Consumer Markdowns Merchant Services Shipping 
Retail TouchPoints
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
At the same time, many retailers are reporting higher and higher shipping costs, which are affecting profits on their balance sheets. According to a recent survey , 38% of retailers are worried about meeting consumers’ fast delivery expectations. Today, retailers are finding that too many dials makes the process unmanageable.
Retail TouchPoints
JUNE 26, 2023
Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Who doesn’t want that? alongside a large QR code.
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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 fact, the best order fulfillment processes become sources of revenue, profit, and even customer loyalty.
Independent Retailer
AUGUST 19, 2022
“The classic thing that happens when consumers see price increases is they tend to mainly buy things and stock them for a longer amount of time because they start to understand that they will pay more tomorrow than they will today.” That means consumers are more likely to buy gadgets, or toys early, especially when they are discounted.
Retail Minded
AUGUST 27, 2022
Locked down consumers, desperate for a. Locked down consumers, desperate for a. Stockouts were disastrous for retailers during the pandemic – up by 250% (Adobe, 2021) – and with 37% of consumers saying they’d simply shop elsewhere if they couldn’t find what. inventory’ by making additional markdowns across the board.
Indigo 9 Digital
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
It was easy for Forever 21 to capture the hearts and minds of young consumers looking for trendy apparel. Shein is vertically integrated allowing it to go from design to shipping in as little as three days. While many argue Forever 21’s demise is due to a more socially conscious consumer fast fashion retailers are as popular as ever.
Retail TouchPoints
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns. Richard Maicki. Keith Jelinek.
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