Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Speedy delivery is the name of the game for supermarket retailers all over the world right now, as major chains invest in micro fulfilment centres and explore dark stores in an effort to keep up with customers’ rising expectations during the pandemic. By the end of June 2021, Missfresh operated 625 mini-warehouses in 16 cities in China.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

Ask any retailer or consumer and they’ll agree on this point: ecommerce returns are a problem — albeit for diametrically opposed reasons. Meanwhile, more than three in four (78%) consumers say they’ve had an inconvenient online returns experience recently, per Pitney Bowes latest BOXpoll survey. consumers love the USPS.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

United Parcel Service (UPS) plans to buy Roadie , a delivery platform supporting local same-day delivery across the country. Financial terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in Q4 2021, were not disclosed. Roadie will continue to operate under its own name following the purchase’s completion.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The agenda for the virtual 2021 Retail Innovation Conference , taking place Nov. Curious about how consumer attitudes and behaviors are evolving? What consumers really want from brands and retailers. Practical ways to harness the enthusiasm of values-driven consumers. 17 from 1:20 to 2:10 p.m. 17 from 12 to 12:30 p.m.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

Uber is expanding Uber Eats’ services with new features such as the ability to place orders when grocery stores aren’t open for later delivery, live tracking of orders from store to door and easier product replacements. billion in February 2021. The upgrades are aimed at benefiting retailers as well as customers. “By

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 12, 2023

In the US, social commerce is anticipated to double to US$80 billion in annual sales between 2021 and 2025, putting the US second only to China in social commerce, although China outsells the US by a factor of 10. Because social media is where many consumers spend their time, and where they look for inspiration and discovery.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It took Shopify merchants nearly 15 years to reach a cumulative GMV of $200 billion. This exponential growth, highlighted by President Harley Finkelstein at the company’s Q3 2021 earnings call in late October, came as a surprise to just about no one given ecommerce’s recent unprecedented growth. What stood out to you in the findings?

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Inside Retail

APRIL 15, 2021

As a result, the industry unlocked and fulfilled five years of online retail growth in just six months through a patchwork of band-aids and gut-led experiments – effectively realising 2025 sales levels in 2020. Consumers are doing as much as possible through digital and contactless channels, even when shopping in-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In the last year, startups such as Jokr , Gorillas and GoPuff have left legacy delivery services like Uber Eats and Instacart scrambling to keep up in the speed wars. Just last week, reports surfaced that instant grocery delivery service 1520 was shutting down after exhausting its funding. Beginning Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

. “By offering customer-favorite sushi options and premium floral bouquets through third-party marketplaces, we are continuing to evolve and meet customers where and how they are shopping,” said Stuart Aitken, SVP and Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer at Kroger Co. in a statement.

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365 Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Fashion brands are pivoting to offer new, value-add delivery services and improved post-purchase experiences to enhance sales, encourage customer loyalty and protect margins, the latest data from parcelLab , the leading operations experience platform, reveals.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

The business surveyed 2000 global consumers to compile the data, releasing the report to highlight retailer opportunities that continue to arise in the sector. As shown in the study, Australian consumers have consistently reported lower spending hesitancy on e-commerce platforms since 2020 as a result of Covid-19. “In

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Mass Relators

MARCH 31, 2024

She has held roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as vice president, human resources for DG’s retail organization since 2021 and was named to the Mass Market Retailers Most Influential Women list in 2023. She also led NMG’s supply chain transformation strategy to modernize its omnichannel distribution and fulfillment network.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2021

The number of active users on Alibaba Group ’s ecommerce platforms topped 1 billion for the first time in fiscal year 2021, but this milestone was tainted by the company’s first quarterly operating loss since it went public in 2014 — a result of the historic antitrust penalty levied against the company earlier this year. billion yuan ($1.2

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

With only two months left of 2021, retailers should already be looking ahead to the new year for the newest trends, technology, marketing tactics, products, and solutions for improving their business. Meet Consumers Where They Want to Shop. “I Crypto Payments Help Deliver a Competitive Advantage.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

As the supply chain issues and labour shortages that defined the 2021 festive period are more or less resolved, the opportunity for a strong peak period presents itself. In fact, in 2021, the UK alone accounted for over ten per cent of global Black Friday searches online. Plan, plan and plan some more!

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

But ongoing pressure from consumers, employees and even regulators has forced businesses — especially retailers — to reprioritize sustainability along with broader corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. Consumer Demands Accelerate Sustainability Priorities. of purchases.

