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Scaling Up Sales in Enterprises: Weighing Discounts Against Free Shipping

Wiser

Among these strategies, two stand out as particularly effective tools for driving conversions: discounts and free shipping. On the other hand, free shipping has emerged as a potent marketing strategy in the era of eCommerce. Free Shipping The influence of free shipping on eCommerce conversions is profound.

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TikTok Continues Amazon-like Push into Commerce with Fulfillment Services in the UK

Retail TouchPoints

TikTok is continuing to build out its commerce-related services with the launch of ecommerce fulfillment for companies in the UK selling via TikTok Shop. The UK, along with several markets in Asia, was one of the first regions where TikTok Shop commerce functionality was made available. cubic liters per shipment.

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More Orders from Amazon will Soon be Arriving in their Own Packaging — Here’s Why

Retail TouchPoints

And yet that’s exactly what Amazon is doing with its Ships in Product Packaging (SIPP) program, which, as the name suggests, allows products to ship in their original box or bag without any added Amazon packaging. As a result, in 2022, 11% of packages globally were shipped without Amazon packaging , amounting to millions of deliveries.

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For men, online shopping is ‘a lot more functional’, Politix finds

Inside Retail

Politix has been undergoing a slow and steady digital transformation since 2015, when the Melbourne-based menswear retailer first started selling products online. This drastically improved product availability on its website and reduced delivery times for online orders, since they can be shipped from stores.

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3 Ways Retailers Can Harness the Post-Purchase Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Fulfilment, shipping, delivery and returns updates can all be enriched with personalized promotions, loyalty program information and other immersive, branded content. The shopping journey is highly impacted by customers’ emotions, as recent data found that 49% of U.S. A recent study found that 63% of U.S.

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How pop-ups helped inform Kat the Label’s new flagship store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Founder and designer Kate Nixon said that the business started in Byron Bay in 2015, with her hand-making lace bralettes and posting products online. It’s a personal shopping experience that’s high-end, but at an affordable price point, [and] we think we’ve got a good niche market going.”.

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What Chinese grocery chain Freshippo learned from Coles and Woolworths

Inside Retail

Founded in 2015, Freshippo operates more than 300 supermarkets across 27 cities in Mainland China. Own-brand a key opportunity Besides forming ties with suppliers, Freshippo’s leadership team also toured some of Coles’ and Woolworths’ most productive stores in terms of sales in order to gain insights into the way Australians shop.