Consumer, Fulfillment and Merchandise Store

What the metaverse means for retail and consumer goods

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

At Microsoft, we break down the metaverse i nto three strategies: consumer, enterprise, and industrial. Consumer metaverse. Immersive shopping experiences brought to life through digital products, interactive content, and store-associate interaction. Augmented Store Experiences. Identifying opportunities for retailers .

Consumer

Consumer Store Layout Merchandise Store Fulfillment

Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How are the increasing demands for fast fulfillment affecting supply chains? In general, when you’re trying to speed up delivery and still provide a wide assortment of products, that puts the burden largely on inventory, and getting that inventory positioned close to the end consumer.

Returns

Returns Supply Chain Management Fulfillment Customer Experience

Non-Alcoholic Brand Boisson Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Closes all Stores

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2024

While this is certainly disappointing, taking these actions will allow the company the opportunity to put forth a restructuring plan aimed to focus on the wholesale distribution and ecommerce divisions, which continue to operate, accepting and fulfilling orders without interruption.”

Wholesale

Wholesale Fulfillment Planning Location

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The Evolving Retailers Fulfillment Strategy: Meeting Demands with Agility

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

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This has never been more apparent than now, as consumers look to elevate their in-store shopping experiences and expect the same versatility and ease that they have obtained with modern omnichannel retail. Vision AI is becoming more central to creating that retail experience consumers desire.

Advertising

Advertising Drop-Shipping Checkout Supermarket

Getting to Grips with Gen Z

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2024

Gen Z consumers are neither easy to define nor predictable in their shopping habits. The consumer cohort born between 1996 or 1997 and 2010 and 2020 (there is no complete agreement here) is hard to read and reach because they are a product of the world they have been born into, one where change is constant, frequent and often unexpected.

Consumer

Consumer Department Stores Merchandise Store Advertising

In the Wake of ‘Returnageddon’ Retailers Seek New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. More Online Sales Means More Returns. Retailers across the U.S.

Returns

Returns Merchant Services Drop-Shipping Consumer

Challenges Faced by Emerging Brands in the Retail Industry

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This accessibility has historically allowed emerging brands to scale their businesses, gain widespread distribution and seamlessly find their way into consumers’ hands. Retailers can more easily demonstrate to buyers that these brands can drive net new consumers to their categories.

Marketing

Marketing Consumer Fulfillment Accounting

Challenges Faced by Emerging Brands in the Retail Industry

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This accessibility has historically allowed emerging brands to scale their businesses, gain widespread distribution and seamlessly find their way into consumers’ hands. Retailers can more easily demonstrate to buyers that these brands can drive net new consumers to their categories.

Marketing

Marketing Consumer Fulfillment Accounting

How Technology is Supporting the Era of ‘Value’ and ‘Values’

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

Faced with an endless number of brands, product options and channels to shop through, consumers are looking for the perfect combination of “value” and “values.” But consumers aren’t just buying items online and having them shipped to the house.

Consumer

Consumer Shipping Management Merchandise Store

How Retail Tech Solutions Address Stadium Concessions Gripes

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

Through AI and other technologies, customers in grocery stores, clothing outlets and other convenience-style shops no longer need to wait in line to check out. consumers ages 15-69 anticipate going to a show in 2024, a jump from the 36% who attended one in 2023. And it’s not just helping consumers.

Checkout

Checkout Customer Experience Merchandise Store Consumer

Q1 Results: Walmart, Target Lean on Groceries as Discretionary Spending Declines in Early 2023

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

We’re seeing in these economic indicators that there is some strain on the consumer, but the resilience has surprised us,” said John David Rainey, CFO at Walmart in an interview with CNBC. One area where Target made significant progress was cutting back on excess merchandise. Comparable digital sales fell 3.4%

Fulfillment

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Saving Shoppers from the Sea of Sameness

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2021

How are consumers rating your product? Have you made it easy for them to share with customers what makes your brand stand apart, and how it will solve the customer’s problem or fulfill their need? But how do we share this unique innovation with consumers so that they truly understand how it benefits them?

Customer Experience

Customer Experience Fulfillment Consumer Marketing

Forrester Forecast: Online’s Share of U.S. Sales to Top 29% by 2029

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Nearly three of every 10 purchases by American consumers will be made online as the end of this decade nears, according to projections from Forrester in its U.S. BOPIS sales got a huge boost from the COVID era and have remained popular for many consumers even as the pandemic has faded. Online Retail Forecast, 2024 to 2029.

Consumer

Consumer Apparel Accounting Marketing

‘Retail is a combination of creativity and analytics’: H&M’s Linda Li

Inside Retail

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Since joining H&M in 2014, Li has worked her way through several different roles at the Swedish-born accessories and apparel brand, including merchandising, store development and e-commerce, to her job as head of customer activation and marketing for H&M Americas.

Fashion

Fashion Accessories Merchandise Store Apparel

The Waste Management Challenge of the Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2025

Additionally, consumers are increasingly paying attention to these efforts and want to support brands that align with their values. Whether its reducing landfill contributions, cutting emissions or finding ways to reuse unsold inventory, the way waste is handled matters for your business and the planet.

Management

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What the metaverse means for retail and consumer goods

Can Nearshoring Prevent the Next Supply Chain Crisis?

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Non-Alcoholic Brand Boisson Files for Bankruptcy Protection, Closes all Stores

Webinars

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

Getting to Grips with Gen Z

In the Wake of ‘Returnageddon’ Retailers Seek New Solutions to an Age-Old Problem

Challenges Faced by Emerging Brands in the Retail Industry

Challenges Faced by Emerging Brands in the Retail Industry

How Technology is Supporting the Era of ‘Value’ and ‘Values’

How Retail Tech Solutions Address Stadium Concessions Gripes

Q1 Results: Walmart, Target Lean on Groceries as Discretionary Spending Declines in Early 2023

Saving Shoppers from the Sea of Sameness

Forrester Forecast: Online’s Share of U.S. Sales to Top 29% by 2029

‘Retail is a combination of creativity and analytics’: H&M’s Linda Li

The Waste Management Challenge of the Holiday Season

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