Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Amazon: the Consumer-First Platform. Amazon has completely upleveled what a high quality ecommerce experience looks like for consumers. A business model that was only possible with their unparalleled investment in the systems and shipping, fulfillment and supply chain infrastructure to support it. grocery market. behind Amazon.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2022

Retailers are now investing significant resources into logistics, deploying the latest inventory management systems, automating warehouses and hiring hundreds of hardworking staff in an effort to pick, pack and ship online orders as quickly as possible. Using this stock to fulfil online orders is known as ship-from-store. .

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Wiser

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Direct-to-consumer (D2C or DTC) brands are everywhere these days: advertised on buses, pulling shoppers in on Instagram, and increasingly setting up storefronts on Main Streets around the world. After all, these brands found success online by really understanding their target market and directly applying this to consumer marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

It’s the question that’s on every retailer’s — and not a few consumers’ — minds: When will global supply chains flow freely once more? Inflation can certainly reduce demand as prices rise, but it also can encourage consumers to buy now before prices go up even higher. trillion , compared to January 2018 ( $4.2 trillion ).

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

For most types of consumer retail stores, the pandemic scared regulars away, diminished traffic from visitors, altered consumer preferences, snapped formerly reliable supply chains and required dramatic shifts in the way stores serve their clientele. What about enhanced health and safety measures?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 17, 2021

Australian couture bridal and ready-to-wear brand Klovia is the latest designer fashion label to launch a rental service, as consumers rethink the way they buy and wear clothes. We will take care of the shipping via DHL express. We cover the return shipping cost and organise the dry cleaning.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Direct-to-consumer strategies have transformed retail, both in the way consumers shop and how brands and retailers manufacture, market, and sell. Importantly, a winning direct-to-consumer business will artfully navigate the relationships between brand, retailer, and consumer. What Does Direct to Consumer Mean?

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Perhaps with M&S now motoring, Norman might jump ship to see if he can perform a similar feat at its rival? Sound familiar?

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Independent Retailer

JUNE 21, 2022

This year will play host to the largest number of weddings since 2018, and today the average cost to attend a wedding is roughly $3,000. Here is how you can do just that: Evaluating Your Returns Process. Returns are an inevitable part of the shopping process, and in 2021 the average rate of online returns was a startling 21 percent.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 11, 2023

When you shift activities consumers used to complete on their own to a retailer, someone has to pay for it. If getting the order to you is expensive what about returns? This process of ordering and returning goods is very expensive. In 2018 Casper spent $80.7 million on “refunds, returns, and discounts”.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 28, 2022

Signs of trouble at Missguided began in 2018, when the company found itself with a £26.5 We consumed too much cash too quickly and we didn’t have the right people in the right roles.”. After the company experienced a loss in 2018, Passi had managed to get a hold on spending and Missguided returned to the black with an EBITDA of £3.5

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Instead, a series of recent diversifications, including the launch of a direct-to-consumer site in 2017, meant the brand was poised to roll with the pandemic punches. These gave Kerrits the advanced analytics and segmentation tools she needed to react to the volatile market forces and shifting consumer sentiments that shaped the year.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JULY 21, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon If you are thinking about starting an online business which is often called a direct to consumer business in retail then you are not alone. And when your customers demand free shipping or when return costs add up a promising business can be put into jeopardy pretty quickly. High customer acquisition costs.

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Independent Retailer

MARCH 24, 2022

Slicing up those tiny fruits and vegetables can be annoying and time consuming — not to mention dangerous. The Rapid Slicer works so well that it was a finalist at the 2018 Global Innovation Awards. A Multi-Purpose Kitchen Tool. The Rapid Slicer is simply the fastest and safest way to slice those pesky, roll-y fruits and vegetables.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Customers across the country are making a concerted effort to effort to return to their local bookstores , but when they can’t, they shop on Bookshop.org. I truly believed that there were a lot of socially conscious consumers out there, especially in books, because people who read are smart, critical thinkers. “We’ve

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

Coming out of (or still in) the Covid-19 pandemic, experts are forecasting turbulent times for Australia’s retail industry, as it grapples with – among other factors – the effects of rising interest and inflation rates, diminished consumer confidence and potential drop in spending throughout the year. But not all consumers are equal.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

2022 has been a busy year for Tumi, with a host of new product launches, a new global advertising campaign and several collaborations with famous celebrities all hitting the market in a bid to drive consumer demand for high-end luggage as the luxury travel industry starts picking up. We are keeping tabs on NFTs and Web 3.0, The APAC market.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

Consumers love shopping online but what they really want is control. Be honest, before the pandemic weren’t you were part of the vast majority of consumers that had never tried curbside pickup? This service is also beneficial for consumers worried about their goods being stolen after they are dropped off. More than 1.7

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

With record-setting online sales looming on the horizon for the holiday season, retailers also are bracing for an onslaught of online returns. Those retailers selling primarily or exclusively online are expecting a corresponding hike in the volume of returns, but not much difference in the return rates they have become accustomed to.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 12, 2021

Sello argued that the virtual garment concept could limit the waste of consumers buying clothes to wear on social media, citing a 2018 Barclaycard study which found 9% of British shoppers have bought clothes for social media photos, then returned them. For NFT enthusiasts, online fashion does not replace physical purchases.

