Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Add this product surplus to heightened consumer concern about shipping times and product availability, and you have all the makings of a secondhand-heavy holiday season. The rise of resale couldn’t have come at a better time. Collectively, that would account for approximately $69.2 ‘Tis the Season for Secondhand.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 20, 2023

It] is regarded as one of the consistently top performing brands amongst our wholesale accounts,” Dahl-Thorup said. This reflects the growing demand for good quality fashion at competitive prices.” Without this, our total logistics emissions in 2021-2022 would have been 20 percent higher,” Dahl-Thorup said.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

With Christmas just around the corner, it’s important to stay vigilant as scams and fraud can happen to any business that accepts debit and credit card payments, and can have a significant financial and reputational impact at this time of year. Rush orders that need overnight or express shipping. Be aware of refund fraud.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

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. and shoppers placed 12% fewer orders worldwide compared to the same period in 2021. Loyalty Shifts to Value.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2022

Between inflation, increased marketing costs — especially paid ads — seasonal shipping costs surcharges and potential supply chain disruptions, finding every last opportunity to increase profits during the busiest time of the year is critical for brands. Greg Zakowicz is a Senior Ecommerce Expert at Omnisend. Focus on key automation.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Discounting and perks like free shipping have been successful drivers of Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaigns; however, dropping prices is not a winning strategy that creates a path to profitability. Minimizing perks like free shipping and employing more efficient acquisition models will also fuel topline growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Online fraud cost digital commerce merchants $27 billion in 2021 , so it’s no surprise that retailers have redoubled their focus on eliminating these threats. Retailers are overly focused on quelling fraud at the expense of building customer relationships — which is their most foundational need for survival, growth and long-term success.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

Its retail performance exceeded Moody’s analyst expectations, and margins held up well despite heavy competition from rivals like Walmart , Target and Best Buy , according to Charlie O’Shea, VP at Moody’s. The health of these four retailers is a strong indicator of retail’s resilience, and their Q4 success bodes well for the industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

31, 2021. “We’re Inflation is driving up shopping prices as we head into the holiday season, a time when many people already feel pressured to go all out on gifts for family and friends,” said Colleen McCreary, consumer financial advocate and Chief People Officer at Credit Karma in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

Country manager for the company’s Australia/New Zealand territory David Boyer said that the changing habits towards increased consumer e-commerce spending – which developed over the course of the pandemic – have remained relatively undisturbed in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This scenario has become common in recent years, with individuals getting creative to be first in line to resell at an inflated price. In 2021, face coverings and masks from stars like Kanye West saw a 154% average resell price increase from $82 to $208.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

With port delays, extended delivery times and increased consumer demand, what can retailers do to salvage the 2021 holiday season? Over the last 20 years of holiday shipping, we’ve seen how the most successful online retailers prepare for a stellar holiday selling season. Can I do this for Holiday Season 2021? Absolutely!

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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2023

Based on the 2021 Census, millennials have passed baby boomers on an Australian population level. At Dropshipzone, we have more than 1000 active channels you can sell through as a supplier. Make ship happen with Dropshipzone If you’re looking for a modern alternative to wholesaling in 2023, Dropshipzone is the answer.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2022

Between a global pandemic, a ship getting stuck in the Panama Canal , unprecedented spikes in demand leading to a global snafu of shipping containers, historically long queues of ships waiting to berth in ports around the world, war, and rising inflation; it almost beggars belief that all of this has occurred in just two short years.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

At the best of times, this presents a vast attack surface for criminals. Before the NotPetya attack rampaged through Europe in 2017, affecting companies including FedEx and shipping giant Maersk, few people would have thought a vulnerability in a piece of accounting software could create such devastation.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The audience of people with disabilities is larger than most people think ,” said Geoff Freed, Director of Perkins Access Consulting during a session at the 2021 Retail Innovation Conference. “It This story is based on a session from the 2021 Retail Innovation Conference. Globally, shoppers with disabilities spend $1.2

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

At Mejuri, we view data as a strategic asset, especially when it helps us create more compelling customer experiences,” said Majed Masad, COO at Mejuri in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Mejuri uses the real-time tracking to swiftly, and fluidly, pivot strategies. “A

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Amazon placed an order for 100,000 electric vans from Rivian in August 2020, and the first part of the fleet will begin making deliveries in 15 cities over the course of 2021, starting with Los Angeles. Electric Delivery Vans Launching in 15 Cities. Data Analysis Leads to More Efficient Packaging.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 ecommerce holiday shopping and shipping season is expected to eclipse years past. Brick-and-mortar sales — which will account for 81.2% Regardless, these communications will be crucial to whether holiday customers return throughout 2021. of total U.S. holiday retail — are expected to decline 4.7% Consumers Want Options.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2022

The 2022 back-to-school (BTS) season could be the most “normal” since the start of the pandemic, with even more demand than the record-setting BTS 2021 season for clothing, classroom supplies and new technology. Regardless of your customers’ age demographic, it’s a smart idea to offer digital wallet payment options at checkout.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The opening paragraph of the book is a good indication of the kind of “warts and all” account that the reader is in for: “Emily Weiss was crying. The two of us were sitting in the middle of the restaurant at the Crosby Street Hotel in Lower Manhattan. What’s been going on with Glossier?

