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 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. Half of all shoppers (53%) live in a location that makes home pickup easy, but there’s a stark generational divide.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

The top navigation panel and top-of-page filters also have been improved to include redesigned drop-down menus, so the experience is more intuitive. All delivery and shipping options also are now located in one convenient place, so shoppers can update their shipping locations and find their preferred delivery methods.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Saks has partnered with TerraCycle to launch the Saks Beauty Recycling program, which will let shoppers send in empty beauty containers through Saks.com or drop them at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores across the U.S. to give them a second life. The waste will be sorted by composition, (e.g. The waste will be sorted by composition, (e.g.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 16, 2025

With over 2500 locations nationwide, this innovation is designed to enhance convenience and customer experience for e-commerce returns. The traditional returns process often involves finding packaging, printing labels and finding a suitable time to drop off the return a time-consuming and inconvenient process for consumers.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

Retailers face mounting expenses throughout supply chains, from manufacturing to shipping fees. Many costs are avoided by digital shops, including multiple locations, large staff teams, and high utility bills. When shipping costs triple and currency values fluctuate dramatically, a $2 manufacturing savings in Vietnam vanishes.

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Retail Gazette

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Eligible Amazon orders will now be able to be collected at most of the supermarket’s stores across the UK, with more locations set to be added across the coming months. The scheme also slashes the need for additional shipping boxes, with shoppers able to turn the item in the original manufacturer’s packaging. as sales fell 5.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Consider the traditional returns process: Look up the merchant’s return policy, find the receipt, request return authorization, print a shipping label, repackage the item, drop it off at a carrier, wait days for confirmation that it was received, and finally, wait even longer to receive a refund minus a returns shipping fee.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

Consumers can attach prepaid shipping labels to their returns or send a shipping QR code directly to their “Dasher” via the DoorDash app. Dashers will send confirmation photos to consumers when they drop off the items at the designated store. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Consumers are currently more willing to pay for fast shipping and are more tolerant with slower delivery, given the prevalence of shipping delays throughout the pandemic and through the holidays. 57% of BOXpoll respondents opting for free shipping consider delivery in five days to be either ‘fast’ or ‘acceptable.’ on average.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It was no longer enough to route orders to a handful of DCs and drop ship vendors. The digital channel typically had one or more dedicated facilities, which ironically were often planned and managed like an individual additional brick-and-mortar location. Checking inventory in a local store but not placing an order?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Customers can schedule returns via the new Carrier Pickup by FedEx service for products that have been shipped and sold by Walmart.com, using either the website or the Walmart app. Customers without access to a printer at home can choose the “Drop off at FedEx” return method.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2022

The updated Dynamics 365 Intelligent Order Management tool is designed to help brands access new information and capabilities to better fulfill, ship and service customer orders.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Consumers can now drop off damaged or outdated toys of any brand at any of the 40 Toyworld locations nationwide – or ship them directly to TerraCycle. There are certain types of toys that cannot be dropped off for recycling, however. These items include books, playdough and slime, pens, pencils, crayons, and big toys.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Since consumers must schedule appointments for the test kits, retailers have control over the number of tests that can be picked up and dropped off each day, and the volume of testing can change over time. Thanks to HHS, the retailer can be compensated for each completed test that is distributed at their retail stores.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Smarter Shipping Options Transport is a large component of the ecommerce footprint. They require extra effort from customers, cost companies return shipping fees and increase the returned item’s carbon footprint. Their data can also highlight areas for improvement and new initiatives.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2023

RFID is the killer app for this for most products, and this can be augmented by the use of computervision.” Adoption also is rising because prices are dropping. In 2021, the average cost of an RFID tag was four cents , down 80% from 2011, according to McKinsey. As a result, IDTechEx expects 39.3

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Inside Retail

MAY 27, 2024

First, they assess the security and simplicity of your shipping page. This could include convenient drop-off locations, instructions for leaving parcels behind, more delivery speeds, or even support for handling bulky items. Then, they weigh up whether you offer the best options for delivery. It all adds up.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

