Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The holiday season has always been prime time for retailers to roll out new marketing campaigns, events and experiences that draw people to their stores — and keep them there. Despite these reservations, 47% of consumers plan to shop in-store this holiday season, an 8% increase from 2020.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A study by Inside Retail found that the ANZ e-commerce market experienced five years worth of growth in just six months from March 2020. Some of the biggest hurdles they faced were developing strategies to keep up with customer demand and order fulfilment. The growing role of technology partners.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

More than one-third of consumers now shop online each week, up from 28% pre-pandemic. So what are the customer experience and commerce trends that will continue, or become more fully realized, in 2021? They engaged with customers through targeted content marketing campaigns and served up the right offerings on relevant landing pages.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Despite having just officially begun, this holiday shopping season already is marked by supply chain disruption, persistent inflation and mixed consumer confidence. And just like last year, it looks like consumers will respond by turning to ecommerce. 31, 2021. “We’re

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Based on customer insights and market trends, Swisslog, as an industry leader with successful micro fulfilment centres (MFCs) and e-grocery fulfilment centres (EFCs) operating across the globe, has identified five trends that will shape e-grocery fulfilment this year. E-grocery orders get smaller and more frequent. .

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Inside Retail

MAY 19, 2021

In KPMG’s Responding to consumer trends in the new reality report, our research details findings from 75,000 consumer survey responses taken over four months, from May to September 2020, across 12 countries. We will explore the four key themes emerging from our research and how retailers need to respond to the changed consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

As consumers have turned to more sources to shop, retailers have diversified their commerce and marketing strategies. In fact, Retail TouchPoints has seen the number of channels used to conduct business grow year after year in its annual Omnichannel and Fulfillment Benchmark Survey.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

by storm, rising to the top of the app charts and garnering millions of fans, until consumers began to realize the cost of those ultra-low prices — long delivery times and often poor quality products. A former CFO for Shutterfly and Lexmark , she joined as Wish’s CFO in November 2021 and added COO to her title in late 2022. “In

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Books-A-Million will leverage its 231 stores to offer same- and next-day delivery using the white label Walmart GoLocal service, which Walmart introduced in August 2021. In the coming weeks, Books-A-Million will roll out the service nationwide, beginning in the Southeast and Midwest markets. Orders placed before 3 p.m.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Leading market research firm Euromonitor International has just unveiled its 2023 rankings for the Top 10 fastest growing and biggest retailers in Asia Pacific, with Indonesia’s GoTo stealing the spotlight. Post-pandemic, consumers are returning to physical stores that offer immersive experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2022

Clark’s last day as CEO of the Worldwide Consumer business at Amazon will be July 1. Clark was instrumental in building out Amazon’s now “legendary” (as Peterson called it) fulfillment, logistics and transportation network. He’ll take the reins at Flexport a few months later on Sept. 1, 2022 and join the company’s Board at the same.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s the question every retailer wants the answer to: what do consumers (and more specifically, those likely to buy their products) really want? Opening day of the 2021 virtual Retail Innovation Conference , which continues today, Nov. Consumers Want Retailers to Catch Up With Their Omnichannel Shopping Behaviors.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

Nearshoring is a key component of SHEIN’s business model, allowing the company to maintain the speedy fulfillment times that have helped drive its popularity with consumers. SHEIN also is planning to host 30 or so pop-up events across EMEA this year, to allow “consumers to experience products first-hand.”

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In 2021, the festive period has continued to change. In November, consumers became aware of global supply chain issues, spiking fear into them that Christmas shopping may be a major challenge. Consumers will continue shopping earlier. To find out how you can market to your customers this festive season, visit: [link].

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2021

And while it’s premature to reference the COVID-19 crisis in the past tense, Inmar’s most recent Intelligence Shopper Insights Study provides clear insight into what marketers can expect in the months ahead, as the grocery industry settles further into the much anticipated “new normal.”. Hybrid Shopping is Here to Stay. Only more so.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2022

While Instacart shared a valuation of $39 billion following a $265 million funding round in March 2021, by March 2022 the company had slashed its valuation by nearly 40% to approximately $24 billion , according to Bloomberg. Instacart, in a statement to CNN Business , said that the reduction was due to new market conditions. “[We

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

With rising gas prices, food shortages, skyrocketing interest rates and ever-present inflation, consumers are worried and that means retailers are worried, too. We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. Loyalty Shifts to Value.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Sherpa’s growth has seen it evolve into a company that specialises in sensitive and high-risk categories of last-mile delivery fulfilment, including groceries, alcohol, medication and other categories that require particular care. The post Sherpa’s incredible rise as last-mile delivery market booms appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As SEOs [search engine optimizers], any heavy lifting we can do to clear a path for our clients toward success in the holiday shopping season will be especially welcome in 2021. Market trends indicate that a powerful three-point strategy for you to bring to the brands you promote is: Inspire, Deliver, Sustain. Department of Commerce.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2021

Now more than ever, it’s critical to understand the latest consumer expectations — and be ready to adapt. Direct-to-consumer selling. Around the world, direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands are becoming mainstream — and they’re causing a major shift in where, when and how shopping is done. Fulfilment of the future.

