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2023: Ring in Retail Profits by Stopping Automated Threats

Retail TouchPoints

As consumers faced higher prices at the gas pump, grocery stores and other places, many cut back on their spending, increasing the competition among retailers. As a result of inflation, fierce competition, excess inventory and changes in consumer behavior, retail profit margins shrunk.

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The Dropship Dilemma: Why and How Retailers Need to Evolve Dropship Strategies

Retail TouchPoints

There are nuances based on type of retailer, existing ecommerce strategy and whether the products are first-party only or also include third-party fulfillment. One customer we worked with had been managing over 100 third-party fulfillment relationships following a traditional dropship approach.

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Best Practices for Selling on Amazon You May Be Missing

Retail TouchPoints

But there are rules and there are specific ways to get products seen by consumers. For many retailers, success selling on Amazon simply lies in following a set of best practices. Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Pricing (MSRP) and Minimum Advertised Pricing (MAP) aren’t enforced by Amazon. Here’s what’s happening.

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Category Managers. The kind of people the world needs more of.

Shopper Intelligence

Category Managers. Sometimes being in Category Management might feel like being a United Nations peacekeeper, a global summit negotiator, or like you dropped into an episode of Game of Thrones. (We We have a whole booklet of cartoons about life as a Category Manager! (We Retailer vs Supplier. The supermarket shelf.

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What is Price Management and Optimization?

Retalon

Price optimization and price management are terms that often are used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. When used properly, both price management and price optimization can substantially affect a retailer’s profitability. What is price optimization?

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The Step-Up in Ecommerce Sneaker Fraud

Retail TouchPoints

With top companies releasing limited “drops” of desired products, limited-edition sneakers can sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars over their original retail price. The market is driven by “sneakerheads” and resellers, often using bots to buy up large quantities of in-demand sneakers, leading to shortages for regular consumers.

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How Mwave Australia caters to high-end gamers

Inside Retail

The major electronics retailers, like JB Hi-Fi, Officeworks, and Harvey Norman, sell mass-market products. They have a more limited range and they go after high-volume sales and a more general consumer. So it’s a very price competitive margin squeeze at the moment. But there are two dynamics going on at the same time.

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