Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

Amazon in particular invested more than $60 billion in shipping alone in 2020, helping it maintain blazing fast delivery times, but O’Shea believes its lack of a significant physical store footprint will cause it to lag behind the competition to some degree. “The Omnichannel and Store-Based Fulfillment Are Bigger Than Ever.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 7, 2022

For many SME retailers, the thought of scaling their businesses to enter new markets has many perceived barriers, particularly if you’re managing multiple roles within your business from stock procurement to marketing, quality control and customer services. Consider other international markets .

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

31, 2021. “We’re toy industry sales increased 11% in Q3 2021 from 2020, according to the NPD Group , driven by price increases, a continuation of pandemic lifestyles and fewer promotions. with BNPL orders in 2021 up 44% compared to 2019 and 3% over 2020, according to the Adobe Digital Economy Index. “In

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 27, 2022

After the pandemic-driven surge in consumer demand that triggered a frenzy of shipping activity and skyrocketing prices, logistics and transportation companies are signaling a fast slowdown. Shipping and wholesale prices are plunging and orders are not being placed as often. . Disruptions in the Container Shipping Industry.

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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

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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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Bluethumb Digital’s first collection, the Genesis Drop, is set to launch this Thursday, February 24, with 91 artworks from 25 Australian digital artists, including big names, such as Marble Mannequin, Mysterious AI, and Brad Robson, who recently got a shoutout from NFT aficionado Paris Hilton. Lowering the barriers to entry.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Amazon’s 12 per cent extended-trade stock drop erased about $140 billion in its market capitalisation, greater than the entire value of companies such as Morgan Stanley, Netflix and Lockheed Martin. I don’t actually believe that will happen, but the market definitely doesn’t like it.” Analysts were expecting $155.2

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This removes the cost and complexity of shipping furniture pieces for photoshoots, which is particularly difficult right now due to supply chain issues, as well as the difficulty of getting all the necessary staff in the same place at the same time. Creating the virtual showrooms was a fairly intuitive process.

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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. That’s the billion dollar question.

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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. Personalize Your Back-to-School Marketing. Another easy step: Drop account creation requirements and allow guest checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2023

On the B2B side, Merrell is using 3D and AR tech to sell their products via digital showrooms, prior to manufacturing and shipping, to increase speed to market, reduce costs and lower their carbon footprint. The furniture and home goods space is another sector of the market that’s seeing increased applications of this technology.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

Looking back, the pandemic highlighted the importance of having robust and flexible supply chains, and retailers have been forced to rethink their supply chain strategies and invest in new technologies to be dynamic, nimble and agile to evolving market conditions. One example is Havaianas.

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Wiser

JUNE 5, 2023

A good transportation infrastructure helps reduce costs associated with delays while ensuring timely deliveries so that customers receive their orders on time and without damage to items shipped. When demand for an item suddenly spikes or drops, it can lead to cash flow issues, inventory shortages, and increased competition.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in March, it secured USD$6 million in Series A funding, which it will use to increase its foothold in the US market and attract talent across engineering, products, and its marketing team. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We We are dual headquartered, in LA and in Hong Kong.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

Back in March, it secured USD$6 million in Series A funding, which it will use to increase its foothold in the US market and attract talent across engineering, products, and its marketing team. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We We are dual headquartered, in LA and in Hong Kong.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Episode 276 is a Recap of GroceryShop 2021, new woes for Amazon FBA sellers, and industry news. Episode 276 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday September 24th, 2021. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. GroceryShop is a trade show dedicated to the grocery and CPG industry, with a particular.

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Retail Minded

JULY 25, 2022

Supply Chain and Freight Challenges Leading to Shipping Changes. ports and the resulting supply chain issues was widely reported during the 2021 holiday season, the problem is ongoing. Recently, a study by the Royal Bank of Canada found that 20% of all of the container ships in the world are currently waiting in congested ports.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The 2021 Retail Strategy & Planning webinar series, now available on demand, brought together retailers, solution providers, practitioners and industry experts from firms including IDC, Alvarez & Marsal, WSL Strategic Retail and Cambridge Retail Advisors. Holiday 2021 and Preparing for 2022.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Customers really love our fast shipping and customer service, where we get a lot of positive feedback. KZ: In Australia, we already have a [large] share of the retail market, but the US is a huge market and opportunity for us. We just launched our UK page, so we’re tackling the European market, too.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

That’s a drop in the bucket compared to Amazon’s 1.7 Then in June 2021, Google forged integration partnerships with some of the biggest ecommerce solutions in the space — Shopify, Square, WooCommerce and GoDaddy — making it easier for the thousands of merchants using those platforms to make their products discoverable through Google.