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Mass Relators

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Consumers flocked online for essential purchases, adding $102.08 billion in 2021, according to Digital Commerce 360. Overall in 2021, consumers spent $870.78 merchants, up 14.2% Consumers, both online and in-store — for delivery and pickup — want to get through their shopping lists ASAP.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Supply chain issues, inflation and other economic headwinds that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are still present for merchants. The current economic environment has driven consumers to be more budget conscious and price sensitive as inflation pushes up the cost of living and products’ prices.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Episode 279 is breakdown of Amazon, eBay, Shopify, and Snap Q3 2021 earnings, and a discussion of Rent the Runway’s IPO. October 28th, 2021. It was a rigorous process. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. We also discuss the Rent the Runway IPO. Transcript.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 28, 2022

billion in last year’s first quarter 2021. With [Amazon Web Services] growing 34% annually over the last two years, and 37% year-over-year in the first quarter, AWS has been integral in helping companies weather the pandemic and move more of their workloads into the cloud. But the company also reported a net loss of $3.8

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Episode 286 is a hot take on Amazon Q4 2021 earnings. Amazon released their Q4 (and full year) earnings for 2021 on Thursday February 3rd. in 2021, which was just above the industry average of 17.9% In 2021 total revenue was $31.16B growing at 32% Year over Year. In this episode we do a deep dive into all the details.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

Now, at BigCommerce, she helps merchants grow via integrations to channels such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay and Walmart , a task she says is “like walking among giants.”. As data privacy increases, it becomes more and more challenging to get data about [consumers] from other places.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 29, 2023

Jason: [8:04] No I was just I was just thinking that they I assume they left it blank because the underwriters were out of practice. There’s also the others you can think of Jason there’s this one.

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 21, 2022

While availability of consumer goods may present some of these hiccups, how those goods are managed should not be an issue. Enhancing these fulfillment challenges includes leveraging robotics, and there was no shortage of these to explore at NRF. billion in 2021 alone. Among my findings included: A Shifting Supply Chain. .

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

But now, as BNPL offerings — and consumers’ understanding of them — mature, the explosive growth of the last two years is slowing. With inflation and interest rates on the rise, a more nuanced approach to BNPL is emerging, and experts say that’s a good thing for both consumers and retailers. In fact, 50% of U.S

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

million, FY Merchant Solutions revenue grew 116% to $2B Shopify Expands Its Checkout System to Facebook and Instagram. Episode 254 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Thursday, February 19th, 2021. Amazon news: Amazon acquires Seltz, a Shopify competitor. Transcript.

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Rangeme

JULY 29, 2022

What Fast Fulfillment Means to Consumers. Most retailers’ supply chains were not prepared for the abrupt switch in transportation and fulfillment needs or the sudden spike in consumer demand. . 3 Unexpected Benefits of Fast Fulfillment. 3 Unexpected Benefits of Fast Fulfillment. More Sales.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 29, 2022

Key Topics: Declining macro economics First quarter 1P sales were down year-over-year for the first time in two decades, as it had to comp against a very strong Q1 2021 which was elevated by the pandemic. Another one we look at is like various credit worthiness and so like mortgage delinquencies is a good proxy for consumer health.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

Jeff Bezos steps down Amazon offers it’s multi-channel fulfillment (MCF) to Big Commerce customers. Shopify Unite 2021 Instagram leans into commerce Nike earnings Warby Parker IPO. Episode 269 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday July 8, 2021. Other News. Transcript.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 30, 2021

Episode 262 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday April 30, 2021. You know it remains to be seen what’s really going to happen but it seems like the retailers have a lot of confidence in in this being a permanent new consumer Behavior. We recap Amazon, EBay, and Shopify Q1 earnings reports. Transcript.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

It closed down all channels except online, and put all its advertising dollars and social media initiatives into selling direct to consumers (DTC). Already having mastered a multichannel strategy pre-pandemic, during the lockdown it extended its multichannel capabilities to sales and customer service.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

By creating narrower product assortments and limiting inventory levels — especially for product shipments headed to brick-and-mortar stores —merchants would gain the ability to react more quickly to changing consumer trends, and even potentially reduce their need for markdowns. Richard Maicki. Keith Jelinek.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. More Online Sales Means More Returns. The big driver?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2022

The 2022 Connected Consumer Series featured industry experts, thought leaders and practitioners prepared to share their wisdom with their peers, and spotlighted powerful examples from FILA, Lidl, Patagonia and other businesses. It’s also changing the dynamics of retailers’ relationship with consumers. “If View the session on demand.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 22, 2021

Episode 251 is our annual predictions episode for 2021 and a recap of our 2020 predictions. Installment Payments heat up – At least one company is acquired (Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, QuadPay, Sizzle) Yes (IPO’s). 2021 Predictions. Retailer offers viable health alt insurance option to consumers. Transcript.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In its composite declaration, the consortium aims to address rapidly evolving issues of counterfeit trade in online retail and to support the intellectual property rights (IPR) of participating brands and consumer protection efforts in the e-commerce environment. Current state of affairs. There also has been a dark side to this.

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