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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. comparable sales growth and growing market share in grocery during Q4 2021, and much of this success can be attributed to its robust last mile and fulfillment strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2021

And while it’s premature to reference the COVID-19 crisis in the past tense, Inmar’s most recent Intelligence Shopper Insights Study provides clear insight into what marketers can expect in the months ahead, as the grocery industry settles further into the much anticipated “new normal.”. Hybrid Shopping is Here to Stay. Only more so.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2022

The alliance will open up new fulfillment options using Farmstead’s Grocery OS tech stack and Circle K’s retail footprint, and also expand Farmstead’s national supply chain for non-perishables and convenience items. Additionally, both retailers will collaborate on distribution and co-marketing across a variety of new projects.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

New technologies have sprung up to connect consumers at a time of increasing distance. Substack, Patreon, Discord, and Clubhouse have enabled consumers to become one-click content creators, and mind-sharers whilst connecting people globally. The possibilities for increasing consumer engagement and consumer connection are endless.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

2021 was a critical year for the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space. With consumers’ rapid shift to ecommerce channels, DTC players had to navigate surges in demand and effectively compete against a broader landscape that included their startup peers but also omnichannel behemoths.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

The deal will help Save A Lot fulfill its mission of providing consumers with products that meet their needs via new product discovery of emerging and established brands. Save A Lot has entered a new partnership with RangeMe to scale the discount grocer’s sourcing efforts for new and innovative products.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 10, 2021

retailX also will go Inside the Mind of the Values-Driven Consumer in a session featuring Danny Alexander, Co-founder of Who Gives A Crap , and Lindsay McCormick, CEO of Bite. Hot Takes on Livestreaming, Influencer Marketing and Social Commerce. These are just a sampling of the sessions that fill the retailX 2021 agenda.

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Rangeme

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The 2021 Global Market: Fall Experience was a four-day virtual product discovery experience held October 18-22, facilitated by ECRM and powered by RangeMe. The goal of bringing suppliers and retail buyers across categories from around the world to meet face-to-face virtually was happily fulfilled. don’t entice them.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

There are a lot of theories about how inflation, supply chain constraints and other dynamics will impact consumer behaviors. But clearly deal hunting is top-of-mind for older consumers: while 55% of Gen Z consumers said they plan to spend more on holiday shopping and celebrations, a mere 39% of millennial shoppers intend to do the same.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

With the two dominant deal days in our rearview mirrors and the world still largely at home due to the pandemic’s restrictions, the e-commerce onslaught will continue, causing retailers to adjust their fulfilment strategies to stay afloat. Consumers are noticing the impacts. Retailers lack automation, intelligent order management.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2021

Both Uber and Uber Eats are making deliveries in markets including San Francisco, New York City and Washington D.C., Today nearly 3 million consumers order groceries and other essentials each month through Uber, and we’re just getting started. Uber has spent 2021 building out its delivery capabilities in a big way.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Amazon: the Consumer-First Platform. Amazon has completely upleveled what a high quality ecommerce experience looks like for consumers. A business model that was only possible with their unparalleled investment in the systems and shipping, fulfillment and supply chain infrastructure to support it. grocery market.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2021

With the speed of vaccine rollouts indicating that Zoom classes won’t be front and center for the new school year, the back-to-school (BTS) shopping season of 2021 will be unlike any other. During the pandemic, they’ve made investments in ecommerce capabilities out of necessity, and paid for the added expense by capturing more market share.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Financial terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in Q4 2021, were not disclosed. The Roadie technology platform is purpose-build to connect merchants and consumers with contract drivers to enable efficient and scalable same-day local delivery services nationwide.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 21, 2023

from 2021 to approximately $11.9 However, planned spending among those consumers is down slightly from 2022, with the average Prime Day shopper planning to spend $250 this year (both at Amazon and other retailers’ simultaneous sales events), down from $388 in 2022 and from $594 in 2021. RetailMeNot’s survey of 1,000 U.S.

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