Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2020

How retailers handle this kind of volume and create a great customer experience, while dealing with the new retail realities of contactless pickup caused by COVID, will determine their level of success in the future. BOPIS Fulfillment Options. How retailers fulfill BOPIS is the hot topic.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By my recollection, the world of flexible fulfillment hit an inflection point about 15 years ago. It was at that point that putting the technology and operations in place to fulfill from an increasingly complex supply chain network embarked upon its next frontier. Let’s start with demand forecasting and inventory deployment.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Location-Powered Experiences Drive Results. Leading retailers have addressed these challenges head-on by adopting new technology such as location infrastructure. Retailers use location to deliver stellar experiences for customers through their brand’s mobile app. Offer rapid turnaround for on-premise orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

To understand why, we have to delve into the evolution of order fulfillment. Traditionally, when customers ordered products or goods online, they were shipped to their house. BOPIS is great but smart people got together and figured out different ways to do online order fulfillment. What are Smart Lockers?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Labor shortages, stressed supply chains and a major emphasis on ecommerce have turned fulfillment into one of the biggest challenges retailers will face in the 2021 holiday season. With so much at stake, retailers must get fulfillment right or risk being left behind. Store-Based Fulfillment Is Key, but the Right Tools Must Be in Place.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Walmart , which had announced plans to open four next-generation fulfillment centers in June 2022 , will build a fifth location scheduled to open in 2026 in Stockton, Calif. The 900,000-square-foot facility will help Walmart fulfill online orders for West Coast customers more quickly and efficiently. “In in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2024

For example, apps with both associate-facing and customer-facing user interfaces [UIs] allow associates to support the customer’s own research and also facilitate transactions, including endless aisle capabilities and ship-from-store.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

In an era of fierce competition to attract consumers’ tightening budgets, customer experience has become the key edge retailers can deploy to stand above the competition. Physical stores allow retailers to evaluate customer interactions, collect their sentiments for market research, and study touchpoints in their shopping journey.” “It

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. Additionally, 66% of retail executives who responded to design:retail’s survey indicated that they spent time and capital updating the fronts of their stores to accommodate in-store pickup experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

Ikea stores, long known as warehouse-sized selling spaces scented with the wafting aroma of Swedish meatballs, have been shrinking and changing functions in recent months — including taking a bigger role in last mile fulfillment. This allowed us to really look into where people are and where they feel it’s convenient to be.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Macy’s plans to close 150 underproductive nameplate stores — approximately 50 this year alone — and continue its expansion of smaller-format stores as it prioritizes investment in about 350 go-forward locations. The third pillar of the new strategy will be simplifying and modernizing end-to-end operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. Even Amazon , the trendsetter in fast fulfillment, isn’t immune to higher labor costs. in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2021

is deploying a new order management system (OMS) as the home décor retailer seeks to offer a more modern omnichannel customer experience and improve in-store fulfillment. The retailer partnered with Manhattan Associates to implement its Manhattan Active Omni OMS to level up its sales, service and fulfillment operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Mall operator Simon is launching a program that will allow consumers to quickly drop off returns from approximately two dozen brands at participating locations. Simon has partnered with Narvar to offer the carrier-agnostic service. With this Simon partnership, Narvar has extended its returns drop-off network to nearly 80,000.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To better serve a growing legion of West Coast customers, Tapestry , parent company of brands including Coach and Kate Spade , opened its 788,000-square-foot North Las Vegas Fulfillment Center in November. Tapestry already operates a fulfillment center serving the East Coast located in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

Lore himself even added $100 million to the funding pot to support Wonder’s top three priorities: Physical expansion: The company plans to reach 35 physical locations by the end of 2024 and 90 by the end of 2025. At the top of the list are two new food hall storefronts in Teterboro and Ledgewood, N.J.,

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2024

The branded showcase, located at the Shops at Mission Viejo in Orange County, Calif., will have dedicated store associates on hand to provide customers with personalized assistance. Eyebuydirect has made its first foray into physical-world retailing with a 140-square-foot kiosk featuring a pared-down assortment of 400 pairs of glasses.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

The idea of transforming malls into “mixed use” gathering spots has become popular, but an aerial view of these complexes provides an interesting perspective on another potential evolutionary path for the mall: as a fulfillment center. “ All those back-of-house loading docks are just perfect for fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 8, 2024

