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Aligning Purpose with Profits: How Consumer Goods Companies can Unlock Business Growth by Integrating Sustainability into their Operations

Retail TouchPoints

The rapid advancement of technology and social media has created a new generation of well-informed, empowered and discerning consumers. IBM’s Institute of Business Value (IBV) has just completed significant research into the priorities and decisions for supply chain operations and sustainability in partnership with The Consumer Goods Forum.

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Circuit City Plans to Curate Shop-in-Shops Using its Electronics Expertise

Retail TouchPoints

Circuit City also will support the partnerships with its customer service, private label products and white-glove consumer electronics experience. After it closed its last brick-and-mortar retail store in 2009, Circuit City launched a comeback in 2018 with an experiential ecommerce site.

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Best Buy Battles E-Waste with Recycle-by-Mail Technology Boxes

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers can order boxes in two sizes: small boxes that can carry up to six pounds for $22.99 After consumers load the boxes with their old equipment, they can arrange for a UPS pickup or bring the box to a UPS drop-off location. “We Since 2009, Best Buy has recycled more than 2.7 billion pounds of electronics and appliances.

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Dollar General Adds 100+ Private Label Products as it Expands Fresh Food Offerings

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Originally introduced in 2009, the expansion will bring the range of Clover Valley items to approximately 600 , with new additions including sauces, condiments, entrees, sides and snacks. “We Internal company research also has found that consumables now account for almost 80% of total sales at Dollar General.

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The Face-Off Between Amazon and ‘Alternative Marketplaces’ is Shaping the Next Era of Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

These costs include not just advertising (a crucial expenditure to stand out on Amazon’s crowded “shelves”) but also sales commissions and fulfillment services including warehousing, packing and delivery (which, while optional, are used by 86% of third-party sellers). Jungle Scout’s survey found that Ebay was still the No.

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‘An exciting way to test a new market’: More fashion brands turn to rental

Inside Retail

Australian online clothing rental company GlamCorner is adapting its offering as more brands look to launch their own branded rental service amidst major changes in consumer behaviour. This resonates with younger consumers in particular. There’s a huge opportunity for GlamCorner to be a part of that and help them do that.”.

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Scarred by the 2008 Recession and COVID, 48% of Gen Z Frequently Shops at Discount Stores

Retail TouchPoints

That sense of unease is to be expected from a cohort shaped by both the 2008-2009 Great Recession and the COVID pandemic, and it’s had a big impact on their shopping choices: nearly half ( 48% ) say they shop the most often at discount/off-price retailers, and 25% frequently patronize dollar stores.