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Ecommerce in 2025: How Data Quality Powers Growth and Customer Satisfaction

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, residential delivery surcharges can be managed effectively by tools like Residential Delivery Indicator (RDI), which categorizes addresses to help companies choose the most cost-efficient shipping methods. This seamless data integration reduces costs and enhances customer service, supporting accurate, efficient order delivery.

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Turning Inventory Into Cash: How Retailers Can Thrive In A Post-Pandemic World

Retail TouchPoints

Moreover, many of the ones that have survived do not have the liquidity or credit to fund large orders from their customers, then receive payment 60 days after delivery as they did in the past. His vision for the future of retail and fashion guided the direction and development of NGC’s Andromeda Cloud Platform for digital supply chains.

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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

Retail TouchPoints

Dharmesh Mehta, VP of Worldwide Selling Partner Services at Amazon , is celebrating his 10th anniversary with the company this year, and so he kicked off the fourth annual Amazon Accelerate conference for sellers by comparing the differences between the ecommerce platform today and 10 years ago.

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How Hot Topic and Lamps Plus Mastered Inventory Management and More

Retail TouchPoints

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. They are at the cusp of all things digital, which drives us on everything, from payment options to search — and ultimately, from a merchandising platform standpoint.

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How Enterprise Modernization and Artificial Intelligence are Charting a New Course for the Consumer Industry

Retail TouchPoints

AI-powered solutions specifically created for enterprises, such as watsonx , can aid businesses in creating personalized customer journeys, deliver seamless experiences across platforms and ensure ethical AI application through robust governance and security measures for safeguarding sensitive data. And businesses are taking notice.

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For the pandemic-hit fashion industry, the future is digital

Inside Retail

As global apparel revenues plummeted almost 20 per cent in 2020, e-commerce has emerged as the silver lining of the fashion industry’s challenging year. A sudden influx of new customers can mean a bump in revenue – or a wave of fraud or policy abuse. The bottom line.

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The EDI Advantage for Product Brands Eyeing Big Retail

Retail Bound

In the fast-paced world of supply chain management, efficiency and accuracy are not just goalsthey’re necessities. Understanding EDI and its pivotal role can unlock smoother operations and open doors to some of the world’s biggest retail chains. Enter Electronic Data Interchange, or EDI.