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Omnichannel Fulfillment, BNPL and Social Commerce Contributed to Holiday 2021’s Digital Success

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Most experts expected holiday 2021 to be a digital success, and the season didn’t disappoint: global sales hit $1.14 As a result, Cyber Week 2021 accounted for 23% of total ecommerce spend, down slightly from 24% in 2020. Shipping cutoffs with USPS, UPS, FedEx and others all happened around Dec. trillion , up from $1.1

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Ulta Partners with Happy Returns to Add Service to 1,300 Stores

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Returns from multiple merchants are aggregated into a reusable tote, reducing shipping costs and making the process more sustainable by eliminating cardboard and lowering carbon emissions.

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How Ecommerce Retailers Can Prepare Now for Back-to-School 2022

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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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Three Strategies to Employ in 2023 to Boost Retail Profitability in Spite of Inflation and Economic Uncertainty

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Forrester predicts retailers, which are already facing operational and supply chain challenges, will react to the uncertainty in 2023 by shifting to managing rising costs by rolling back offers such as free returns or delivery, and investing in optimization technologies such as order management systems.

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Resellers vs. Retailers: How to Handle the Bot Problem

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Last Crumb even drops limited amounts of special-flavored cookies. . In 2021, face coverings and masks from stars like Kanye West saw a 154% average resell price increase from $82 to $208. By entering numerous emails and shipping addresses, the bots can get around traditional fraud detection systems. Bots are available to rent.

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How can online brands succeed?

365 Retail

At the end of 2021, projected sales were estimated to reach nearly USD 5.0 This, however, will require automated functionality in order for brands to proactively manage sales margins, improve competitive standing, and drive online conversions – in real time. Flawless delivery and fulfilment will eliminate the need to manage invent ory.

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Retail Insider Transforming Awards – the Most Promising Newcomer category

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The Retail Insider 2021 Transforming Retail Awards is now open for entries. Also in the mix was Entrupy, a tech-driven way of authenticating luxury goods which prevents fraud by taking a microscopic image and comparing it to a database of millions of images with a 99% accuracy rate and the drop-shipping platform Avasam.