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6 Retail Shipping Trends to Watch in 2020

Retail Next

Shoppers want their orders the next day, with free shipping whenever possible. The rise of e-commerce has encouraged businesses to rethink how they communicate with consumers and manage their supply chains. Here are some of the most significant retail shipping trends to look for in 2020.

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How to Win in the Real-Time Holiday Retail Era

Retail TouchPoints

Consumer expectations of retailers have been transformed by their experiences buying from Amazon and other innovative retailers that are able to provide fast, efficient omnichannel experiences. Americans spent more money online during the 2020 holiday season than previously, with revenues growing 32% year-over-year and exceeding $188.2

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Exclusive Q&A: ‘We’re Asking a Lot More From Our Supply Chains’

Retail TouchPoints

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? With supply chain challenges come the higher costs feeding inflation, which is itself a double-edged sword. While it took services about 1.5 trillion ) or January 2019 ( $4.4

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How to scale-up to satisfy fast-growing e-commerce sales

365 Retail

Paul Taylor, chief operating officer at international fulfilment services provider fulfilmentcrowd, looks at how e-commerce retailers can effectively scale-up, so that demand doesn’t outpace supply. This remains up on February 2020 when, prior to COVID-19 impacting the UK, the proportion of online sales stood at 19.8%.

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The challenge of operational visibility

Inside Retail

In recent years, rising consumer expectations and market volatility have put pressure on both B2C and B2B supply chains. These challenges, combined with 2020’s volatility, have influenced our predictions for 2021 and beyond. Are you confident that your current delivery management system is providing all this and more?

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How Shoemaker Viscata is Achieving Social and Business Goals by Reducing Returns

Retail TouchPoints

It’s been another year of record-breaking ecommerce sales combined with unprecedented snarls across shipping and inventory ecosystems, so it should come as no surprise that return rates for 2021 are expected to have gone through the roof. So for a digital brand like Viscata, reducing returns can have a substantial impact on the bottom line.

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How the Intelligent Supply Chain Broke and AI Is Fixing It

Nvidia

Products that do get manufactured sit on cargo ships or in warehouses due to shortages of containers and workers and truck drivers that help deliver them to their final destinations. And consumer pocketbooks and paychecks are getting squeezed by rising prices. Investing in AI. Leaning In.