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Preparing for the Unknown: Effectively Using Data to Predict this Year’s Holiday Trends

Retail TouchPoints

Nothing about 2020 was normal — in fact, for many retailers, the phrase ‘hindsight is 2020’ is one they should reconsider using. . While many customers will have purchases shipped directly to their homes this year, brick-and-mortar stores have rolled out their own solutions that may impact the way we approach the 2021 holidays.

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6 Reasons Walmart’s eCommerce Strategy is Winning

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon 2020 is the year when the eCommerce narrative shifted in a major way. Before everyone was focused solely on Amazon but as retailers were forced to shift sales online during the COVID-19 pandemic a number of retailers came to the forefront with their eCommerce savvy and Walmart is one of those retailers.

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Combatting Waste in the CPG Industry

Rangeme

For its seafood, GIANT has transitioned to shipping products from suppliers in reusable plastic crates. Once the product is unpacked, the store folds and stacks the crates to return and reuse. “We We now have over sixty items shipping in the reusable crates,” says Flower. They] replaced the foam cases used in the past.

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4 Elements of Amazon’s Strategy to Watch

Indigo 9 Digital

Then Amazon comes onto the scene and shows the retail industry there are other ways to make money including by having a lucrative cloud business or through advertising sales. In addition to getting more of your wallet, a service business like this has better margins than Amazon’s retail business and is less capital intensive.

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Tim Hortons’ Turnaround Strategy, Why it’s Working

Indigo 9 Digital

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.