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Why UK Retailers Should Save Some of Their Christmas Marketing Spend for Chinese New Year

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers naturally plan a lot of spend around this, with extra staff and extra marketing. But their return to our shores after the pandemic has been far slower than Americans’ — flight bookings are down around 50% of pre-pandemic levels. Christmas in the UK is already in full swing.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

A few days before reporting Q2 earnings, Wish also announced plans to cut approximately 34% of its workforce, or about 255 employees, in order to “refocus the company’s operations.” While Wish doesn’t share GMV breakdowns by category, Liu said that these four categories account for more than 50% of GMV on the platform.

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Mejuri Leverages Real-Time Profitability Data to Inform Decision-Making

Retail TouchPoints

The computations incorporate the net costs of discounts, returns, landed COGS, acquisition and retention marketing spend, and fulfillment and delivery. Retailer Plans to Use Solution Across Multiple Channels.

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For Better Customer Experience, Make Your Website Easier to Search

Retail TouchPoints

And while CX optimization strategies can take time to map, plan and implement, there are smaller changes retailers can make in the short term that have an immediate impact on CX. Search results that prompt customers to leave your site waste marketing spend and raise customer acquisition costs.

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Retail Media: Everything You Need to Know

Retail TouchPoints

Beyond the mounting cost and restrictions of traditional digital marketing channels like social and search, there is another very big reason why advertisers are shifting their marketing spend to retail media — because unlike other advertising channels, retailers have a direct connection to consumers.

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

The retail industry in the US accounts for 18.7 % of total gross domestic product (GDP). Following data from SCORE research prove the point: Small retailers account for 98.6% These occupations account for 6.3% 67% of customers admit that they bought something else while returning a product. Small Retail Businesses.

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(Some of) the Technology that is Empowering the Customer Channel in Physical Retail

Retail Next

While the last years fueled massive improvements in researching, browsing, selecting, purchasing, returning and/or exchanging on mobile devices, tablets and desktops, the current transformation brings more intelligence and continuity to customer experiences with retailers, where the store is a fundamental part of the process. . CONCLUSION.