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Shopify’s Double-Edged Sword: Tackling Accounting Complexities with Automation

Retail TouchPoints

Thus, it’s vital for CFOs to fully understand the challenges and potential risks, along with the strategies available for successfully handling Shopify’s accounting complexities. For instance, consider a furniture store with a long fulfillment cycle that may not ship purchased items for months.

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5 ways to save money on shipping

Inside Retail

Shipping is ideally the last interaction we have with customers. There are a lot of options out there to create a more fine-tuned shipping strategy, while also saving money. Here’s five ways from ShipStation Australia to help you save money (and time) when it comes to shipping. Automate your shipping process.

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Amazon Makes Business Accounts Free for Sole Operators

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In its ongoing bid to appeal to small business owners, Amazon is making business accounts free for sole operators who already have a personal Prime membership. The price of other Amazon Business account tiers will remain the same. “ We’re very focused Amazon-wide on being an ally of the small business customer.

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In 2025, Changing Consumer Demand will Reshape the Supply Chain

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Not only do these technologies improve throughput in most cases; they also enable greater flexibility in meeting expectations related to fast shipping and free returns. Third-party grocery delivery accounted for the bulk of these sales (46%), although pickup orders (40%) and ship-to-home channels (14%) also saw significant growth.

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How to reduce shipping costs with right-sized packaging

Inside Retail

Making a good impression on customers today means delivering a package that protects products, is easily recycled, and is right-sized, matching exterior packaging to the size of the objects being shipped. Reduce dim weight costs When considering how to reduce shipping costs, it’s common to start by thinking about materials.

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Adopting a Holistic Security Mindset for Ecommerce

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Because a problem in one area of your business can cause security or fraud issues in another, it can be helpful to take an end-to-end look at your security and fraud prevention practices to identify gaps and make improvements. Audit the data you share with suppliers to ensure youre not putting sensitive customer data at risk.

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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

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Online shopping is now easier than ever before, enabling consumers to purchase everything from socks to a dining room table from a computer at their home to a mobile phone in an airport terminal. billion in 2023 — accounting for 8.5% As it turns out, this is quite an expensive problem to solve. of total retail sales.

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