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Walmart Offers Free At-Home Pickups for Online Product Returns

Retail TouchPoints

Seeking to minimize customers’ return complexities, Walmart has partnered with FedEx for at-home pickup of unwanted gifts or ill-fitting apparel. Customers can schedule returns via the new Carrier Pickup by FedEx service for products that have been shipped and sold by Walmart.com, using either the website or the Walmart app.

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Retail’s Future is Phygital

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Canada Goose’s Toronto store gives shoppers an idea of what it might be like to visit Antarctica by inviting shoppers to travel through a virtual snowstorm, a cold room that reaches -12°C (about 10°F), and a virtual mountain pass via an interactive floor that simulates ice cracking underfoot.

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Consumers Turn to BNPL, BOPIS to Cope with Rising Prices and Supply Chain Uncertainty

Retail TouchPoints

Some of the most popular gift-giving categories are those experiencing the highest levels of inflation, including electronics , toys and apparel. The three top categories for BNPL online orders were apparel ( 43% ), electronics ( 33% ) and grocery ( 30% ), and Adobe also found that the minimum order value is down 12% from 2020 to $225. “If

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Returns: The Hidden Opportunity for Retail

Retail TouchPoints

This was rendered possible as retailers and brands offered low-cost shipping, unlimited holding periods and easy returns. Whether it takes the form of prepaid return labels, easy return drop-off locations or returns packaging, the consumer expects to be able to send back inventory — for whatever reason or no reason at all.

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Retail Consumer Behavior Patterns and Shifting Dynamics: The Future of Retail & Retail Trends

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

In an industry where traditional store-based retailing is still predominant, manufacturers are coping with the changing dynamics of consumer behaviors, business models; and automation. The same applies to B2B marketing when you rely on ABM (Account-Based Marketing) to target corporate accounts, decision-makers, etc.