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How the Packaging Industry Can Help Tackle Confectionery’s Big Waste Problem

Retail TouchPoints

Valentine’s Day saw consumers projected to spend an average of $16 on chocolates and candy — up from under $9 per person in 2010 — while Halloween candy sales reached a record $3.1 This further complicates how consumers can sustainably dispose of candy wrappers and packaged products. billion on Easter candy alone.

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Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

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Reshoring: COVID-19’s Impact On The Supply Chain

Retail TouchPoints

Now, coronavirus has opened the floodgates and forced businesses and consumers alike to consider domestic suppliers out of sheer necessity, despite higher costs in many cases. Between 2010 and 2018, 749,000 jobs were brought back to the U.S. Businesses are taking notice. across 2,900-plus companies as a result of reshoring.

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How Castlery came back from the brink to disrupt the furniture industry

Inside Retail

The first is what happened to consumer behaviour. The definition of home changed during Covid – suddenly, consumers had no choice but to buy online. One of the biggest problems in the furniture industry is inventory, so this allows our close partners to work with us, so we get better inventory management.

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Nine Tips to Create Recurring Revenue with Subscriptions

Retail TouchPoints

When consumers reach their shopping cart, they’re usually excited about the products they’re buying. SMS management: Consumers are increasingly turning to SMS over other forms of communication like email. This reduces the amount of time a potential customer spends researching options and ensures their expectations are met.

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Harnessing Sustainable Luxury Pop-Up Stores

Retail Focus

Through their significant influence, luxury brands can shape consumer behavior and industry standards, setting trends that can cascade down to more accessible markets. They can leverage their platforms to advocate for environmental responsibility, fostering a shift in consumer attitudes towards more sustainable consumption patterns.

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47% of Britons prefer to shop online for home and garden, Linnworks reports

Retail Times

Research conducted by YouGov on behalf of Linnworks, a leading inventory management system (“IMS”), order management system (“OMS”) and warehouse management system (“WMS”) solutions provider and recently announced Connected CommerceOps platform, shows that 47% of British consumers prefer to shop online for Home and Garden.