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Mass Relators

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

from the volume of imports that moved through the ports in the first half of 2021. Ports on the East and West coasts remain congested, said Ben Hackett of Hackett Associates, who noted that the Port of Los Angeles has around 40 ships waiting to dock. Imports for all of 2021 totaled 25.8 That would represent an increase of 1.5%

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Driven by the explosive growth of ecommerce and shifting consumer preferences, the global cloud manufacturing market is expected to reach about $112 billion by 2024 , growing at an astounding 20 percent annually. This is particularly beneficial for smaller brands because they can go to market quicker and with less risk.

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Rangeme

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In the past few years, the subscription box market reached new heights in 2021, projecting more than $15 billion in sales. Reach out to subbox businesses that sell products in your market niche and find out their requirements for suppliers. Looking for a shipping partner to help set up your drop-ship capabilities?

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Partnership with eBay will see InPost parcel lockers available as a new postage option, providing sellers with a fast and flexible way to ship parcels to customers. The partnership signals InPost’s continued expansion in the UK and marks its commitment to providing flexible solutions for a growing C2C e-commerce market.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2022

New York fashion designer Lindsay Nicholas started her business seven years ago as a side hustle while working in marketing in Singapore. In the US, women are more averse to a drop-crotch pant, which in Australia is more common. We had double-digit growth still, but for us, it really felt like the right time to invest in retail.

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365 Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

Orla Power, Marketing Director at Luzern eCommerce. At the end of 2021, projected sales were estimated to reach nearly USD 5.0 A clear trend is in the shift from traditional warehouse fulfilment models, as well as the re-modelling of supply chains to third-party logistics and the use of drop-shipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated an already-surging resale market. Studies show how the secondhand market has picked up its pace during the pandemic. With consumers seeking bargains from home, online secondhand is set to grow 69% between 2019 and 2021, while the broader retail sector is projected to shrink 15%.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The new year is here; however, the market challenges of 2022 didn’t evaporate with the turning of the calendar. The good news is that retailers can use this time of market instability to double down on their online stores. Drop shipping and print-on-demand are good options for smaller stores to avoid inventory issues.

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Retail Gazette

OCTOBER 5, 2023

With the cost-of-living crisis at the forefront of shoppers’ minds, it’s no surprise so shoppers have jumped ship from the traditional big four supermarkets to discounters. Its market share increased from 6.1% In 2021, when Covid undoubtedly hit the business, Aldi’s profit margin fell to an 11-year low of 0.4%.

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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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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 17, 2022

By Tricia McKinnon The resale market is one of the fastest growing segments of retail. Traditional retailers are not sitting back watching this market grow. The sneaker resale market is growing quickly. In 2019 it had an estimated market size of $6 billion and it is projected to grow to $30 billion by 2030.

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Retail Insider

MAY 25, 2021

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.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Active-lifewear brand Fabletics will celebrate the grand opening of its first UK Retail Store in London on the 26th, 27th and 28th of November 2021. iPod-based POS systems, powered by Omnisuite, also allow Fabletics associates to help customers shop the website and arrange for the free shipping of products directly to the customer’s doorstep.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 21, 2022

Episode 285 is a deep dive into the data from 2021 and holiday 2021. The US Dept of Commerce December Advanced Retail Sales Data is out, which gives us a full look at 2021 and the 2021 holiday season. So Episode 285 is a data deepdive into 2021. So Episode 285 is a data deepdive into 2021.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

in 2021 on the back of strong growth in the prior year. This service is also beneficial for consumers worried about their goods being stolen after they are dropped off. billio n of all click and collect purchases made in the United States in 2021 are fulfilled by Walmart. Then in 2022 Walmart’s eCommerce sales were up 12%.

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 18, 2022

More than eight million parcels1 were lost or stolen between May 2021 and April 2022, with the UK having the largest increase in missing parcels compared to other countries. According to the Penn Elcom Parcel Theft Report, the UK saw the largest increase in parcel theft and loss between May 2021 and April 2022.

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