion to $116 billion. However, Amazon seems to think a summer Prime Day holds even more potential in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

Most experts expected holiday 2021 to be a digital success, and the season didn’t disappoint: global sales hit $1.14 As a result, Cyber Week 2021 accounted for 23% of total ecommerce spend, down slightly from 24% in 2020. Shipping cutoffs with USPS, UPS, FedEx and others all happened around Dec. trillion , up from $1.1

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Retail Wire

JANUARY 27, 2022

Shipping lines are paying workers big bonuses — up to three year’s salary — as they come off a record year and look to keep goods moving through their portion of the supply chain. Workers may appreciate the extra income, but it may not be enough to keep them from looking for new work after a tough and demanding 2021. “We

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In response to these challenges, ShipStation has released a new Ebook, Streamline Your Order Fulfilment Process: How to Optimise Your Shipping for Success, supported by BigCommerce and First Move Digital. It’s packed full of practical advice on how to manage a successful e-commerce business in 2021 and beyond. .

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As SEOs [search engine optimizers], any heavy lifting we can do to clear a path for our clients toward success in the holiday shopping season will be especially welcome in 2021. Economists are predicting another very strong, extended online shopping period in Q4 2021. Ecommerce spending in November-December 2020 rose an astounding 45.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The holiday 2020 surge in ecommerce caused digital headaches as shoppers contended with slow or unresponsive web sites, and retailers can’t afford a repeat in 2021. The 2021 holiday season will mark a golden opportunity for retailers to get a head start on this process by directly gathering data from customers during a high traffic period. “

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 23, 2021

A large majority of consumers (66%) expect free shipping on every purchase they make online. An even larger number (80%) expect free shipping when ordering a certain dollar amount on online products. These were some key insights of the Q2 2021 Consumer Trends Report issued by Jungle Scout. Image: Depositphotos.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With the growth of buy online, pick up in-store and expedited shipping options, consumers experienced firsthand the ease of digital shopping versus going to the store to make a purchase. Entering 2021, retailers are still looking to beef up their ecommerce strategy to get this trend to stick. Corinne Demadis is the VP, U.S.

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Independent Retailer

JULY 26, 2022

With ecommerce sales for 2021 increasing 14 percent over 2020, there is no question that shipping acumen has never been more important for retailers’ overall success. Apart from the rising fuel prices, shipping carriers are raising their rates every year. Slim down package weight.

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Independent Retailer

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Key Tips When Searching for Freight Shipping Companies Additional factors that wholesale companies should keep an eye out for. With shipping challenges continuing to disrupt the retail industry, it is crucial for wholesalers to find the right freight shippers to keep business moving. Do they provide air freight and ship freight?

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Retail Wire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Once valued at nearly $500 million, the brand was acquired in 2021 for just $45 million. After a period of dormancy, it recently resumed shipping boxes, but some customers have. Birchbox, the pioneer of monthly beauty subscription boxes, has made a comeback after a series of challenges, including being sold off twice in recent years.

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A1 Retail

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Screwfix is expanding its refurbished product capability even further, having refurbished more than 250,000 products since the initiative launched on Screwfix.com in 2021. This has reduced the volume of packaging, with any leftover cardboard shredded and used to add further protection when products are shipped.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Gift cards are shaping up to be a holiday hero this season, as consumers and retailers continue to grapple with supply and shipping issues. Combine that with concerns about shipping delays for those products that are in stock and it should come as no big surprise that gift cards are looking pretty good to shoppers this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

Nearly 50% of those surveyed said they’d be doing more of their shopping online in 2021; more than one third said they’d be using buy online, pick up in-store more, and more than one quarter said they’d be using curbside pickup more this year than they did pre-pandemic. Kendra Scott also created a curbside pickup program.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

has been operational since 2021, and the second, in Lancaster, Texas, is ramping up operations. Walmart already has opened four of five planned next-generation fulfillment centers , designed to expand access to next-day and two -day shipping for Walmart customers as well as to support clients of Walmart Fulfillment Services.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2021

But when looking at these numbers, the excess data can feel overwhelming, so we’ve rounded up the most important retail metrics to leverage in 2021. Cost per order: Your cost per order is an important metric because it tells you how much one order costs once advertising, packaging, shipping, etc. Website traffic: More than 4.5

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2024

The partners opened their first shop-in-shops in 2021. Each unique piece of apparel is made to the customer’s precise measurements and shipped directly to their door within three weeks. Indochino specializes in made-to-measure suits, shirts, chinos and outerwear for men and women.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 1, 2021

As part of the “ Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, ” in the most recent COVID-19 relief bill signed into law on December 27, 2020, Congress amended the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (“PACT”) Act of 2009 to apply to e-cigarettes and all vaping products. shipping providers to jump on board with banning vape products.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

While it can certainly offset labor and transportation costs associated with return logistics, such as return shipping, disposition, refurbishment and destruction, there are many variables in the mix of determining whether this approach can help shelter profits.

