Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2021

Preliminary holiday 2020 results have proven unsurprising so far: analysts expect modest year-over-year growth fueled by a massive increase in ecommerce activity across a longer-than-usual season. 24, 2020), or 2.4% However, the larger story of holiday 2020 is still being written. 11 through Dec. during the traditional Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

Fulfillment was a key driver during the ecommerce-driven final quarter of 2020. Amazon in particular invested more than $60 billion in shipping alone in 2020, helping it maintain blazing fast delivery times, but O’Shea believes its lack of a significant physical store footprint will cause it to lag behind the competition to some degree.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In the summer of 2020, the athleticwear giant announced that it would be opening 150 to 200 smaller-format, digitally enabled mono-brand stores like Nike Live. The stores would include integrated online-to-offline capabilities as part of a digitally empowered phase of Nike’s Consumer Direct strategy , the Consumer Direct Acceleration.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2021

consumer now pays for four different video streaming subscriptions. Blue Apron, Freshly and HelloFresh are among the businesses that saw a flood of new customers in 2020; and. Subscription is a great model because it builds a relationship between the consumer and vendor — or the service provider in some cases. The average U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2021

As more consumers are vaccinated and COVID restrictions begin to ease, the key questions many retailers will be asking are what will consumers want to buy, and how can they make sure they have the right product, in the right place, as consumers start to resume some of their pre-pandemic activities? Know Where Your Product is.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 17, 2021

Holiday 2020 was unlike any other for ecommerce growth. This massive increase put significant strains on the supply chain as well as shipping and delivery. Even though retailers’ shift to all (or mostly) ecommerce came abruptly last March, consumers still felt the effects of the disrupted supply chain months later.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

With rising gas prices, food shortages, skyrocketing interest rates and ever-present inflation, consumers are worried and that means retailers are worried, too. We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. Loyalty Shifts to Value.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 ecommerce holiday shopping and shipping season is expected to eclipse years past. Regardless, these communications will be crucial to whether holiday customers return throughout 2021. Consumer Expectations are Higher. Nine out of 10 consumers expect proactive updates on the progress of their packages.

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Independent Retailer

MARCH 17, 2022

According to UN trade and development experts UNCTAD, the ecommerce sector contributed a drastic three percent increase (from 16% to 19%) to all retail sales in 2020. The price of manufacturing and shipping has increased to reflect the lack of labor, supply of goods, and transportation space. Growing ecommerce ( >$26.7

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Inside Retail

JULY 25, 2021

Historically, the art world has been synonymous with exclusivity and for the most part, inaccessible to a mass consumer base,” Tom Woodger, vice president of cultural marketing at StockX, told Inside Retail. “In In 2020, we grew two-and-a-half times in two months. The rise of the art-lennial.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This removes the cost and complexity of shipping furniture pieces for photoshoots, which is particularly difficult right now due to supply chain issues, as well as the difficulty of getting all the necessary staff in the same place at the same time. Creating the virtual showrooms was a fairly intuitive process.

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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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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 27, 2022

After the pandemic-driven surge in consumer demand that triggered a frenzy of shipping activity and skyrocketing prices, logistics and transportation companies are signaling a fast slowdown. Shipping and wholesale prices are plunging and orders are not being placed as often. . Disruptions in the Container Shipping Industry.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

By Tricia McKinnon 2020 is the year when the eCommerce narrative shifted in a major way. Walmart’s US eCommerce sales were up 79% in 2020 and were up 11.0% Consumers love shopping online but what they really want is control. The popularity of pickup services has challenged the notion of what consumers want from eCommerce.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2021

For retailers with stores and offices in Greater Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and the Central Coast of New South Wales, the two-week lockdown announced on Saturday has meant a return to stockpiling behaviour, remote working and potential supply chain disruptions. But this time around, they’re better prepared to handle it. “We

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 25, 2022

Advice: Any CEO is measured by the profit margin they generate from the turnover of their inventory, so it’s critical to always measure your return on working capital. Liquidity was an issue, property prices dropped and with it consumer confidence and the Australian dollar dropped dramatically against the US dollar.

