Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Goldsby, who discussed supply chain issues with Retail TouchPoints in May 2022 , shared his thoughts on ways the industry can make supply chains both more reliable and cost-effective moving forward. That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2022

has fortified its omnichannel functionalities with same-day BOPIS, ship-from-store and pre-order offerings, deploying a new order management system (OMS) from HotWax Commerce. and 250 locations in more than 65 countries. Steve Madden, Ltd.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Reminiscent of the “kids clubs” available through many vacation resorts and cruise ships, CAMP Club is designed to offer engaging and interactive experiences at Marriott Bonvoy’s hotels and resorts worldwide that are tailored to the needs of different age groups.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2020

“This initiative will greatly reduce our reliance on our brick-and-mortar channel and we are targeting our mall-based, brick-and-mortar portfolio to represent less than 25% of our revenue entering fiscal 2022,” said Jane Elfers, The Children’s Place President and CEO in a statement. Even though approximately 95%. of the company’s U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

The service, which debuted in November 2022, now provides message-based consultations in 34 states and video visits nationwide. Depending on the state where they’re located, customers can connect via messaging or video call without requiring an appointment or insurance coverage.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. This is both more complex and more top-of-mind due to ESG [environmental, social and governance]; no one likes to ship air.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

In November 2021, amid supply chain issues that have created challenges for retailers over the last two years, David’s Bridal launched its Guaranteed in Stock and Ready to Ship collection, a reserve of more than 300,000 dresses starting at $89.95 that were in stock and ready to ship to customers in the U.S.

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With ecommerce constantly evolving, new in-store gadgets coming out to help transactions go faster and more smoothly, and data becoming more crucial to personalizing the customer experience, retailers need to stay alert on the latest trends to keep business booming. The Growth & Future of Mobile Payments.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Owning the Entire Customer Experience. As a result, it has been able to maintain its DTC model and ensure it can keep its competitive pricing and own the entire customer experience — from delivery to installation. That’s why the ethos behind our brand is making every day feel as relaxing as Sunday morning.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Customer experience (CX) strategies often focus on using technology to improve steps in the customer journey, but CX can also be about the bigger picture: how their purchases impact our environment. The 2022 survey also found that a company’s environmental practices were a deciding factor for 78% of consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2022

billion ) into opening new locations and revamping existing stores by the end of 2023. The retailer is aiming to make itself accessible for customers whenever and wherever they want to interact with IKEA by expanding the availability of omnichannel services. IKEA also has been experimenting with even smaller stores in the U.S.,

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. “A It also took home the award for outstanding growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

Luxury home brand Brooklinen is planning to triple its brick-and-mortar retail presence, first with the addition of four stores in new markets in 2022 and plans to reach 25 to 30 locations by the end of 2024. ”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

LaFleur began with the September 2022 opening of a 550-square-foot store on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Amid planning for new locations in other areas of New York and Washington, D.C., Twidwell: Prior to the pandemic, we primarily focused on opening in neighborhoods that were heavily saturated with office locations and commuters.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

“The expansion of Amazon’s same-day delivery to include beloved brands delivered directly from nearby retail locations is just another way we are offering customers even greater selection, at faster speeds,” said Sarah Mathew, Director of Amazon Delivery Experience in a statement. “We Seattle and Washington D.C.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

For most stores with multiple locations, procurement has largely been a centralized process, with each location requesting and receiving inventory from the parent corporation, as needed. But supply chain disruptions resulting from the pandemic forced many store managers to go rogue and do whatever was needed to stay in business.

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Independent Retailer

JANUARY 20, 2022

Now, the chaos is gradually giving way to a new order, and as they look to 2022, many businesses are finally hoping for a more orderly and “normal” year. That means that as customers return to stores, retailers have a chance to differentiate themselves with low-cost, low-hassle return policies. Sustainability Shapes Buying Decisions.

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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. In fact, not only does discounting eat into margins, it reduces Average Order Value and Customer Lifetime Value as a result.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 9, 2023

What this highlights is an opportunity for the retail industry that is waiting to be grabbed – combining physical stores and digital technology to provide enhanced or brand-new and innovative customer experiences. And, a brand that is leading the pack is Gymshark.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2022

BOPIS, boasts a number of very strong positives for both retailers and their customers. Retailers save on shipping costs while leveraging their in-store inventories to fulfill customer orders, while shoppers get the products they want without having to wait for a delivery. Click-and-collect, a.k.a.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Estimates suggest that India is now home to over 800 DTC companies, with the ecosystem’s market value reaching about US$12 billion in 2022. Among the indirect beneficiaries of the DTC boom are third-party logistics providers (3PLs), responsible for delivering products even to remote locations. What lies ahead?

