Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Jewelry and accessories retailer Claire’s is tapping into “drop” culture with its newest offering, a subscription box service called cDrop. Aimed at “fostering self-expression” among its core Gen Z demographic, each box retails for $30 and is shipped quarterly, with no ongoing commitment for customers.

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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. Holiday shopping insights from the Adobe Digital Economy Index predict that ecommerce will become even more ubiquitous, with U.S. 31, 2021. “We’re

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2021

In fact, the impacts of the most unique holiday in decades are still being felt: retailers should plan for continued shipping delays in the short term, and also continue to refine their omnichannel operations as they prepare for the rest of 2021. 3 shopping day in 2019. 11 through Dec. 24, 2020), or 2.4% 1 through Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

In fact, the use of traditional media — such as TV, radio, direct mail and outdoor advertising — as a customer acquisition tool rose from 29% in 2021 to 51% in 2022, second only to email outreach (68%). Stand Out Beyond Free Shipping . Last year’s top retention tool — free shipping — fell slightly, from 64% in 2021 to 57% in 2022.

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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 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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 ecommerce holiday shopping and shipping season is expected to eclipse years past. Regardless, these communications will be crucial to whether holiday customers return throughout 2021. With many people working from home, there won’t be as many office buildings and businesses for carriers to drop off consumers’ packages.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In the world of ecommerce, Google is a bit of an anomaly: while a relatively minor player in the marketplace landscape compared to giants like Amazon and eBay , it is at the same time central to the shopping journeys of millions of consumers every day. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to Amazon’s 1.7

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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. Another easy step: Drop account creation requirements and allow guest checkout.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 7, 2022

For many independent retailers in the UK, 2020 hid a lot of the post-Brexit trading cracks as their domestic sales skyrocketed during periods of lockdown when consumers were forced to stay at home and took to shopping more online. Simplifying the schemes available.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2023

Consumers expect convenient, interactive shopping experiences, from online to in-store and everything in between. This year, 3D and AR adoption is expected to be one of the biggest trends for providing next-gen ecommerce experiences, especially for apparel and footwear brands looking to bring the physical world to digital shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

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. Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2022

Retailers pulled off a successful 2021 holiday season despite the challenges posed by the omicron variant and ongoing supply chain issues. 24, 2021, according to data from Mastercard. 21, 2021, through Jan. drop in 2020. 21, 2021, through Jan. drop in 2020. “It’s Overall sales were up 8.5%

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2021

According to data collected by courier company Zoom2u in its 2021 Online Consumer Shopping Report, 86 per cent of shoppers would reconsider shopping with a brand if they had a poor delivery experience. The problem.

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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. Scot: [2:02] Wrinkle will tell us what the buzz was at grocery shop. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. Transcript.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

Increases in cost of shipping both for raw materials inbound to Brazil plus outbound finished goods to our markets were a big factor for some of 2021 and much of 2022, but things have mostly normalised now,” he added. As shipping rates reduce it is important for businesses to have a dynamic view on their costs,” he elaborated.

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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. In the Independent Retail: Your Path to Gen Z and Millennial Market Share educational session, guest speaker Jasmine Glasheen explained how each generation shops differently.

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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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365 Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The good news is that Halloween retail expenditure continued to grow in 2021 to £607 million, is forecast to increase to £687 million this year , and is set to rise to a whopping £777m by 2023! Customers always love a discount, but, with so much competition, incentives need to go further than simple price drops. Free shipping.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

in 2021 on the back of strong growth in the prior year. Consumers love shopping online but what they really want is control. This service is also beneficial for consumers worried about their goods being stolen after they are dropped off. Consumers are looking for one stop shopping. More than 1.7

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365 Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

To help online brands set themselves up for success, we examined the past and present to provide insights into the future of online shopping. At the end of 2021, projected sales were estimated to reach nearly USD 5.0 Remaining competitive in the eCommerce world means staying ahead of the curve.

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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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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We As this market is built off demand for low supply, there has been a drop in resale prices.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. The online platform came into existence in January of 2021. “We As this market is built off demand for low supply, there has been a drop in resale prices.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 4, 2021

Central to all the company’s efforts is its use of FullStory , a digital experience analytics and insight platform that FTD deployed earlier in 2021. FullStory will tell you that your problem is in navigation or in the shopping cart, but also what are surfacing as revenue opportunities. Discovering the ‘Unknown Unknowns’.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Whilst 2020 was about dealing with the outcomes of the acceleration of e-commerce and omnichannel, in 2021, retailers were trying to cope with a perfect storm of demand and supply issues, including international shipping uncertainty, loss of capacity, increased costs – even a lack of containers and pallets.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 26, 2022

With luxurious touches, such as a VIP area with velvet chairs, a personal shopping service, and free domestic shipping for in-store customers, Nicholas calls it “one of the most elegant stores” she has ever seen. In the US, women are more averse to a drop-crotch pant, which in Australia is more common.

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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. SMS not only keeps customers up to date with our latest promos, offers and collection drops, it’s also a way for customers to message our customer service team directly. They can contact us via text message instead of email.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 5, 2021

Harvey Nichols’ prestigious shopping experience is now further elevated with a hassle-free way to give a second life to past purchases that benefits both the planet and customer’s pockets. . The Reflaunt Resell Service will be available online at harveynichols.com and in Harvey Nichols stores across the UK from the 26 th August 2021. .

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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. All sellers have to do is scan their bar code and drop the parcel off – with the whole process taking a matter of seconds.

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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. A stark 4 million1 UK shoppers say this concern is enough to make them reluctant to shop online. Global parcel loss and theft. E-commerce impact and solutions.

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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. Similar to a lot of curated box companies, “We want a product to be something that our customers may not have tried before or wouldn’t usually treat themselves to in their everyday shopping experience,” explains Brod.

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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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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 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. In 2021, when Covid undoubtedly hit the business, Aldi’s profit margin fell to an 11-year low of 0.4%. to £178.7m it achieved in 2019.

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