Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Collaboration and Accountability Investing in improved recycling infrastructure and consumer education on proper recycling practices is critical to closing the loop on packaging waste and promoting a culture of environmental stewardship. Its staff takes pride in the ability to inform customers about various packaging options.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The capping of incoming flights has put significant pressure on shipping and container costs are escalating up to four times their usual rates. If your Order Management System (OMS) is flexible, you can and probably should make short-term changes to account for your biggest season. Secure your shipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

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. If shipping is delayed and orders are late, tell your customers. 4) Think Big: Improve supply chain and inventory management. What does this mean?

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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. Unemployment is at 3.5% in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Inside Retail

MAY 6, 2021

Starshipit and Australia Post have previously worked together to deliver integration for eParcel contract and StarTrack shipping services. Since 2016 MyPost Business has helped many Australian businesses manage their domestic and international sending in one place with a free and easy to set up account.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As Zebra Technologies’ downloadable e-book Lift Productivity and Improve Execution for the Next-Gen Workforce explains, today’s customers want retailers’ workforces to pick their goods, pack them, ship them, deliver them and return them – all without diminishing in-store service.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In internal fulfillment, the business handles the complete process of storing, packing and shipping. The company must have a warehouse to keep its inventory, and a logistics team to manage the goods for storing, ordering and shipping directly to stores/distributors or customers. Can you fulfill the orders in a timely manner?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2023

While you may not be shipping products worldwide, the benefit of an international company is its extensive network of suppliers, sourcing and tools. It’s also the speed at which you’re able to communicate with your account manager or designer. You’ll also want to investigate a company’s international reach and network.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 29, 2022

The popularity of online shopping has created enormous opportunities to reach new customers, but this has come at a cost. Just last year, total returns accounted for $761 billion in lost sales for U.S. Instead, offer the ability to scan a code on their phone at the shipping location and drop off returns as-is.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2022

Supply chain management is the heart of retail management and has the ability to inform the overall health of a business. As a result, businesses looking to gain a competitive advantage in the global marketplace are investing more heavily in supply chain management. Navigating the Dynamic and Evolving Shipping Industry.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2023

After linking their Amazon account to Peridot , customers can purchase Peridot -branded products such as T-shirts, hoodies, phone accessories and throw pillows featuring artwork of creatures from the game. Players then tap the “buy” button to check out via their Amazon account from within the experience.

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Independent Retailer

APRIL 15, 2021

As ecommerce shopping continues to grow, consumers continue to expect free shipping and free returns, since retail conglomerates such as Amazon and Walmart allow this to be their competitive mark. The first way to accomplish this is by not offering free online returns shipped back to your store, which is an option.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And in today’s day and age, shopping online has never been easier — with targeted ads, free shipping, free returns, stores built into Instagram or TikTok, logins saved on your browser and payment information saved on your devices. Krishna Vishnubhotla is VP of Product Strategy at Zimperium.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 11, 2022

Do you know how to manage your inventory as effectively as possible? What are the inventory management best practices? If you can’t answer these questions, it’s time to reconsider how you manage your inventory. Inventory management best practices enable you to run your business most effectively and profitably.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Every international dollar a business generates may be unnecessarily converted up to three times and attract fees at each conversion. Fees can be charged when settling funds into your processing account, transferring funds to your bank account, and paying suppliers. These costs can quickly add up and take as much as 5.5

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Accurate demand forecasting is the bedrock of efficient inventory management — a vital logistics function that should be operating at peak performance levels during the holiday shopping season when consumers expect the inventory they want to be available. 1: Demand forecasting. 3: Order accuracy. Peak season is not forgiving of errors.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Businesses that can strike this balance can secure the Buy Box at higher rates, transforming their eCommerce performance and success in the long run. Therefore, securing the Buy Box at higher rates demands a comprehensive and nuanced strategy. What Makes You Buy Box Eligible? Individual sellers are not.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Krizia Li: A graduate of Oxford University and Harvard Business School, I worked at KPMG, Merrill Lynch and McKinsey & Co, followed by DFS Group, Marriott International and McDonald’s Greater China. Being a fan of – but never able to work at – UNESCO, I studied Cultural Heritage Management at HKU Department of Architecture after-hours.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

Focus and blame generally turn to the manufacturing, production and distribution parts of the chain, but other aspects are not usually at the forefront of the mind, especially when it comes to the consumer standpoint. The fashion industry must also place great focus on creating sustainable fibers and launch chemical management programs.