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A1 Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

Quadient, a leader in helping businesses create meaningful customer connections through digital and physical channels and a major global open locker network operator, has announced that Royal Mail has joined the Parcel Pending by Quadient Open Locker Network under a multi-year contract.

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Inside Retail

MAY 16, 2023

The new returns service is already available at over 500 stores across the US and is expected to reach all 2000 Target locations in the next few months. Once the service becomes available at a local store, customers can use it via the Target app. This is one of the latest enhancements to the retailer’s popular ‘Drive Up’ service.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 15, 2023

Online retailer ebuyer.com has awarded a £million+ last mile delivery contract to DPD , with the parcel delivery brand now responsible for the shipping and handling of products across the UK. The contract change, which began in mid-August, is a result of customer feedback calling for a different delivery provider due to shipping issues.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 27, 2022

Focus on customer experience. The benefit is that Designerex is highly scalable, but it also means that users are responsible for shipping and cleaning items, which can be a hassle. We do anything the customer wants in this market,” said Kore, who came in 30th in Inside Retail’s 2022 Top 50 People in E-Commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

It’s energizing to think about customer experience transformation and what that could possibly mean for a business. In the retail industry, many organizations are at a pivotal moment of forging a path forward to define the future-state customer experience where the physical and digital converge. We all like to think big.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2023

From the convenience of same- or one-day shipping provided by large online marketplaces to the luxury of having groceries or dinner delivered to your front door, the breadth and depth of delivery has created new revenue channels for businesses. Scott Peterson is VP of U.S. Tax Policy at Avalara.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2022

During a webinar titled Peak Review 2021 and Returns Trends 2022 , Laura Davies, Head of Client Success, and Jason Taylor, Commercial Director at ZigZag, shared insights from the 2021 holidays that can help position retailers for a successful 2022 season. Top Return Trends for the Newly Extended Holiday Season.

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Retalon

DECEMBER 8, 2021

As mentioned earlier, in its simplest form, order fulfillment is the physical process of getting a purchased product from a storage location to the customer. Some factors affecting this decision include the proximity of the storage location to the customer, inventory availability, and the labour involved.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 26, 2022

The company made that announcement today as it kicked of ZohoDay 2022, its annual analysts conference in Austin, Texas. That’s where dozens of analysts, customers, and company executives gathered to celebrate the last year, which was highlighted by another term of growth, and look forward. Zoho Customer Stories.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Whether its next-day, same-day or Express delivery, the customer expects their orders to arrive quickly, and we’re continuously working on redefining delivery timelines expressed in minutes rather than days.”. Walmart will add 1,100 Ford E-Transits in 2022 and it has reserved 5,000 BrightDrop EVs, slated to begin service in 2023.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2022

And last week, it was announced that she landed at number seven in Inside Retail’s Top People in E-Commerce 2022. . I think that brands today are looking to elevate the experience for customers in more ways and making an effort to stand out, and what that means is that the customer experience is improving all the time.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Plenert discussed the happy convergence of luxury and pop-ups and shared his thoughts about which design trends are likely to remain strong in 2022. Another of their best features is that they’re agile and allow retailers to try out new locations. Plenert: There are technical challenges that vary depending on the type of location.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This year, AI has transformed the future of customer experience and is quickly becoming a key driver of growth and productivity across industries. With AI, retailers can leverage shopping history data and trends to provide users with personalised suggestions, rooted in their online behaviours, preferences and location.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

When Discount Tire unveiled its Atlanta Pit Pass concept store in early October 2022, it officially completed its transformation from a traditional tire retailer into a strong omnichannel leader in the automotive category. Photo courtesy of Discount Tire. Photo courtesy of Discount Tire. Photo courtesy of Discount Tire.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The new facility, located at 1015 Hixson Boulevard, is set to open in the fall of 2022 and will create up to 300 full-time jobs, according to the company. This facility will include game changing automation technology that’s radically disrupting the supply chain, improving the customer experience and saving time for associates.”.

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A1 Retail

JANUARY 14, 2022

More than half (52%) of global consumers said they are less likely to order an item that requires shipping from overseas than they were a year ago . As part of the From Clicks to Ships: Navigating the Global Supply Chain Crisis 2022 Report , SOTI surveyed 10,000 consumers across the UK, U.S.,

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