Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

TikTok Shop will now bring shoppable videos and livestreams directly to For You feeds across the country, and give brands, merchants and creators the tools to sell directly through shoppable content on the TikTok app.” Digital Service (USDS). reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 7, 2024

If we can execute every single day and make the experience continually better for our consumers, our merchants, our Dashers and our CPG partners, that will ultimately build a business that will address more and more consumers’ needs. There are many merchants who use DoorDash as well as your competitors. Hannon : Certainly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2024

Additionally, Reshop has partnered with the Narvar post-purchase platform and can be integrated into existing return operations platforms of the 1,400 Narvar merchants. “We For merchants, Reshop can help transform what has historically been a loss into an opportunity to recapture customers and drive additional revenue.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2021

In another sign of the global growth of buy now, pay later services, Zip Co Ltd. Zip already owned a portion of Twisto, and plans to buy the remaining shares for approximately $108.5 Twisto holds a European Payment Institution license, enabling the provision of payment serves across all EU member states, subject to regulatory consents.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

What it didn’t have at that point was a streamlined, intuitive online checkout process — and that quickly became a major hindrance to the company’s DTC expansion plans. “We It was an involved, intense process. Once there’s a certain percentage of fraudulent orders, financial companies [can stop servicing you].”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

marketplace, while CNBC has reported that the company plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of NFTs. The invitation to Indian retailers will initially include only a select number of participants, adding to existing merchants including Delphi Leather India , Mahi Exports , Touchstone Gems & Jewelry and Welspun.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

A few days before reporting Q2 earnings, Wish also announced plans to cut approximately 34% of its workforce, or about 255 employees, in order to “refocus the company’s operations.” Doubling down on merchants outside of China. based merchants, including an electronics reseller with warehouses in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

based Amazon merchants at the end of January. Additionally, Amazon is adding a new feature to the Buy with Prime package that will enable merchants to display ratings and reviews from Amazon customers on their own online stores. The offering was previously only available by invitation.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A new POS system will create a centralized view of inventory for customers and associates, and improved WiFi — coupled with associate mobile POS devices — will help enrich customer service in stores. JCPenney’s “Make it Count” customer strategy and brand proposition is the centerpiece of the turnaround plan.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The pandemic made “supply chain” a commonplace term, and now Amazon wants to make it a commonplace service. It typically involves manufacturing, global and local logistics, storing products in bulk and distribution to multiple sales channels — and then fulfillment and that last-mile delivery that FBA offers.”

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This is creating new challenges for retail operations, including a particular demand for agile merchandise planning and supply-chain processes. Such decisions are not new; however, they are now occurring outside of typical planning cycles and with less data to guide them. Retailers are finding omnichannel fulfilment complex.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

Now, at BigCommerce, she helps merchants grow via integrations to channels such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay and Walmart , a task she says is “like walking among giants.”. As a result, companies had to contemplate, ‘What is my omnichannel strategy? How do I make sure I’m talking to my shoppers wherever they are?’.

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Retail Minded

APRIL 3, 2022

A new study revealed: Social media marketing (32%), e-commerce software (31%), email marketing (29%), retail operations (26%) and online payments (24%) score highly. 63% of US brands plan to increase investment in retail software in 2022. Customer service (28%). Only 1% will decrease their investment. trillion worldwide.

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Inside Retail

MAY 29, 2023

Joined by his management team, McMillon met with suppliers, merchants, grantees, artisans and MSMEs (micro and small to medium enterprises) across the company’s programs, such as Walmart Sourcing, Walmart Vriddhi, Flipkart, PhonePe, Walmart Marketplace, Walmart Global Tech In India and Walmart Foundation.

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Retalon

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Why should retailers care about their Order Fulfillment Process? Order fulfillment may seem like a fairly straightforward process and according to the generic “high-level” definition, it is. In today’s market, putting the right fulfillment system in place gets you a competitive edge.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2023

The company says Quin helps shoppers make better and faster decisions throughout their online or in-store journeys — fulfilling any sophisticated shopping request — ranging from finding available product assortments or recipes that match a whole suite of health- or budget-related constraints — to general health and customer service.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

Also known as pay-over-time or pay-in-4 installment plans, BNPL offers consumers the chance to split up the cost of major purchases directly at the point of sale. Most buy now, pay later offers are interest- and fee-free, unless customers miss a payment. BNPL fulfills a need that previously wasn’t being met,” said Sharp.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

Amazon is continuing to expand its last mile services beyond its own retail ecosystem with the addition of same-day delivery service from a number of leading retailers’ stores, including PacSun , GNC , SuperDry and Diesel. Amazon said it plans to expand to additional retailers and cities around the country in the months ahead.