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Retail Minded

MARCH 31, 2021

In our research , we found that 65% of consumers will be buying online more frequently over the next 12 months, with 20% telling us they’re expected to only buy online within 5 years. Delivery reliability has created a crisis of confidence amongst some consumers. Ecommerce today is booming, catapulting online stores to new heights.

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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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Retail Bound

MAY 22, 2022

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, retail establishments in the United States in Q3 2020 were 1,045,422, up 4,801 over the previous quarter — the highest Q3 retail establishment count in the last decade. Covid forced consumers to adopt to eCommerce, and eCommerce forced stores to adapt to it.

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Rangeme

JUNE 28, 2021

The pandemic was a preview of that, with pet care sales worldwide soaring by almost 9% in 2020, especially in certain categories: pet food sales grew 8%; accessories by 10%; and beauty and grooming categories increasing the most by 11%. Yes, I’m guilty; guilty; and guilty again.). Prescriptions, too. Pet premiumization.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

W ITH THE WORLD adjusting to Covid a few years later as less of a threat and more a part of everyday life, retailers sought to return to business as usual. But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern. INFLATION ON.

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Independent Retailer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Locked down consumers, desperate for a distraction, scrambled for everything from at-home fitness equipment and gaming consoles to gazebos and scatter cushions — and warehouses were cleared of stock as supply chains buckled under the extraordinary pressure. Even returns are up, reaching 17 percent in 2021 from 11 percent in 2020.

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more. So how can retailers offer these options to consumers while lowering their costs?

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Retail Minded

AUGUST 27, 2022

Locked down consumers, desperate for a. Locked down consumers, desperate for a. Stockouts were disastrous for retailers during the pandemic – up by 250% (Adobe, 2021) – and with 37% of consumers saying they’d simply shop elsewhere if they couldn’t find what. Even returns are up – reaching 16.6%

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The supermarket’s general merchandise sales also dropped 8% in the second quarter, as it came up against a tough quarter a year ago when demand was boosted amid pandemic restrictions. The supermarket boss told reporters that the group also chartered its own ships to help reduce potential disruption to some imports.

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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. Amazon launched Amazon Pharmacy in 2020 which offers online ordering and delivery of prescriptions.

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Retalon

JUNE 11, 2021

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. Refusing returns is likely to reduce e-commerce sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. The rise in traffic compared to 2020 showed that shoppers are starting to return to stores. Overall sales were up 8.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. More Online Sales Means More Returns.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The pandemic accelerated this gradual change: Online retailers captured market share from established brick-and-mortar players who had to quickly adapt to new in-store consumer purchase behavior and patterns. Consumer preferences and behavior have likely changed for good, and may never fully revert to the pre-pandemic era.

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Retail Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

It has been so long since we’ve been able to simply walk into a restaurant or other dining venue that it is almost as if consumers have forgotten about this experience. Eating out will return “big time” and delivery volumes will drop accordingly because consumers only have so much disposable income to allocate.

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Retail Next

JULY 16, 2020

As we move forward into this new normal of continuing social distancing, wearing masks, and washing our hands, the million dollar question is, when will we return to life as we once knew it? For June 2020’s retail performance, download our recent Performance Pulse Report. Not any time soon is the short answer.

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Mass Relators

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The pandemic accelerated this gradual change: Online retailers captured market share from established brick-and-mortar players who had to quickly adapt to new in-store consumer purchase behavior and patterns. Consumer preferences and behavior have likely changed for good, and may never fully revert to the pre-pandemic era.

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Indigo 9 Digital

JUNE 13, 2022

This was reflected in Tim Hortons’ same store sales growth which was slowing, dropping from 2.5% 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.

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Retalon

JULY 30, 2019

This method is a way for consumers to avoid paying shipping fees, and also a great boon to the store as well because it holds the potential for additional sales and engagement. In fact according to Business Insider , 94% of consumers pick up additional items when coming into the store. 3. Drop shipping.

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Retalon

JULY 30, 2019

This method is a way for consumers to avoid paying shipping fees, and also a great boon to the store as well because it holds the potential for additional sales and engagement. In fact according to Business Insider , 94% of consumers pick up additional items when coming into the store. 3. Drop shippers.

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