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Navigating the new normal in retail shipping: Insights from Shippit’s new report

Inside Retail

As economic pressures persist and competition increases, customer expectations for shipping and delivery grow. Shippit’s latest State of Shipping Report for 2024 offers a comprehensive look into current trends and challenges facing retailers, shedding light on how businesses can adapt and thrive in this dynamic environment.

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Sensing, Not Seeing, with Vision AI as Retail’s Crystal Ball for the Future

Retail TouchPoints

We’re seeing vision AI support across all parts of the retail business, including back of house, in-store advertising and media, store checkout and curbside pickup. What’s Catching a Shoppers Eye In-store advertisements and displays are a prime example of how vision AI can be used in stores.

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Resellers vs. Retailers: How to Handle the Bot Problem

Retail TouchPoints

Occasionally, brands will advertise special releases on items like sneakers or jackets, other times it can be furniture or a once-in-a-lifetime experience like VIP tickets to meet your favorite artist. Last Crumb even drops limited amounts of special-flavored cookies. . How Resellers Use Bots to Their Advantage.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve.

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Three quarters of CMOs surveyed planning to expand direct-to-consumer selling channels into 2023

365 Retail

In addition, they are looking to broaden their use of social channels to include Instagram Checkout and TikTok in equivalent volumes to Amazon, new research shows. Consumer electronics brands are looking to increase their direct-to-consumer selling in 2023, despite the cost of living crisis and reductions in consumer spending.

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Wicked tips for keeping customer loyalty strong this ‘spooky season’

365 Retail

Customers always love a discount, but, with so much competition, incentives need to go further than simple price drops. We know from our recent BFCM research that for 75 per cent of consumers free gifts would influence a purchase, and 80 per cent say that free or discounted shipping would make them more likely to spend.

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12 Best Ecommerce Platforms and Software for Your Online Store

Small Biz Trends

You may look for eCommerce platforms with drag and drop tools, and those with a payment gateway that allow credit card payments. It has a drag and drop interface to easily set up your online store and it comes with a variety of themes that you can customize to suit your needs. Top 12 Ecommerce Software Options for Small Business.