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V Count

JUNE 17, 2021

1- Consumers are more likely to buy a product they see in person. Offering a physical location where people can go and see the products, the colors, the sizes, or the materials can eliminate consumer doubts and help close a sale. 2- Physical stores reduce the cost of returns. How V-Count Can Help. link] Tags 3D People Counter.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

AUGUST 12, 2021

Amazon”) seeking to force the characterization of Amazon as a “distributor” of products under the Consumer Product Safety Act. The CPSC views these steps as insufficient and aims to force Amazon to issue recalls and destroy the returned products. 2052(a)(8). 2052(a)(8).

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Hyken

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Even before the pandemic, usage of QR codes increased by 96% between 2018 and 2020, highlighting its importance in this digital era. They save critical data, allowing consumers to access information and execute certain activities more quickly, ensuring an excellent customer service experience. . QR codes for drive-thru transactions

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

If you have a traditional retail business or a pure play eCommerce company then Amazon is a great model not just for how fast goods should be shipped but also for how to think differently about how to monetize your customer base. One of the benefits is that it makes returns easier.

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Retalon

JUNE 11, 2021

In a 2018 report , Gartner, Inc. The retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) supply chain sector has been abruptly disrupted by the global pandemic. Consumers expect to seamlessly interact with brands and retailers across multiple channels, such as brick-and-mortar, social media and e-commerce. This is a misconception.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit and consumers around the world were forced to shop online sending digital sales to levels never seen before. While stores will always have value all brands are rethinking how best to serve their consumers digitally. It did this through a partnership it had with Chanel that started in 2018.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Through our ethos of creating immersive store experiences, we’ve been able to captivate what we would classify as quite a progressive consumer base, not only through our sneaker release business, but also through our apparel brands. LR: We acquired the business in 2018. IR: How do you think consumers overseas discovered Subtype?

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Retail Minded

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It has a major influence over the buying decisions of consumers. As a customer, there’s nothing worse than ordering something, waiting for it to arrive and then realizing it was damaged during shipping because of inadequate packaging, then having to return it. . Packaging Protects Products During Transportation.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Consumers are increasingly voting with their feet when it comes to the issues that affect our world and our nation. NYU Stern and IRI found that 50% of CPG growth from 2013 to 2018 came from sustainably marketed products. NYU Stern and IRI found that 50% of CPG growth from 2013 to 2018 came from sustainably marketed products.

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Retalon

JULY 4, 2018

If you’re a retailer reading this in 2018, you need to pat yourself on the back! Consumer behavior & expectations have changed. So what are retailers missing that is keeping them from turning all this data into tangible actions that reflect consumer expectations? Buy in-store, return to another store (46%).

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

Menswear direct to consumer brand UNTUCKit realized this when it first tried to figure out how to acquire its first set of customers. UNTUCKit found that, at the time, for approximately $350 it could reach 200,000 potential consumers using radio ads. By 2018 it took 53 weeks. Consumers simply have less money to spend.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 2, 2022

And that number is up from 80% in 2018. With this in mind several Nordstrom stores offer a dizzying number of services including: shoe repair, personal styling, gift wrapping, in-store drop off of online returns from other retailers, onsite alterations, dry cleaning, monograming, and an endless array of beauty services. Fast shipping.

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Store Growers

JULY 9, 2019

Glossier is one of the direct to consumer beauty brands that are challenging the established beauty conglomerates. Being at the crossroads of big audience actual consumers and industry contacts, she had a good feeling of the opportunities in that market. One of the Headline texts points out that they are now “Now shipping to France”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2023

A car is one of the biggest purchases most consumers make, but the process of buying one, especially used, has long been one of consumers’ most dreaded retail experiences. So in 2018 the retailer embarked on a five -year digital transformation journey aimed at making every stage of the car-buying journey omnichannel.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 1, 2022

Subscriptions can be tricky business, not least because most consumers at one time or another have had a bad experience with a subscription service. That has not stopped consumers from subscribing though, especially with the rise of new takes on the model (box services, auto shipping and streaming TV, to name just a few).

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Store Growers

MAY 16, 2019

Away is a US-based direct to consumer ecommerce business that sells travel luggage. Being unable to sell the actual luggage, they created something else to sell, a book called “The Places We Return To”. Away’s first product: The Places We Return To – Image source. Away’s Business. Away is close at 5%.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 13, 2022

Customers that were loyal to you don’t always return even when you are trying hard to get them back. Or in the process of trying to turn the ship around many companies make a number of missteps as they desperately try to improve operations. in 2016 to -1.5% One of the hardest things for a company to do is turnaround its business.

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