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Why UK Retailers Should Save Some of Their Christmas Marketing Spend for Chinese New Year

Retail TouchPoints

But their return to our shores after the pandemic has been far slower than Americans’ — flight bookings are down around 50% of pre-pandemic levels. This means that marketing spend aimed at these high-spending visitors over Christmas is likely to get less return than usual.

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Why retail media has become the next big tool in performance marketing

Inside Retail

Townsend says forward-thinking retailers today are looking for much more than a list of services and a price list: they are looking at transparent working relationships with suppliers so that both parties can see the returns on the money they are investing. Embrace the opportunity.

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Mejuri Leverages Real-Time Profitability Data to Inform Decision-Making

Retail TouchPoints

The computations incorporate the net costs of discounts, returns, landed COGS, acquisition and retention marketing spend, and fulfillment and delivery. The technology groups variable cost and profitability data by customer in order to track shopper-specific contribution margins to customer lifetime value (CLV).

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For Better Customer Experience, Make Your Website Easier to Search

Retail TouchPoints

In ClearSale’s most recent global survey of ecommerce consumer attitudes, 76% said they’re more likely to make a purchase from sites with accurate search and plenty of useful filtering options, and 78% said those elements make them more likely to return to that site or become a regular customer.

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Why retailers are moving their ad spending into in-store digital assets

Inside Retail

In the past, digital signage has very much been ‘let’s put a TV here and some LED here’ but those days are over,” adds Natalie Layton, Entwined’s key account manager. “It’s Today, there is a growing opportunity around connecting the in-store retail media piece of the broader marketing puzzle, continues Hanns.

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How Ecommerce Retailers Can Prepare Now for Back-to-School 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Last year, the average family with K-12 students spent $848 on return to school items, while families of college students spent an average of $1,200, according to the National Retail Federation. Another easy step: Drop account creation requirements and allow guest checkout. Take Steps Now to Prevent Back-to-School False Declines.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

Europe should continue to be a strategically important region for Wish as our European customer base accounted for nearly half of the core marketplace revenue in Q2,” said Yan. While Wish doesn’t share GMV breakdowns by category, Liu said that these four categories account for more than 50% of GMV on the platform.