Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2024

Now, Sephora is a clear leader in omnichannel execution — and fulfillment has become a key differentiator in the brand experience. To achieve that goal, fulfillment has to be embedded into other functional discussion areas, such as marketing and merchandising. “We The retailer even ran a flash shipping program as early as 2015.

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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

MARCH 10, 2021

Fulfillment was a key driver during the ecommerce-driven final quarter of 2020. Amazon in particular invested more than $60 billion in shipping alone in 2020, helping it maintain blazing fast delivery times, but O’Shea believes its lack of a significant physical store footprint will cause it to lag behind the competition to some degree.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

The early-season surge can be attributed to shoppers’ awareness of potential shipping delays , which also made omnichannel fulfillment a winning solution during that final rush: stores with curbside or in-store pickup options captured 62% of global sales during the Dec. 18 and Dec. 18-31 window. “In

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

Ecommerce, along with other digital channels, took center stage as new shopping habits formed and expectations drastically shifted. While we won’t be traveling in flying cars to our favorite stores anytime soon, we’re still on the fast track to a transformed shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 26, 2022

A Nielsen IQ Omnichannel Shopping Fundamentals Survey found that 61% of participants would like orders delivered as fast as possible, compared with 39% who indicated they would accept a slower delivery speed. online shoppers expect free two- to three-day shipping.”. Shipping everything via ground, which results in slow delivery times.

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Retail Bound

APRIL 13, 2024

One of the topics that consistently comes up in the retail world is the logistics of shipping. From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. Choose a model that can scale with your growth trajectory.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

Back in the 1950’s his grandfather, Stanley Whitman, decided to open a luxury shopping mall in Florida that would rival Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Taking advantage of the balmy Florida weather, Bal Harbour Shops pioneered the idea of an open-air shopping mall. Matthew Whitman Lazenby and his family have never dreamed small.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 29, 2022

The popularity of online shopping has created enormous opportunities to reach new customers, but this has come at a cost. Exacerbating the situation, these same shops lost $10.30 When customers know they can get their money back easily, they’ll shop confidently with an unfamiliar merchant and spend more.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

Consumers are Split Between Home Pickup and Carrier Drop-off. As a result, drop-off (at a carrier or retail location) became the preferred returns method for 67% of consumers, according to our BOXpoll surveys. The Post Office Increases its Popularity as a Returns Drop-off Destination. consumers love the USPS.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

The deal coincides with the wide launch of CommentSold’s drop shipping capabilities, creating an end-to-end platform for direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales. “I These sites will automatically feature seller-curated drop ship items as ecommerce listings.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The retailer also is currently seeking third-party solution providers in areas including payment processors, order management and shipping and fulfillment. The Michaels Marketplace will be invite-only and aimed at “high-volume sellers of components, tools or craft materials,” according to an announcement on the company’s website.

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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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Inside Retail

APRIL 1, 2025

We sat down with leading retail finance experts from The Reject Shop, Forever New, Taking Shape and Vinomofo to find out. Clinton Cahn, CEO of The Reject Shop, noted that there has been a rise in demand for everyday essential items, whereas its discretionary range showed a drop-off in demand, which affected margins.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. The ease of online shopping also gives consumers the ability to comparison shop more quickly, showing them more options in less time.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

And yet that’s exactly what Amazon is doing with its Ships in Product Packaging (SIPP) program, which, as the name suggests, allows products to ship in their original box or bag without any added Amazon packaging. As a result, in 2022, 11% of packages globally were shipped without Amazon packaging , amounting to millions of deliveries.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

The Fillogic tech-enabled facility will offer a variety of shipping services, including same-day delivery for local residents and one-stop shopping that will allow customers to conveniently drop online returns on-site. Traveling customers visiting from other areas also will be able to easily ship their purchases home.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Discount ecommerce app Wish has teamed up with parcel pickup and drop-off network Pudo to offer customers click-and-collect options at more than 1,200 locations across the U.S. Wish continues to look for an edge over newcomers like Shein and Temu , which now dominate the rankings of top shopping apps in the U.S. and Canada.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. In fact, Salesforce has already predicted that the modest growth of the 2021 holiday shopping season could foreshadow this year , with Q1 data showing a 3% YoY decrease in global digital sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2021