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Retail Bound

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The global shipping industry has operated in a harmonious dance of infinite moving parts for decades, but all it took was one virus-sized domino to fall over and throw the global trade infrastructure into chaos. One of the most disastrous effects of this global shipping crisis is the staggering increase in cost to ship.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Retailers saw strong results overall in Q3 2021 as the recovery continued, but supply chain shortages loom as they enter the holiday season. Large retailers like Walmart and Target prepared well in advance and expect momentum to carry them forward, and Lowe’s and The Home Depot are still benefitting from strong interest in home improvement.

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Retail Focus

MAY 27, 2021

As we enter the second quarter of 2021, the UK continues to live under social restrictions. With more parcels and more deliveries being made to help cope with high demand, it’s important that you, as a business owner, look to adopt more environmentally friendly shipping and production processes. . In 2019, physical stores were a £60.9

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

It means I can see the product on Facebook and I can check out directly from there, or if I walk into a store and they don’t have something in my size I can order it from within the store and have it shipped to my house. Can it be shipped to me? RTP: What are the biggest challenges to creating an omnichannel operation?

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 15, 2021

As ecommerce shopping continues to grow, consumers continue to expect free shipping and free returns, since retail conglomerates such as Amazon and Walmart allow this to be their competitive mark. The first way to accomplish this is by not offering free online returns shipped back to your store, which is an option.

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Nahanco

MARCH 30, 2021

As retailers continue to evolve in 2021, your business needs may change. Warehousing: We can maintain inventory of the items you buy from us, so they are always on available and ready to ship when you need them. We keep ample inventory of our catalog items at our warehouse in Vermont, and they are ready to ship on demand.

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Inside Retail

MAY 16, 2023

Research by Australian fintech company Ship-Safely found that about 82 per cent of Australians made an online purchase last year spending up to $63.8 Between May 2021 and April last year, $224.3 Further reading: Top four consumer shipping complaints revealed: AfterShip The post Missing or damaged online deliveries cost $224.3

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

In 2021, the retailer partnered with The Black Tux , the online men’s formalwear brand, to expand its offerings in the special occasion apparel space. that were in stock and ready to ship to customers in the U.S. that were in stock and ready to ship to customers in the U.S.

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LS Retail

APRIL 19, 2021

©iStock/Andy What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: Globally Local, one of the world’s first vegan fast-food chains, announced it will begin publicly trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GBLY on April 16, 2021. Interesting name?!

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Loqate’s 2021 holiday survey of 1,000 American consumers found that nearly half of Americans are planning a combination of in-store and online shopping this holiday season. In attempts to avoid the shipping delays and sold-out items that are expected this year, 88% of U.S. Free shipping and promotions drive consumer purchases.

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Department of Commerce Retail Indicator Division released the December 2021 Monthly Retail Trade Report on Wednesday February 16th, which showed that brick-and-mortar stores grew faster than ecommerce for the first time ever. retail sales for 2021 equaled $6.6 retail sales for 2021 equaled $6.6

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The company reports that members of the Prime Access program saved an average of $1,600 last year through shipping savings, coupons and membership discounts. It also noted that the program expanded its membership by more than 300% between 2019 and the end of 2021.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Asda has chartered its own cargo ship, and increased its stock of turkeys and other festive food compared with last year, in an effort to avoid disruption to customers’ Christmas celebrations. It came as the UK’s third-largest grocer reported a dip in sales for the third quarter of 2021, as demand for online food deliveries waned slightly.

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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 post GSK begins shipping record supply of flu vaccine appeared first on MMR: Mass Market Retailers. This immediately follows a licensing and lot-release approval from the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

porches in 2021, with 64.1% With Via.Delivery, our shoppers can save on shipping by having their orders delivered to one of more than 21,000 convenient BOPA locations across the nation, including inside pharmacies, grocery stores, gas stations or convenience stores.”. More than 210 million packages were reported missing from U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

Consumers can attach prepaid shipping labels to their returns or send a shipping QR code directly to their “Dasher” via the DoorDash app. DoorDash will charge a flat fee of $5 ( $3 for DashPass members), and shoppers will get their first package pickup for free during January 2023, traditionally a heavy month for post-holiday returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

The expanded program includes three tiers — My Best Buy, My Best Buy Plus and My Best Buy Total — with each offering different benefits, such as members-only pricing and deals, access to exclusive sales and events, tech support, product protection, free shipping and more.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 1, 2022

Small businesses in California have been recently reminded of the July 27, 2022, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by the pipeline oil spill in Orange County that began October 2, 2021. The damage was likely caused by one or more ship anchors catching on the pipe and dragging it along the sea bed.

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