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Amazon Australia will now service New Zealand customers as well

Inside Retail

While the online marketplace launched in Australia in 2017, Kiwis have long needed to purchase goods from the US marketplace, according to the business, and will now be able to access faster delivery times from Australia’s warehouses. The post Amazon Australia will now service New Zealand customers as well appeared first on Inside Retail.

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What retailers can learn from Target US about doing their own deliveries

Inside Retail

US department store chain Target is testing a new fulfilment method that promises to speed up the delivery of online orders by using its own delivery drivers from Shipt, a same-day delivery platform the retailer acquired for US$550 million in 2017. For years, Target has put our stores at the center of how we serve our guests.

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Convenience and Reliability Trump Speed in Digital Grocery, and Here’s How to Deliver Them

Retail TouchPoints

Reliability is an important aspect of any ecommerce transaction — no one likes shipping delays or out-of-stock messages — but digital grocery is where this consideration becomes truly paramount. The two methods, delivery and pickup, serve two different markets, and there’s very little overlap between them.

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Whole Foods Adds $10 Fee to Amazon Prime Members’ Deliveries

Retail TouchPoints

The retailer instated the delivery fees to avoid raising prices of the groceries themselves, starting with pilots in six markets during the summer of 2021: Portland, Maine; Providence, R.I.; Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 and introduced a free two-hour delivery option in 2018 as it steadily expanded the grocer’s delivery footprint. “I

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Although the trend towards omnichannel fulfillment is not new, the pandemic changed many retailers’ business models almost overnight, and these changes are not going away. What is omnichannel order fulfillment in retail?

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Exclusive Q&A: Can Anything Slow the Amazon Behemoth?

Retail TouchPoints

In fact, according to Robin Gaster, PhD, author of the forthcoming book Behemoth, Amazon Rising , Amazon’s share of the total ecommerce market could reach as high as 60% to 65% during the coming decade. But why would Amazon be better than IKEA at shipping furniture around? That’s the model to manage the big quasi-monopolies in tech.

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How Streamlining Digital Checkout Boosted Polywood Conversions Nearly 50%

Retail TouchPoints

In 2017, Polywood had a great product sustainability story (its outdoor furniture is made from 100% recycled plastic and comes with a 20-year guarantee) and a solid launching pad for direct-to-consumer sales (a 27 -year history of selling through big box, home improvement and specialty patio stores). It was an involved, intense process.

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