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Preparing for the Rise in Online Retail Returns

Retail TouchPoints

In 2021, returns cost retailers a whopping $761 billion , or almost 17% of total U.S. This year the powerful combination of the special sale dates in Q4 (like Target, Amazon and Walmart holding October Black Friday events) and an increase in ecommerce holiday shopping means that this upward trend for returns will continue.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Although the trend towards omnichannel fulfillment is not new, the pandemic changed many retailers’ business models almost overnight, and these changes are not going away. What is omnichannel order fulfillment in retail?

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Mejuri Leverages Real-Time Profitability Data to Inform Decision-Making

Retail TouchPoints

SoundCommerce allows us to track the exact impact of these variables on our profitability as we make real-time decisions regarding assortment, promotions, inventory, marketing and fulfillment.” SoundProfit 360 collects and processes revenue and cost data in real time from every system across the enterprise,” explained Best.

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Want to Know the Holiday Season’s Top Trends? Look at Back-to-School for Insight

Retail TouchPoints

This will help them prepare their omnichannel fulfillment operations and ensure items get to customers in the most efficient, and profitable, way possible. We have high demand and low supply, so there are fewer markdowns now,” Kotlyar added. “I Eagerness to Return to Stores Means Retailers Need to Tackle Labor Shortages, Stat.

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5 Major Retail Digital Transformations to Watch For in 2021

Retalon

Advanced analytics has the capacity to integrate every channel of a multi-channel business into its forecast to maximize the return on promotion investments. In effect, this means a reduction of total inventories, maximized sales, and reduced markdowns. Order fulfillment automation. to optimize inventory for gross margins.

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How to Build a Highly Profitable Product Assortment Strategy (2021)

Retalon

Deep assortments can appeal to a smaller, more passionate customer base that spends more and returns regularly. Your overall assortment doesn’t matter to the individual customer — only the assortment of items that fulfill the above criteria. How to Effectively Use Product Clustering in Retail (2021). April 26, 2021.

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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

Retalon

A retail fulfillment process that is known as BOPIS — Buy Online, Pickup In-Store. During the pandemic, BOPIS retail fulfillment options kept businesses running while limiting person-to-person contact – which was essential during the pandemic. BORIS (Buy Online Return In-Store): Concentrates on reverse logistics.