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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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FedEx Aims to Amp Up Convenience with Package-less Returns Program

Retail TouchPoints

Shoppers who purchased items from participating retailers will be able to drop off those they wish to return, with no box or label required, at approximately 2,000 FedEx Office locations. The returned items will then be consolidated with other returns from a variety of retailers to save materials and space.

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Delivery disruption is en route: how can retailers prepare?

A1 Retail

By Elissa Quinby, Senior Director, Retail Marketing at Quantum Metric. Shipping delays significantly impact retailers and consumers, leading to frustrations that can ultimately result in revenue losses and drops in customer retention. Broadening delivery partnerships. Providing real-time alerts.

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Automation: The Driving Force Behind Warehouse Management Growth

Retail TouchPoints

The ever-changing retail market has made automation a necessity. Drones: Leveraging drones for shipping and delivery fulfillment came to attention when Amazon revealed their ‘Octocopter’ in 2013. Hence the undeniable need for robust warehouse management technologies that are future-focused and effortlessly scalable.

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The Order Fulfillment Process in 2022 and Beyond

Retalon

One way retailers seek to optimize shipment is by asking, “can this be consolidated?”. How, when, and where the customer prefers to experience their product fulfillment affects the sourcing and shipping decisions. Worse still, customers will simply go to a competitor, and the retailer will suffer lost sales.

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‘Gen Z wants to see change’: Princess Polly’s journey towards diversity and inclusion

Inside Retail

Customers really love our fast shipping and customer service, where we get a lot of positive feedback. Our mission statement is that we want to be the world’s most innovative customer-focused online retailer and we want to provide quality trend-driven fashion to Gen Z globally. We have great engagement on the [SMS] channel.

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Localisation, livestreaming and logistics: How to tap into the Chinese market

Inside Retail

It goes without saying that you’re going to need to translate all of your marketing and packaging materials into Chinese and work through your fulfilment and logistical challenges from the start. This will include drop-shipping a sufficient supply of your product to China to be warehoused prior to any sales or marketing activity.

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