Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2020

Shoppers making online purchases in new categories are valuable targets, but the search advertising space was growing increasingly crowded even before the pandemic caused a surge in online shopping, according to Sidecar’s 2020 Benchmarks Report: Google Ads in Retail. However, Google Shopping clicks still rose 11%.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Now, industry reports point to the possibility that the traditional Thanksgiving weekend — filled with frenzied shoppers in crowded stores and shopping malls — could be gone for good. As we’re experiencing that second wave of the virus and more closures, if anything, the pendulum will continue to swing in favor of digital and online shopping.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Despite having just officially begun, this holiday shopping season already is marked by supply chain disruption, persistent inflation and mixed consumer confidence. Holiday shopping insights from the Adobe Digital Economy Index predict that ecommerce will become even more ubiquitous, with U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2020

27) dropped considerably in comparison to last year. Overall, the four days from Thanksgiving through Sunday were down -49% compared to 2019. This was a given considering most major retailers and shopping centers decided to stay closed this year to give some time back to their associates. 26) and Black Friday (Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2023

In 2019, it declined to 6.7% While brick-and-mortar stores continue to command 80% of global sales, a significant portion of retail CEOs are investing heavily in enhancing online shopping experiences. Despite the appeal and growth of ecommerce, retail profitability has been on a decline. and modestly rebounded to 8.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 ecommerce holiday shopping and shipping season is expected to eclipse years past. Winter elements have historically been unkind to packages, which as a side note is why shipping insurance is a good idea during the winter. Brick-and-mortar sales — which will account for 81.2% of total U.S. this year by two full years.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. In fact, Salesforce has already predicted that the modest growth of the 2021 holiday shopping season could foreshadow this year , with Q1 data showing a 3% YoY decrease in global digital sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In the world of ecommerce, Google is a bit of an anomaly: while a relatively minor player in the marketplace landscape compared to giants like Amazon and eBay , it is at the same time central to the shopping journeys of millions of consumers every day. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to Amazon’s 1.7

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Inside Retail

MAY 16, 2023

Target US is making shopping easier for customers with the option to make product returns right from their cars at no extra cost. According to data from Euromonitor, click-and-collect grew from 6 per cent of overall e-commerce sales in the US in 2019 to 11 per cent in 2022.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 7, 2022

For many independent retailers in the UK, 2020 hid a lot of the post-Brexit trading cracks as their domestic sales skyrocketed during periods of lockdown when consumers were forced to stay at home and took to shopping more online. Simplifying the schemes available.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Sarkar tells SmartCompany she was motivated to start the petition after the team received “hundreds” of emails from customers telling them about how their cost of shipping had recently increased. However, the cost would have dropped to $20 if the business had chosen to send the same parcel in an Australia Post plastic satchel.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2021

At the moment it is hard to accurately determine how much digital sales will drop (if at all), and whether this drop will be more than compensated for by an uptick in in-store sales. With the surge in online shopping has come a surge in returns. The amount of online returns in 2020 was more than double compared to 2019.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

Increases in cost of shipping both for raw materials inbound to Brazil plus outbound finished goods to our markets were a big factor for some of 2021 and much of 2022, but things have mostly normalised now,” he added. As shipping rates reduce it is important for businesses to have a dynamic view on their costs,” he elaborated.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2020

For example, consumers shopping for apparel and accessories frequently use in-store and online returns and deem these options to be very important (55%). Due to the coronavirus, retailers saw a drop in returns abuse in the early part of 2020, driven primarily by the drop in transactions overall.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2022

With luxurious touches, such as a VIP area with velvet chairs, a personal shopping service, and free domestic shipping for in-store customers, Nicholas calls it “one of the most elegant stores” she has ever seen. In the US, women are more averse to a drop-crotch pant, which in Australia is more common.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

We provide services such as personalised “chat & shop” experience over WeChat, WeCom, Instagram and other digital platforms. In 2019, the brand launched a new AR feature in the Tumi Club app that enabled customers to take a selfie with a virtual avatar of Hollywood actor, and brand ambassador, Chris Pratt. “We

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

Consumers love shopping online but what they really want is control. This service is also beneficial for consumers worried about their goods being stolen after they are dropped off. Consumers are looking for one stop shopping. What we are witnessing is a trend towards more convenient shopping trips. More than 1.7

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of shoppers’ minds, it’s no surprise so shoppers have jumped ship from the traditional big four supermarkets to discounters. it achieved in 2019. Carroll believes they can do it: “‘Discount shopping is here to stay’ to quote Hurley,” she says.

