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GoTo and Alibaba lead the charge in Asia-Pacific’s booming retail market

Inside Retail

Marketplaces like SSG.COM and Naver Shopping in South Korea are elevating customer experiences through premium product assortments and improved delivery options, respectively. He went on to say that adoption and implementation would vary across retailers, markets and product categories.

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Has Amazon Marketplace Become a ‘Company Town’?

Retail TouchPoints

With our Editor’s Perspectives column, you’ll get insights and opinions from the Retail TouchPoints editorial team as they dig into the latest trends in retail, marketing and tech. Indeed, retail is one of the least consolidated industries in the U.S. Even in the marketplace segment, Amazon isn’t a monopoly.

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Building a great customer experience in hardware retail

I Vend

This newly reinvigorated passion for hardware retail has translated into increased sales across the sector – a report by The Hardware Connection , quotes one US hardware retailer as saying ‘We finished April up 52% percent and three days May was up over 200% percent, including our largest day since the store opened.’.

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Amazon Appoints Insider as CEO of Worldwide Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Felton has worked for nearly 18 years in Amazon’s retail and operations finance leadership. In 2018, he was appointed VP of Global Customer Fulfillment, and in 2019 began leading the company’s newly organized global delivery services, including global import and export, Amazon Logistics and last mile delivery services.

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Google Drives Into Last Mile Tech Arena

Retail TouchPoints

Google’s management solution appears to be aimed at the small- to mid-sized retailer market, an already hotly contested territory being fought over by Shopify, with its Shopify Fulfillment Network offering two-day delivery and promising smooth returns, and Amazon with its FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) services for its marketplace sellers.

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The Order Fulfillment Process in 2022 and Beyond

Retalon

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 today’s market, putting the right fulfillment system in place gets you a competitive edge.

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Akeneo Named Overall Ventana Research Value Index Leader in Product eXperience Management Research

Retail Focus

Akeneo , the product experience company, is pleased to announce that it has been recognised by Ventana Research , an independent market research and technology advisory services firm, as a Value Index Leader in the 2023 Product Experience Management (PXM) Value Index.