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. As a result, 78% of Americans will live within 10 miles of a Return Bar.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2021

Ecommerce retailers are looking for ways to minimize the bottom line impact of returns — some even forgoing recovering the product to save on shipping costs. Their most common complaint was centered around retailers not including a return label in the shipping box. Does anyone actually like returns?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Last week, the Detroit-based company launched Xpress Ship, a new feature that shortens the shipping time for verified items to three business days. Under the Xpress Ship program, products are sent to an authentication centre, where they go through a multi-step verification process.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2024

While more than half ( 54% ) of retailers responding to the 2023 Omnichannel and Fulfillment Benchmark Report said active physical stores are the final locations for inventory prior to delivery, retailers are increasingly using third-party services to handle the actual mechanics of picking, packing and delivering items to consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

Mislabeled stock can snowball into a customer service dilemma — with wrong items shipping out to buying customers. Identify Software Solutions A real-time inventory management system will allow you to have increased inventory visibility and get in-the-moment details about stock availability, location and labeling.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

This can include options like in-store returns for online purchases, box-free returns at specific drop-off locations or even home pickup services; Simplify the returns process: U.S. Drawbacks to offering free returns include increased costs for your company via returns processing, shipping, handling and restocking.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In 2019, NMG joined forces with handbag and accessories reseller Fashionphile to roll out an integrated circularity program that included the debut of six Fashionphile locations inside Neiman Marcus stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Data also can help retailers make the most of whatever inventory they already have in warehouses as shipping capacity becomes more limited during the busy season. Improve the process with dedicated people and dedicated in-store locations that don’t interfere with in-store shoppers,” said Driscoll.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

In addition, grocers will use robotic MFCs (microfulfillment centers) to pick and pack their goods from the store locations. Specific robotic use cases will continue to be redefined as the cost of manufacturing drops and the reliability and capabilities of the technology improve.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2021

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. In November and December, Adobe Analytics reported that online shopping grew 32.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2021

Location, Location, Location. While many customers will have purchases shipped directly to their homes this year, brick-and-mortar stores have rolled out their own solutions that may impact the way we approach the 2021 holidays. Tracking location data along with customer data can help stores better prepare for 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

The partnership was forged to help retailers better manage their shipping and logistics and allow them to offer an improved last-mile delivery experience. The integration will give Adobe merchants access to FedEx post-purchase logistics intelligence that can help them drive demand, reduce cost and gain customer insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2020

More than 200 in-person return drop-off locations are operating again at retailers including Paper Source and Cost Plus World Market. Instead of handing returned items to store associates for processing, shoppers now bag items themselves, depositing the sealed bags into Happy Returns reusable totes for aggregated shipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Designing a photoshoot for a furniture collection is typically an expensive, logistics-heavy procedure that involves months spent coordinating teams of people, products and locations. The platform lets creators drag and drop the pieces throughout the space to get the exact look they want, and the creators also can switch between view modes.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

The team in Florida, looking for ways to expedite the expansion, was toying with the idea of using shipping containers as temporary shopping venues while parts of the expansion were being built out. And voila, a solution to Lazenby’s pop-up dilemma! ACCESS Pop-Up center courtyard at night.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

This holiday season, with stores fully operational once again, we’ll see consumers gravitate to physical locations in even greater numbers. For example, store associates should get measured on fulfillment metrics if they are picking and shipping. 5: Retailers will Test NFT Drops.

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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. Return Meets the Resale Economy.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2021

The hub will be a model for other Tanger Outlet locations in the future. 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.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2023

Apps that allow shoppers to preview and locate in-store inventory, do virtual try-ons, identify sales and cash in on personalized promotions and rewards are popular. Customers can try on and test apparel under these simulated conditions (no sales inventory is available on-site), and then purchases are shipped directly to their homes.

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