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Clover - Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2024

READ: How to automate your business in 5 easy steps Plan a staged holiday marketing strategy According to Bankrate’s 2024 Holiday Shopping Survey , almost half of holiday shoppers (48 percent) plan to begin their shopping season before Halloween. You’ll need a marketing strategy in place now to capitalize on every possible sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

Another factor driving the adoption of WMS in ecommerce is the growing trend for retailers to offload online order fulfillment to distribution partners. Those businesses clinging to rudimentary paper-based processes and a belief system that “we’ve always been able to make money doing things this way, why do we need to change?”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

A business model that was only possible with their unparalleled investment in the systems and shipping, fulfillment and supply chain infrastructure to support it. Emphasized in an article from the New York Times Magazine last fall, Shopify’s key to success has been putting the merchant first. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2024

The technological adoption seen during the pandemic will continue , as a majority of small businesses have plans to adopt technology such as AI and chatbots. Post-pandemic, the focus has shifted from managing disruptions to more proactive planning around supply chain resilience. and how can they prepare themselves?

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 6, 2020

DoorDash is taking dark store fulfillment in a new direction with an online delivery service that sells products from its owned and operated local distribution centers. The company says “many more cities” will launch the service in the coming months, including San Diego, Baltimore, Denver, Sacramento and Concord, Calif.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Following in the footsteps of Instagram, which launched its shop in 2020, TikTok has entered the competitive space with its new shop function, enabling merchants, brands and creators to showcase and sell products directly to over 1 billion users through in-feed videos, LIVEs, and the ‘product showcase’ tab. Higher customer expectations .

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Retail Minded

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The behind the scenes battle going on between the two biggest ecommerce platforms in the US – Amazon and Shopify – could have significant implications for merchants. Amazon’s real customer is the end consumer – rather than the merchants that make up its Marketplace business. That moves Shopify into Amazon’s patch.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2024

DoorDash and Wing first teamed up in Australia in 2022 in a partnership that has since expanded to three locations in Queensland with over 60 participating merchants. DoorDash and Wing plan to expand the pilot to other U.S. . — where Wing first launched its U.S. locations later this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2024

Starbucks is rolling out a delivery partnership with Grubhub to select markets in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Illinois this month and plans to expand it to all 50 states by August 2024. Like many of its rival delivery services, Grubhub has been expanding its relationships with retailers in recent months.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Here are the Top 10 predictions retailers should keep in mind as they plan, implement and finalize their holiday strategies. Flexible Payments Will Gain Further Ground. Flexible payments are continuing to gain steam, particularly among younger generations. Let the countdown begin….

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

United Parcel Service (UPS) plans to buy Roadie , a delivery platform supporting local same-day delivery across the country. The Roadie technology platform is purpose-build to connect merchants and consumers with contract drivers to enable efficient and scalable same-day local delivery services nationwide.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces. Mastercard Spending Data Reveals 4 Key Takeaways for Holiday 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2022

Walmart has open positions across multiple segments of the company, including merchants, marketers, pharmacists, optometrists, software engineers, data scientists, distribution, store and club managers. Convenience store retailer Casey’s will host in-person hiring events March 23 and 24 at its more than 2,400 stores to fill 5,000 positions.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Chris DiTullio, Chief Customer Officer, JOANN Stores Category: Marketing/Promotions DiTullio has led the implementation of a new product that allows merchants to simulate different promotion scenarios so that they can see the unit and margin impact, and make a more informed decision on promotion planning.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Technological innovations have optimized and enhanced almost all areas of the retail organization, from marketing to fulfillment, but the process of bringing products to market has been markedly slower to advance. But these legacy processes don’t work as well as they once did, and COVID made that fact hard to ignore. “A

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2021

That’s why properties have focused on perfecting the tenant mix , onboarding a compelling combination of restaurants, entertainment and up-and-coming DTC darlings. Last Mile Services Become a Long-Term Play for Properties. The low-hanging fruit opportunity for mall developers and landlords is to double down on the in-person experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Consumers demand grocers and mass merchants in particular provide these last-mile services, and it’s not without challenges, as over 40% of grocery consumers cite delivery and fulfillment services as key attributes while deciding where to shop in the past year. Embracing sustainable products and practices.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A recent report from the payments and shopping service Klarna found that 34% of shoppers actually plan to spend more on gifts this year than last year, with Gen Z ( 57% ) and millennials ( 53% ) more likely than other age groups to expand their budgets. Stressed Consumers Spread Out Spending with BNPL. said Pandya. “

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Speedy delivery is the name of the game for supermarket retailers all over the world right now, as major chains invest in micro fulfilment centres and explore dark stores in an effort to keep up with customers’ rising expectations during the pandemic. In June, the brand went public on the NASDAQ. How big is Missfresh now?

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