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Amazon FBA Boosts Sustainability Efforts With Two Circular Commerce Programs

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has introduced two new Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) programs to help merchants selling on Amazon resell customer-returned or overstocked items. FBA Liquidations will provider sellers the option to use Amazon’s existing wholesale liquidation partners and technology to recoup potential losses on returned and overstock inventory.

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2022 Retail Success Guide

Independent Retailer

Crypto Payments Help Deliver a Competitive Advantage. Crypto payments help businesses attract a new customer segment while also lowering payment costs and eliminating fraud chargebacks. There are four main findings based on interviews with four merchants that accept bitcoin and other cryptos.

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10 Easy Ways to Save on Business Expenses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Retail Adventures

With almost all of our people on furlough, I’m doing the picking, packing and shipping, so I’m learning a lot about how things like product positioning and timing of Facebook posts and email blasts influences sales. If you don’t already, add “Start Ship”, “Complete By”, and “Cancel If Not Shipped By” dates on every order you write.

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Challenger Brands Are Failing On Online Delivery – Things Must Change 

Retail Minded

As consumers move online, vendors must process increased demand of online orders more quickly – and that can lead to mistakes. If you’re running out of stock or shipping to the wrong addresses on a regular basis, these mishaps are often down to ineffective workflows or human error. . Online Demand Is Causing Costly Errors .

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Strategies for Growth During a Frugal Holiday Shopping Season

Independent Retailer

In 2020, lockdown-fuelled online shopping surges led to mass stockouts; 2021 brought global supply chain issues and delays; and this year, among skyrocketing inflation and the cost-of-living crisis, there is a widely expected lack of demand. In 2013, merchants lost an average $9 for every new customer acquired. Be Operationally Sound.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 269 – Amazon and Instacart get new CEOs, other news

Retail Geek

9:39] In the same way it made sense for Amazon to rent a WS capacity to others and you know provide some of these other services it’s a way to monetize their delivery Network and their fulfillment Network so I think it’s super smart. Um I do think Shopify had some aspirations in the 3pl side of things and I assume.

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Three Reasons Ecommerce Merchants Should Monitor the Battle Between Amazon and Shopify

Retail Minded

The behind the scenes battle going on between the two biggest ecommerce platforms in the US – Amazon and Shopify – could have significant implications for merchants. Amazon’s real customer is the end consumer – rather than the merchants that make up its Marketplace business. That moves Shopify into Amazon’s patch.