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Low Prices, Slow Deliveries: Amazon Beta Launches ‘Haul’ Ecommerce Site

Retail TouchPoints

Seeking to compete with ultra-low-price sites such as Shein and Temu , Amazon has introduced Amazon Haul , featuring maximum prices of $20 and one- to two-week shipping times. Amazon Haul has its own search, cart and checkout separate from Amazon’s. It will be available to U.S.

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Ulta Partners with Happy Returns to Add Service to 1,300 Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Ulta Beauty is partnering with Happy Returns to add Return Bar services to 1,300 brick-and-mortar locations. Through this partnership, Ulta and Happy Returns will increase the total number of Return Bar locations to more than 5,000 by the end of 2022.

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

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This means that it’s not enough for products to be delivered quickly – customers also want to know that if those items aren’t quite what they expected, they can be returned just as quickly and easily. According to Insider , total retail returns were projected to grow 2.2% As it turns out, this is quite an expensive problem to solve.

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

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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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Is unified commerce the new holy grail?

Inside Retail

It connects, on a centralised and measurable platform, several touchpoints and interactions a customer has with the brand or business: payments, rewards, inventory, delivery options, product return, supply chain, fulfilment options, and more. Buy online, return in-store. No more lines at checkouts. Endless aisle.

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Shein’s Latest Pop-Up in Vancouver will Focus on Circularity Efforts

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Products in the line are produced with a minimum of 30% of preferred materials, such as recycled polyester, forest-safe viscose or rescued deadstock, manufactured by suppliers with high social compliance verified through third-party audits and shipped with more sustainable or recycled packaging. including a sold-out event in San Francisco.

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Turn Tricky Market Conditions into Revenue-Increasing Opportunities

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Have a simple checkout process. Powerful marketing initiatives and detailed product pages don’t mean anything if the buyer bails because the checkout process is too complicated. Simple and easy checkout processes are needed to seal the deal. In fact, that’s the reason one out of every five shoppers abandon their carts.