“That is a challenge in itself, but then within just a few short weeks we had COVID and then four weeks later we’re shipping from stores.”. One major early concern was a glitch in the credit card system that caused customers to drop off at the end of their transaction.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The majority (59%) of shoppers say that being able to shop on mobile is important when deciding which brand or retailer to buy from, and mobile sales drove almost half (44%) of all online shopping revenue this holiday season. Drop shipping and print-on-demand are good options for smaller stores to avoid inventory issues.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 17, 2022

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. Unified commerce enables the customer to purchase an item in-store and have it shipped home.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2021

Delivering on Promise and Your Fulfillment Options. At the moment it is hard to accurately determine how much digital sales will drop (if at all), and whether this drop will be more than compensated for by an uptick in in-store sales. Many retailers are struggling to make the plethora of new fulfillment options profitable.

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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. Retailers across the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid the mayhem of the current holiday shopping season, online sellers are frantically working to move products. With more and more consumers turning to social media for their shopping needs, it is likely that social commerce will play a crucial role in the ecommerce market for years to come. 3: Streamline communication with suppliers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 25, 2024

Our enhanced FLX Rewards program represents a significant step in providing a seamless shopping experience for sneaker enthusiasts,” said Mary Dillon, President and CEO of Foot Locker in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Despite having just officially begun, this holiday shopping season already is marked by supply chain disruption, persistent inflation and mixed consumer confidence. Holiday shopping insights from the Adobe Digital Economy Index predict that ecommerce will become even more ubiquitous, with U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2021

In November and December, Adobe Analytics reported that online shopping grew 32.2% This massive increase put significant strains on the supply chain as well as shipping and delivery. By October that number had only dropped to 66% — a clear indication that people were still very much looking to get their orders as soon as possible.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

However, one sustainable investment management firm’s data indicates that ecommerce can generate 17% less greenhouse gas emissions than brick and mortar retail shopping, and other studies report similar ecommerce advantages. Smarter Shipping Options Transport is a large component of the ecommerce footprint.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2022

A lot of new marketplaces have sprung up in the last few years, but even among that now dense crowd, Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) stands out. First and foremost, Simon cares about happy, healthy retailers because those are their tenants,” said Neel Grover, CEO of Shop Premium Outlets in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2020

One of the more jaw-dropping retail statistics of the past few months is the more than 400% increase in Walmart shopping app downloads. They have plenty of room to offer great discounts, and will be more confident about their shipping guarantees as well. People also have more time to comparison shop and have more practice.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Consumer Study , 85% of consumers check a company’s returns policy before even making a purchase when shopping online, and 68% of U.S. Consider offering a printable, pre-paid return shipping label or even a QR code that customers can use at drop-off locations without needing to print anything.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Fellow tech behemoth Meta, formerly known as Facebook, made headlines for its stock’s 27% dive after its Q4 earnings were announced — the biggest single day drop in value in the U.S. stock market’s history. Since 2018 in the U.S.,

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

TikTok Shop has today announced a new partnership with Royal Mail to help merchants of all sizes improve their delivery experience and thrive on the platform. Click & Drop is Royal Mail’s primary shipping solution. It gives them the confidence to order again, and everyone benefits from that growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

When it debuted back in 2010, Wish was the only game in town as far as manufacturer-direct discount shopping apps went. But times have changed dramatically in the 13 intervening years: Temu , which debuted just last September, is now the top shopping app in the U.S., Reducing shopping and shipping friction.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pitney Bowes and PackageHub have debuted a no-box, no-label returns drop-off network at nearly 1,000 locations nationwide, with the promise of hundreds more launching soon. With the launch of this network with our partner PackageHub, we have access to their network of premium drop-off locations across the U.S.”

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Forrester also notes that over the past few years, retailers focused heavily on their ecommerce business and in-store fulfillment; as a result, they found out the hard way that their legacy and outdated technology stack impacted their agility and ability to respond to changing consumer behavior.

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