Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

Ulta Beauty is partnering with Happy Returns to add Return Bar services to 1,300 brick-and-mortar locations. Through this partnership, Ulta and Happy Returns will increase the total number of Return Bar locations to more than 5,000 by the end of 2022. As a result, 78% of Americans will live within 10 miles of a Return Bar.

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Merchant Services Returns Drop-Shipping Checkout 203

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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Payment Services Checkout Drop-Shipping Customer Retention 263

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Labor shortages, stressed supply chains and a major emphasis on ecommerce have turned fulfillment into one of the biggest challenges retailers will face in the 2021 holiday season. Data also can help retailers make the most of whatever inventory they already have in warehouses as shipping capacity becomes more limited during the busy season.

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Fulfillment Drop-Shipping Shipping Consumer 280

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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Drop-Shipping Shipping Accounting Management 211

Retail Insider

MAY 25, 2021

The Retail Insider 2021 Transforming Retail Awards is now open for entries. They ranged from Shopappy which put the local high street shops all on one app to the innovative location mapping company Pointr which digitizes the footprint of a store to help customers navigate. Enter your company for free today! 2020 winner Infarm.

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Drop-Shipping Department Stores Checkout Supermarket 52

VMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Starbucks workers organized at many locations in 2022. location voted in favor of starting a union. It was the third company-owned location to so vote. In California, Amazon-owned Whole Foods stores launched palm-scanning technology at checkout. Container ships are canceling routes from Asia to North America.

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Visual Merchandising Drop-Shipping Loss Prevention Shipping 85

Retail Geek

DECEMBER 7, 2020

They are able to see the carrier shipping performance for all those clients and provide aggregate data that gives us insight into holiday shipping performance, also known as #shipageddon. ShipBob is a third party logistics provider that offers e-commerce fulfillment for thousands of brands.

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Shipping Drop-Shipping Fulfillment Merchant Services 69