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Retail Insider

MAY 25, 2021

2019 gave judges an extra difficult time with a total of five companies shortlisted. They ranged from Shopappy which put the local high street shops all on one app to the innovative location mapping company Pointr which digitizes the footprint of a store to help customers navigate. It was close but the judges finally went with Zynstra.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

compared to 2019 for the six weeks from Nov. drop in 2020. “It’s The other complicating factor is you’ve got consumers who are incredibly aware of the supply chain, inventory and shipping challenges that are out there. We appreciate the physical experience of brick-and-mortar and the value of shopping in-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

With consumers seeking bargains from home, online secondhand is set to grow 69% between 2019 and 2021, while the broader retail sector is projected to shrink 15%.”. Since COVID, that percentage has dropped, although it is still our largest seller group. That’s where Worthy comes in.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 13, 2021

grocery sales were online in 2019, retailers had been investing heavily in e-commerce capabilities for a few years. Online grocery shopping increased exponentially during the pandemic. Online grocery shopping was already growing during January and February of 2020, up 20% to 30% over the same months in the previous year.

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Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Marks & Spencer has said it started out with third party brands flowing through its distribution network but it is planning to give sellers the flexibility to use a drop ship model where the brand holds onto its inventory and fulfills the order itself. “M&S’s This is especially the case with Jaeger,” said an industry veteran.

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Wiser

APRIL 7, 2020

According to a 2019 study by retail think tank Coresight Research, retailers in 2018 completely missed out on roughly $300 billion in revenue, or 12 percent of total retail sales, due to markdowns. Likewise, if they are offering other deals like free shipping. Don’t believe us? The post What are Retail Markdowns?

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Retalon

JUNE 11, 2021

And retailers are rushing to offer new fulfillment options, like “buy online, pick up in-store” (BOPIS), curbside pickups, cashless checkouts, drop-shipping, mobile shopping and more. In fact, according to Morningstar, sustainable fund flows in the United States continued at a record pace , more than doubling from 2019 to 2020.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This was the question we at Wiser asked ourselves before the start of the Thanksgiving through Christmas holiday shopping season. . The National Retail Federation reported that 165 million people shopped online and in-store between Thanksgiving and Black Friday. That was a day-over-day increase of 3,031 MAP violations! What was it?

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Mass Relators

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

grocery sales were online in 2019, retailers had been investing heavily in e-commerce capabilities for a few years. Online grocery shopping increased exponentially during the pandemic. Online grocery shopping was already growing during January and February of 2020, up 20% to 30% over the same months in the previous year.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

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. Then in 2019, the program was expanded to Amazon’s retail vendors. and Canada.

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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. Customers enjoy doing a mix of online and in-store shopping. share just a few years ago in 2019.

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Retail Minded

MAY 14, 2022

He dropped his plans for a corporate job, set up a BigCommerce e-store, took on a silent partner and hired staff. A mass shift to online shopping, particularly for home fitness equipment, meant Bells of Steel’s team of seven couldn’t keep up with surging demand. As everything changed for us in 2020.”. Khoozani hit a crossroads. “I

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

With online shopping the options for where you can purchase products and services are endless. Because a customer believes they are getting an uncommon deal they are more likely to spend more during the duration of their shopping trip. Macy’s is now adding small Toys “R” Us shops in 400 of its stores this year.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 11, 2022

It wouldn’t have felt any different than e-tail 2019 felt to me so I think people were like frankly pretty excited about getting back together. it’s kind of like a multi-channel shipping solution so they’ve you and I have long. kind of like a ship station they acquired point of sale system.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2022

A lot of new marketplaces have sprung up in the last few years, but even among that now dense crowd, Shop Premium Outlets (SPO) stands out. First and foremost, Simon cares about happy, healthy retailers because those are their tenants,” said Neel Grover, CEO of Shop Premium Outlets in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 2, 2022

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. Personalized shopping recommendations. Fast shipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Fellow tech behemoth Meta, formerly known as Facebook, made headlines for its stock’s 27% dive after its Q4 earnings were announced — the biggest single day drop in value in the U.S. stock market’s history. Since 2018 in the U.S., For example, Amazon’s piece of the U.S. search ad market increased to 19% in 2021, up from 13.3%

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 21, 2022

So since we didn’t get to do that at shop at NRF I thought maybe we could do it on this podcast for our listeners. From 2019 and 2020 even though we were like right in the thick of the pandemic and then in 2021 retail really shot up and the. You know how the year stack up against each other and you know. [8:35]

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

KPMG’s survey of retail leaders found that 68% of respondents expect sales to improve over last year, while only 24% expect a drop in sales. Among surveyed consumers, 42% said they will leave a retail site if shipping options are limited or they don’t have a buy online, pick up in-store option. Take for example Macy’s.

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