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Retail Next

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Shoppers want their orders the next day, with free shipping whenever possible. The rise of e-commerce has encouraged businesses to rethink how they communicate with consumers and manage their supply chains. Here are some of the most significant retail shipping trends to look for in 2020. Same- or Next-Day Delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

For instance, in 2019, Asos said it would begin deactivating the accounts of serial returners on its site. By examining shared IP addresses, shipping addresses and payment methods, retailers can uncover hidden associations that might indicate organized fraud rings. Large, multinational crime rings may be behind an attack.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Heartbroken by the disappearance of her cat, Filipino IT specialist and blogger Sophie* decided to use her Facebook Ads account to appeal to anyone in her local area who might have seen it. For the virtual ‘missing cat’ poster, she set the spend at PHP1000. First, the bank account linked to her card was emptied of around $600.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

When Christmas peak kicks in, automation combined with experienced staff will ease the pressure in eCommerce warehouses, says Luís Barros, Operations & Transport Director at Asendia UK. This ensures international parcel shipping is kept as timely and low-cost as possible. Stretched teams in warehouses at peak.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

These groups have a deep arsenal of well-tried hacking tools at their disposal to gain access, move laterally inside their target, and then exfiltrate data. Here is an abridged version of the findings: E-commerce: E-commerce retailers store a large amount of sensitive customer data, such as credit card numbers and shipping addresses.

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Payment Services Supply Chain Management Accounting Point of Sale 162

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Forrester predicts retailers, which are already facing operational and supply chain challenges, will react to the uncertainty in 2023 by shifting to managing rising costs by rolling back offers such as free returns or delivery, and investing in optimization technologies such as order management systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

As mentioned before, insourcing can lead to cost savings in the long term if companies manage the process strategically and carefully. At the end of the day, they should complement and enhance your needs so that you can spend more time on your core competencies and ultimately grow your business.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 7, 2022

Whether you’re new to e-commerce or an established brand, as an SMB, how can you make sure that you’re staying ahead at every step of the way? But, according to David Boyer, country manager of ShipStation ANZ, almost any shipping-related task can be automated.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2023

After complaints that Canada had for too long turned a blind eye to the problem of forced labor in supply chains, Bill S-211 represents significant progress, aligning Canada with a growing global trend of legislation aimed at eradicating modern slavery and promoting social sustainability. The law, which goes into effect Jan.

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Clover - Retail

APRIL 18, 2024

Dropshipping is a type of supply chain management in which a retailer does NOT keep the product it sells in stock. Instead, when a customer orders the product, the retailer contacts their manufacturer or wholesale merchant–who keeps inventory of the product on-hand–and has the product shipped directly to the customer.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

With so much change happening so quickly and so unpredictably, we at Pitney Bowes decided that returning to an 8 th edition of our annual consumer research study wasn’t going to cut it, so instead we moved to a weekly poll of consumer sentiment in Q4 called BOXpoll. One-third think seven-day free shipping is ‘acceptable.’ on average.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

a year and continue to include free standard shipping and no service charges. Members can manage their account, discover new products and access unique content, including helpful tools and expert advice, all through the app. Pricing for the Celebrations Passport program will remain $29.99

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2022

Consumers have started taking sustainability into account when deciding what to buy and where to buy it. Much of this impact comes from shipping and warehousing, as well as from operating all those computer servers to facilitate all of those sales. Mitigating Returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

Let’s take a look at a few of these. Become an Amazon darling and you have a good shot at getting displayed in the Buy Box, but brands need to ensure resellers aren’t getting in your way by properly using Brand Registry and aggressive reseller abatement. Neatness counts at Amazon. Best Practices for Selling on Amazon.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Californian lifestyle fashion brand, Pacsun , doubled its ship completes by better anticipating online demand and intelligently leveraging its stores as ecommerce fulfilment centres, partnering with antuit.ai , a leader in AI-powered SaaS solutions for consumer products and retail insights and now part of Zebra Technologies.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2020

While many stores have been closed and people are stuck at home, shoppers have turned to their devices to get the products they wanted, and that is expected to continue during the holidays. The common denominator at the core of this fraud is stolen information found and sold on underground marketplaces.

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Merchant Services Accounting Shipping Returns 153

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2022

In January, at the height of the Omicron surge and in the midst of pandemic-driven supply chain woes, McKinsey & Company published an exploration of the ways in which companies are “vulnerable” to supply chain disruption.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 14, 2022

Notably, the highest spending levels came at the beginning and end of the season. As a result, Cyber Week 2021 accounted for 23% of total ecommerce spend, down slightly from 24% in 2020. Shipping cutoffs with USPS, UPS, FedEx and others all happened around Dec. 18 and Dec. 18-31 window. “In

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