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Nordstrom Issues Supplier Mandate for RFID Tagging

Retail TouchPoints

RFID-ticketed products are not yet required for drop-ship suppliers. That includes a large percentage of Nordstrom’s merchandise, such as apparel, accessories, home and gift products, baby gear, shoes and some cosmetics.

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How retailers are protecting margins and profits amid economic uncertainty

Inside Retail

Clinton Cahn, CEO of The Reject Shop, noted that there has been a rise in demand for everyday essential items, whereas its discretionary range showed a drop-off in demand, which affected margins. That wasnt helped by shrink in-store, particularly consumables, reaching an all-time high.

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3 Keys to Creating a Successful Third-Party Marketplace: Compete on Your Terms, Not Amazon’s

Retail TouchPoints

The platform launched two months later with vetted sellers across a set of targeted categories including apparel, home, beauty and accessories. Ultimately, retailers are in control of their marketplaces, even if third-party sellers are handling the inventory and fulfillment.

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Inside Mosaic’s pivot from specialty fashion to digital department store

Inside Retail

Keeping costs down with drop-ship. Products are sold and shipped by individual sellers on the marketplace, though the items are seamlessly integrated into Myer’s e-commerce site. “The Retailers have taken different approaches to category expansion.

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The Looming Spike In Returns Abuse

Retail TouchPoints

For example, consumers shopping for apparel and accessories frequently use in-store and online returns and deem these options to be very important (55%). Due to the coronavirus, retailers saw a drop in returns abuse in the early part of 2020, driven primarily by the drop in transactions overall.

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StockX COO on the importance of fast shipping to improve CX, drive growth

Inside Retail

Last week, the Detroit-based company launched Xpress Ship, a new feature that shortens the shipping time for verified items to three business days. Under the Xpress Ship program, products are sent to an authentication centre, where they go through a multi-step verification process. Hence, the name: StockX.

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Wholesale Central Introduces New Amazon FBA Suppliers Category

Independent Retailer

Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service that helps businesses by providing access to Amazon’s logistics network. Businesses send products to Amazon fulfillment centers, and when a customer makes a purchase, Amazon handles all of the receiving, packing, shipping, customer service, and returns for those orders.