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

OCTOBER 11, 2024

While 7-Eleven is at the forefront of inventive uses for vision AI in the convenience retail market, we are also observing interest and adoption of vision AI for supermarket retailers for resource reallocation, to mirror each store’s unique ebb and flow of operations and foot traffic throughout the day.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The new year is here; however, the market challenges of 2022 didn’t evaporate with the turning of the calendar. The good news is that retailers can use this time of market instability to double down on their online stores. Drop shipping and print-on-demand are good options for smaller stores to avoid inventory issues.

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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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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Email marketing flows are crucial for crafting a seamless and personalised customer journey. With Klaviyo , an intelligent marketing automation platform, retailers can set up automated email flows triggered by specific customer actions, ensuring timely and relevant communication.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Distance and concerns like shipping complexity become an afterthought, and platforms are increasingly setting a high bar for reputable merchants that can fulfill products in a timely manner. Adding an entire shopping ecosystem on top of social platforms only increases the amount of collected consumer data.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Meanwhile, for merchants that had already built their businesses online before the pandemic, a larger addressable market buoyed most, but created scalability challenges for all (including Amazon). 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 Gazette

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The scheme also slashes the need for additional shipping boxes, with shoppers able to turn the item in the original manufacturer’s packaging. Its market share dropped one percentage point from 13.5% The partnership comes as the supermarket chain’s hold on the grocery sector continues to dip further. as sales fell 5.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Pinduoduo has made its most aggressive move yet into non-Chinese markets with the Sept. Temu’s site shows average shipping times to most of the U.S. Both of Pinduoduo’s larger rivals already have several channels for tapping global markets. While GlobalData forecasts that the Chinese ecommerce market will reach $3.3

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

Tommy Hilfiger customers can generate a prepaid shipping label from tommy.thredup.com , fill any shippable box or bag with women’s and kids’ items from any brand and men’s products from Tommy Hilfiger, then ship the items to ThredUP to be resold. The second drop will reportedly feature one-of-a-kind Tommy Hilfiger archive pieces.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Moreover, customers compliment Supres wide range of payment and flexible shipping options and authority to leave deliveries. However, Osthus said that Humii found an inconsistency as the company advertises free shipping on first orders over $30, its checkout requires spending at least $50.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

“It took us about three weeks from concept to finalizing the apartments, including designing the textiles, rendering the fabric to frame on the furniture, and then using the 3D tech to drop it all in,” said Meganne Wecker, President and Chief Creative Officer at Skyline Furniture in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The killer feature of Walmart+ may be free shipping on orders over $35 , which 35% of respondents cited as the program’s most exciting part. Walmart+ gives the retail giant’s customers a good reason to keep shopping with it during the pandemic, and free shipping could provide an edge as retailers compete over smaller wallets this year.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Moreover, customers compliment Supres wide range of payment and flexible shipping options and authority to leave deliveries. However, Osthus said that Humii found an inconsistency as the company advertises free shipping on first orders over $30, its checkout requires spending at least $50.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The news comes just a few weeks after Netflix announced that after 25 years it had shipped its last physical DVD. The market for physical DVDs has been dropping precipitously with the growth of streaming services. That leaves mega-retailers Walmart, Amazon and Target as the last major retailers still offering these products.

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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. Doing extensive online research, and then opting for the speed of curbside pickup over ship to address? The picture gets even blurrier when you try to define what exactly constitutes a digital transaction.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve.

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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

MAY 2, 2022

Much of this impact comes from shipping and warehousing, as well as from operating all those computer servers to facilitate all of those sales. When a consumer returns an item, that’s two legs of shipping — and the concomitant environmental impact — that essentially occurred for naught. Mitigating Returns. pounds per item.

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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. Gonzalo Pascual serves as the International VP of Sales and Marketing at ClearSale.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

The company pointed to faster growth in glasses, lower outbound customer shipping costs as a percent of revenue and improved efficiencies in owned optical laboratories as key drivers for this gross margin improvement. Its marketing focus clearly paid off: the brand saw its active customer base increase 4.5% of revenue, down from 65.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

Results from Retail TouchPoints’ annual Customer Loyalty and Personalization Benchmark Report reaffirm that retailers are focused on building a strong foundation of first-party data to support their supply chain, in-store services, omnichannel marketing and experiential strategies. . Stand Out Beyond Free Shipping .

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As the resale market continues to grow, leading fashion and sneaker reseller StockX is taking steps to improve the process of buying and selling authenticated, pre-owned products online. Last week, the Detroit-based company launched Xpress Ship, a new feature that shortens the shipping time for verified items to three business days.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 25, 2024

The revised FLX Rewards program will include three tiers: Xtra Savings: Members can redeem points ( 100 points per $1 spent) for FLX Cash, providing discounts of $5, $10 or $20 off, and gain access to member-exclusive discounts and offers; Xtra Access: Exclusive member opportunities such as sneaker Launch Reservations that put members first in line (..)

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

During the past five years, as consumer and regulatory pressure has forced manufacturers and retailers shipping goods to deliver sustainable solutions, Ranpak has continued to benefit, its technology deployed by major multinational brands and local e-commerce companies alike in 52 international markets. But this is no longer necessary.

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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. 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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Kohl’s has always been committed to families by providing the product they want at a great value, said Christie Raymond, Chief Marketing Officer of Kohl’s in a statement. Setting a Foundation for Future Growth This is Kohl’s latest effort to right the business ship. and a comparable sales decrease of 5.1%. and 4.8% , respectively.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2024

Reporting directly to Linnartz, Dausch led global brand, marketing, digital engagement and customer experience across all commerce channels. ” Righting the Under Armour Ship Plank has played a central role in the growth and evolution of the Under Armour brand and its products since he founded the company in 1996.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

“Our partnership with Staples US Retail significantly increases the availability of in-person drop-off points for online shoppers and gives retailers a more cost-effective way to manage their reverse logistics.” “Staples is a destination for all things shipping, especially for small businesses and remote workers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2024

While nearly two-thirds ( 65% ) of retailers responding to the 2022 survey had assigned in-store staff to these tasks, that percentage dropped to 56% in 2023. However, they are now being prized for their practical capabilities as well: 38% cited faster, more cost-effective shipping, up from 21% in 2022.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2023

At Redmart, in four years as VP of commercial and marketing, revenue grew from $14 million to $285 million per annum and the platform’s product offer increased 25-fold after the adoption of drop shipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Its current business model is based on owning very little inventory and relying on its suppliers to drop-ship orders to customers. We saw an opportunity to take the things that are good and drop those that aren’t so good, and we wanted to rebrand to accurately describe who we are.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How do these brands turn around these drops so quickly? While you may not be shipping products worldwide, the benefit of an international company is its extensive network of suppliers, sourcing and tools. Additionally, a proven track record of successful products (especially with a quick-turn drop) is essential.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2023

Retailers can no longer turn a blind eye to the reality that today’s increasingly online shoppers are savvier than ever and quick to make snap judgements about brands for as little as delayed shipping. From order placement to shipping notifications, consumers demand regular updates about their orders or returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

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

JUNE 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic brought into sharp focus which retailers were better prepared to weather massive market disruption and which were not. An offering that retailers may want to keep top of mind, especially during this time, is ship-from-store. Erik Morton is SVP, Product and Strategy at CommerceHub.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2022

Helen Marsh, Gift Flick co-founder & CMO, says the aim is to remove the anxiety of ‘shopping before the shipping window cut-off date’ and replace that with a positive, creative new way for consumers to reveal physical gifts through a personalised digital experience. or drop us a line at hello@giftflick.com.au.

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