Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the bustling holiday shopping season nearing, many brands have spent the last several months assessing their operational strengths and weaknesses, particularly in logistics and fulfillment. This can include critical insights gathered from metrics such as pick accuracy, on-time shipping, on-time in-full and delivery success rates.

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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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Retail Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Order Fulfillment When outsourcing, retailers can benefit from streamlined inventory management, order processing, and shipping. Third-party logistic experts possess the infrastructure, expertise, and technology required to handle outsourcing order fulfillment with precision.

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Rangeme

AUGUST 1, 2022

Fulfillment is a broad term that encompasses every aspect of storing, packing, and shipping your goods. When you launch your products, you may manage this work yourself to save on labor and storage costs. As your business gains traction, you may struggle to find the time to pack and ship your orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Insourcing Fulfillment. As mentioned before, insourcing can lead to cost savings in the long term if companies manage the process strategically and carefully. Your in-house fulfillment may not be able to handle your spike in order volume without overwhelming production capabilities. Outsourcing Fulfillment.

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Mass Relators

JUNE 2, 2022

. — Walmart said it plans to build four next-generation fulfillment centers that, combined with its existing facilities, will let it offer 95% of the U.S. population next- or two-day shipping on their online orders. Walmart is testing a robotic fulfillment system from Knapp at its fulfillment center in Pedricktown, NJ.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2022

If shipping is delayed and orders are late, tell your customers. 4) Think Big: Improve supply chain and inventory management. 5) Thing Big: Improve order fulfillment. retail consulting practice at dunnhumby, where she was on the leadership team managing the Macy’s account. 3) Think Big: Build loyal relationships.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Just last year, total returns accounted for $761 billion in lost sales for U.S. Worst of all, for all the added costs retailers take on to fulfill returns, shoppers still are unhappy after going through a hassle-filled reverse logistics process. Make it easy for customers to manage returns and they’ll buy more and refer more business.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2023

Formulate your strategy after researching which platform options you want to leverage, what your competitors are doing on the channel, determine your optimal price point and how you plan to fulfill orders. It’s up to the brand or its agency to manage what your pricing policies will be and how you prevent being undercut by resellers on Amazon.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Retailers are rapidly adopting new methods to get customers to shop including Click n Collect, Ship from Store or Endless Aisle (buy from a store but ship from a warehouse). . For retailers today, an increasing number of transactions are fulfilled on a different date to when the transaction occurred.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

To orchestrate all of these moving parts, companies must tackle complicated fulfillment and routing processes as well as navigate murky carrier partnerships to add capacity and flexibility when needed. These challenges must not only be accounted for but solved quickly and cheaply. Today’s consumers expect fast, free deliveries.

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Inside Retail

JULY 6, 2023

The weeks leading up to Christmas, Cyber Monday, and Black Friday typically see a surge in promotional activity that can account for a significant portion of a brand’s annual revenue. He noted that Australian retailers tend to run fulfilment within normal business hours, while companies like Amazon operate on a 24/7 basis.

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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

APRIL 7, 2022

This means understanding if the platform has strong tools to support digital marketing, SEO, business management, payments, shipping (if required), customer management and managing customer lifetime value. “A ShipStation’s shipping automation rules are one way to optimise workflows.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Retailers will need to account for the heightened demand for home deliveries from COVID-19, which has incentivized many retailers to form new relationships with Instacart, Shipt, DoorDash and other services that enable home delivery at scale. Ecommerce execution will lean more heavily on store-based fulfillment.

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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

MARCH 15, 2023

Increases in cost of shipping both for raw materials inbound to Brazil plus outbound finished goods to our markets were a big factor for some of 2021 and much of 2022, but things have mostly normalised now,” he added. Burt went on to say that managing inflation and profit margins are now keys for success across the retail industry. “It

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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

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

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. Shopping is one of life’s simple pleasures.

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Retalon

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Why should retailers care about their Order Fulfillment Process? Order fulfillment may seem like a fairly straightforward process and according to the generic “high-level” definition, it is. In today’s market, putting the right fulfillment system in place gets you a competitive edge. What is order fulfillment?

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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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Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

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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365 Retail

DECEMBER 8, 2021

According to Google, online sales throughout November and December can account for up to 30% of a company’s annual sales, while peak shopping dates such as Black Friday deliver upwards of three times more traffic for online retailers. Minimising disruption during peak. The power of automation . Saving you more than pounds and pence.

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Retail Bound

APRIL 17, 2023

A 3PL provider can handle everything from warehousing and transportation to order fulfillment and inventory management. Location and Transportation For an eCommerce brand, shipping costs can account for between 50% to 80% of the product’s landed cost. Choosing the right 3PL is crucial to the success of your business.

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Retail Bound

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A third-party logistics (3PL) provider typically handles your end-to-end order fulfillment, right from managing your inventory in warehouses, handling incoming orders, and receiving and packing goods, all through to delivering the goods to your customer’s doorstep. Reduced Shipping Costs and Time-To-Customer.

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Inside Retail

JULY 5, 2021

With retail business leaders increasingly focusing on their supply chain management, here are three ways they can “unbound” their supply chains. One way is by transforming their retail stores into micro-fulfilment centres that focus on delivering and offering pick-ups rather than the traditional retail experience.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 22, 2021

A post-pandemic uptick in Australian e-commerce is here to stay, according to a new study conducted by order and delivery management software company ShipStation. So by leveraging the information in this report, retailers can take more control of their e-commerce operations and automate a lot of those shipping challenges.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Consumers’ increased desire to stay home has contributed to the shift as well, accounting for the rise of online shopping during coronavirus. The supply chain has faced fulfillment challenges from this influx of online orders, along with a myriad of crisis-related disruptions including: Long wait times at warehouse depots.

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Independent Retailer

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Especially when utilizing Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) , you can just sit back and watch as the money rolls in with little effort. FBA is a service that allows businesses to outsource order fulfillment to Amazon. Why is Fulfillment Important? Why is Fulfillment Important? Register Your Business. Become a Great Seller.

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Secure Retail

JUNE 28, 2023

Secure Retail is an established provider of secure and bespoke omnichannel payment solutions, delivering vendor-agnostic payment gateways, hardware, software solutions and associated managed services. This includes hardware distribution, managed services, stock holding, warehousing and device configuration, all from a central European base.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Brands are trying to do the same amount of work, or more work, with less,” said Jessica Amenta, Account Director of Reality Interactive. You can encourage initial purchases and repeat business by fulfilling quickly, responding thoughtfully and promptly to inquiries and reviews and by maintaining a competitive pricing structure.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

That means showing customers high-quality images, answering frequent questions on sales pages, using an FAQ or chatbot for other concerns (like shipping times or costs), and reducing the number of hoops they have to jump through for the checkout purchase. This doesn’t have to be sophisticated either.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

For example, regular online shoppers with smaller orders require more shipping, fulfilment, potential returns and customer service – are you accounting for these costs if you’re absorbing and not passing them onto the shopper? This means measuring and addressing inefficient operations and eating away at profits is critical.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 14, 2021

Former Amazon VP Pete Sauerborn joined online retailer Catch as managing director last year, bringing with him more than 20 years of retail and technology experience. At Amazon, Sauerborn led a team of 4000 team members in 16 countries across product management, software development, sales, marketing and operations.

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