Goodwill Keystone Area has partnered with Reworld to offer no-cost electronics recycling at its 42 stores and donation center sites located across 22 central and southeastern Pennsylvania counties.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Inside H&M ’s new store in NYC’s SoHo neighborhood, the fast fashion retailer has nested a shop-in-shop featuring curated secondhand pieces — the brand’s first resale location in North America. To celebrate the debut, beginning Feb.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

To meet these demands and elevate its fulfilment strategy, Freedom partnered with Shippit , ANZ’s leading commerce delivery platform, and Fluent Commerce’s Distributed Order Management System (OMS), Fluent Order Management. Shippit has allowed us to be more agile in our fulfilment, especially in New Zealand,” said Rich.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

“We see the value Carrot Tags offer as they help Instacart shoppers to be more independent when fulfilling online orders, allowing our associates to focus on store operations and providing excellent customer service,” said Scott Patton, VP at Aldi in a statement. locations in August 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

For example, during the pandemic’s peak, Build-A-Bear Workshop successfully evolved its brick-and-mortar business to offer more flexible and efficient fulfillment services so it could capitalize on surging ecommerce demand. We love the feedback that says ‘Hey, I was able to do this.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In internal fulfillment, the business handles the complete process of storing, packing and shipping. The company must have a warehouse to keep its inventory, and a logistics team to manage the goods for storing, ordering and shipping directly to stores/distributors or customers. Each option has its benefits and disadvantages.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2023

The first is the shift away from sprawling warehouses and distribution centers and toward smaller, strategically located microfulfillment centers (MFCs). The company that perfected a global fulfillment network with massive warehouses at its core is now rethinking its approach. The extra dimension can increase throughput by up to 400%.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2024

The VIP Suite, which is expected to open later in 2024 in the center’s luxury wing, The Adirondacks District, also will host private events and offer personalized service and curated customer experiences. Woodbury Common, located in New York’s Hudson Valley, draws more than 10 million shoppers annually.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In today’s competitive market, it is vital that brands can deliver to customers on time and safeguard their promise of exemplary customer service. Ecommerce Customer Service Options The competition between brick-and-mortar stores and ecommerce remains fierce across all industries, and sneakers and sportswear are no different.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The first wave of ecommerce was mostly about price, while the second wave is all about the customer experience. Does your order fulfillment strategy live up to your customers’ expectations? So what exactly contributes to a positive delivery experience? Speeding up of order processing and fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How are the increasing demands for fast fulfillment affecting supply chains? That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. What you offer [in terms of fast fulfillment], and to whom, is very important.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 26, 2024

Increasing customer retention rates by as little as 5 per cent can result in 25-95 per cent more profit for your business. You can increase customer retention by creating loyalty programs, improving the customer experience, offering personalised services or promotions, or simply focusing on improving product range or quality.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. comparable sales growth and growing market share in grocery during Q4 2021, and much of this success can be attributed to its robust last mile and fulfillment strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

They need to keep track of what’s new, what’s unique to their location and what just went on sale. Associates have to be omnichannel fulfillment specialists. the fulfillment scenarios really are endless. Ability to sell even when offline Want to REALLY stress out your employees and frustrate your customers?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

looked for a partner when it opened its first physical location in May. We’ve always wanted to test out a retail location. Two Data Sets Together Determine the Perfect Store Location Leap worked with Collars & Co. The location was in a city where Collars & Co.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2024

As soon as the driver starts their route, consumers will receive a live estimated time of arrival (ETA) based on various data points, including the total number of orders the driver is fulfilling as well as their real-time location on the route.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2023

Walmart ’s latest sustainability initiatives combine changes to its fulfillment processes as well as customer-facing options for reducing waste, including allowing online shoppers to opt out of plastic bags for store pickup orders and to request consolidation of multiple items into fewer boxes. in a statement. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Radar , a technology company that provides a platform to support in-store inventory accuracy and location, has secured $30 million in a Series A funding round led by returning investor Align Ventures, along with The Ferrante Group, Future Archives and RX Ventures, which is the venture capital arm of South American retailer Lojas Renner.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

By allowing customers to collect their packages from local Access Point locations, like UPS Stores or CVS, these services reduce the risk of theft and offer added convenience. This shift in consumer preference is not just a reaction to the current epidemic of porch piracy, but also a proactive measure to protect their purchases.

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