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

The e-commerce industry is growing at a rapid rate, and it’s impacting brands and retailers in numerous ways. At the same time, it can be incredibly challenging to keep up with trends that change almost daily. In the US, for example, eMarketer reports that D2C sales now account for 33% of Nike’s revenue. .

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Unfortunately, unexpected situations can occur at any moment, like a global pandemic that reduces foot traffic to a trickle, or the shift of consumer demand online from offline channels. The growing demand for interactive digital content is at an all-time high. Though a relatively new channel for retailers in the U.S.,

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Maintaining margins within business constraints while efficiently providing order fulfillment to customers is a tall order, especially considering each customer purchase requires a real-time fulfillment decision within a shifting context of inventory, demand, returns, delivery times, and shipping costs. Will you deny returns at a store level?

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Inside Retail

JULY 7, 2022

The creation of the board came about following backlash in 2021, when Woolworths Group proposed a new Dan Murphy’s store in Darwin near three ‘dry’ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The plan to launch the store was ceased, and Endeavour Group spun out from Woolworths Group later in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

On the other hand, some businesses, such as home improvement stores, actually saw sales increase throughout the pandemic and began course-correcting their retail footprints to account for more online traffic. Just look at the ‘digital first’ brands such as Alibaba , Amazon , Apple , and Google that are investing more in physical retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

If retailers think online shopping in 2021 is about the simple exchange of goods for money, they’re doing it wrong. Before the pandemic, ecommerce accounted for approximately 16% of all retail. Customers don’t just want to buy a product — they want an experience. The answer? Cloud-native microservices. Go Micro, or go Home.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2023

According to Claire O’Donnell, Director of Selling Partner Empowerment, Communities and Trust at Amazon, “most of our independent selling partners are small- and medium-sized businesses” by Gartner’s definition of the term. from Prime Day 2021, while 1P sales increased 6.1% , according to Capitol One Research.

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Retalon

JANUARY 6, 2021

In reality, replenishment planning is a fairly complicated process that has to account for many variables, including logistics routes, timelines, availability, and cost. The purpose of replenishment is to ensure that a retailer has the right quantity of product, at the right location, at the right time to maximize sales and minimize costs.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 29, 2023

Among the important customer service representative duties, they answer customer questions, process customer accounts, and effectively resolve service problems. Resolving customer complaints or any issues with their accounts. Collecting and recording account information. Assisting customers with opening new customer accounts.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

Much of the complexity in supply chains over the last 12 to 18 months was happening farther upstream – so Havaianas experienced some of the same problems as other brands, but at a different point in the process. As shipping rates reduce it is important for businesses to have a dynamic view on their costs,” he elaborated.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 19, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions increased nearly 30 percent during the 2021 holiday period. The data showed that BNPL transactions peaked more than 43 percent in October as shoppers began their 2021 holiday shopping early. Within October 2021, a peak at 99 percent was recorded compared to the same period in 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2022

For example, the global automotive industry lost $210 billion in 2021 due to a lack of semiconductor chips. All they know is that shipping delays require them to look elsewhere to meet their needs. The road to a mature business-supplier relationship begins at the executive level. How can we reduce the risk in our relationship?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Bolstering that finding is research by eMarketer which indicates that direct-to-consumer (D2C) ecommerce sales will expand to $18 billion in 2021. Add supply chain disruptions, store closures and increased demand for many CPG products, and it’s little wonder that brands found themselves at the mercies of their retail partners.

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Retalon

JULY 27, 2021

For instance, Destination resorts that run gift shops must account for occupation rates in their hotels as well as weather. Fashion retailers need to account for size curves for every SKU Jewelry retailers carry low quantities of one-of-a-kind stones that need to be strategically stocked in stores they are most likely to sell.

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Retail Minded

JULY 25, 2022

Supply Chain and Freight Challenges Leading to Shipping Changes. While congestion at U.S. ports and the resulting supply chain issues was widely reported during the 2021 holiday season, the problem is ongoing. Starting in the 1980s, the costs involved for retailers when shipping freight was relatively low. Since the U.S.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

There are also plans to introduce investor perks such as free shipping and discounted pricing on beer. Beer Cartel launched its beer subscription service back in 2009 and it now accounts for about 80 per cent of the online business, according to Kelsey. The website itself is such a big channel for us. Covid kind to craft beer.

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