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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

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.

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ShipStation bolsters Aussie merchants with major platform enhancements

Inside Retail

ShipStation, a global leading provider of shipping software solutions, has announced its continued investment in the Australian market. These enhancements include the introduction of checkout rates, shipping strategies, auto-split, ODBC support and custom labels.

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Turn Tricky Market Conditions into Revenue-Increasing Opportunities

Retail TouchPoints

The new year is here; however, the market challenges of 2022 didn’t evaporate with the turning of the calendar. Supply chain issues, inflation and other economic headwinds that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are still present for merchants. Have a simple checkout process.

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How to transform returns from a costly headache into a profit centre

Inside Retail

For most retailers selling online, returns generate their greatest customer service challenges and inevitably drain profitability. Merchants need to anticipate their customers’ expectations – offering options for pickup, drop off, boxless labeless returns – and identify ways to consolidate and reduce costs.”

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How to transform returns from a costly headache into a profit centre

Inside Retail

For most retailers selling online, returns generate their greatest customer service challenges and inevitably drain profitability. Merchants need to anticipate their customers’ expectations – offering options for pickup, drop off, boxless labeless returns – and identify ways to consolidate and reduce costs.”

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

Retail TouchPoints

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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Six Things the Consumer of 2021 Really Wants

Retail TouchPoints

In 2020, more than any year since the advent of online and mobile commerce, consumers lost a sense of control. 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).

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