Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Adobe reports that the percentage of retailers offering curbside services also increased year over year, from 15% in 2019 to 23% this year. As we get past those final shipping deadlines, curbside pickup is going to become the preferred and predominant way to get those online orders.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

Retail TouchPoints recently partnered with Amazon Web Services on a survey of 500 retail and brand executives and found that the vast majority ( 84% ) have incorporated CSR in some way into their business strategies, largely because they think it is the right thing to do ( 72% ).

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

But as ecommerce has become a more prominent contributor to retailers’ bottom lines, and the cost of doing business online gets more expensive (think rising shipping costs and increasing returns), the mere existence of an ecommerce operation is no longer enough — retailers now have to find a way to make money online. It’s an emergency.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

With more than 10 years of experience in digital marketing, ecommerce strategy and digital transformation, she has helped architect omnichannel strategies for hundreds of brands and retailers, including Michael Kors, Joann Fabrics , Converse and Billabong Brands. There’s also a nice take-rate model, the way that Amazon has built.

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Store Growers

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

To be completely transparent I’ve long wanted to start my own online store and document the whole process. Because I have too many projects that never got off the ground, my main goal for those first days was to ship something. Shipping is the part that requires a HUGE amount of energy. Printing on demand service.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2022

I would say it is the most challenging [situation] we’ve faced, and unlike apparel, which you can air freight, in the furniture industry, you’ve actually got to get it in containers and ship it because they’re bulky goods. Our view and the view of our merchants is that 2023 is probably when we will see it stabilise.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

The result — a suite of data insights tools called Walmart Luminate — is now being used regularly by Walmart merchants and suppliers under the banner of the company’s Data Ventures division. As with most retailers, everybody’s looking for alternative revenue streams , whether it’s advertising, data or other streams.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Jason: [2:13] Yeah all that’s gone now it’s just a chunk of aluminium but I’m excited to get mine I have a little jealousy because I feel like we both ordered early on launch day and I think yours already shipped is that true. It was a rigorous process.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

Advertising products could stand for some. Make those products more mature and friendly to advertisers. Your digital ad dollars especially as they get more complicated in the Privacy Wars, so it makes sense that they want Executives that are good at that and I would also argue the instacart.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 11, 2022

it’s kind of like a multi-channel shipping solution so they’ve you and I have long. 8:09] There’s a lot of speculation that they’re going to come out with some kind of a Shopify killer or some kind of competitive offering to Shopify so this gives them a pretty interesting shipping kind of non Amazon shipping solution.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2022

Sessions illustrate the increasingly complex nature of the customer experience, and how the lines between commerce, marketing, service, and even supply chain and fulfillment, continue to blur. Why the Non-Purchaser Might be Your Most Important Customer. Proven Omnichannel Service Strategies from Retail Experts.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 4, 2023

Jason: [17:48] Dsps are the third party delivery services that Amazon uses yeah. Scot: [17:52] Delivery service professionals yeah so that was interesting. The growth in 3p Services was actually faster than the retail growth as well so sort of implies that the volume went up but also Amazons. Learn more about this.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

It closed down all channels except online, and put all its advertising dollars and social media initiatives into selling direct to consumers (DTC). These forays into multichannel enhanced the overall customer experience, improved conversion rates and added to Signet’s ability to meet customers whenever and however they chose to shop.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

No Live Streaming Commerce Still not meaningful in US in 2023 (less than 5% of social commerce in US) Yes Jason Total Score: 3 of 5 Scot : Amazon uses this 2022 setback/slowdown/reversion to the mean for a public resetting of expectations, but behind the scenes they take share and raise the bar on shipping. And that did not happen.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Services to other retailer. So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02] So instacart launched a whole sort of portfolio that they call the connected stores which are kind of all these back at back of house. [9:02]

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

So that was interesting and then the to me the most geeky coolest thing of all although controversial is during the pandemic, the Brazilian government launched a government-sponsored instant payment system so I got. 9:53] Brazil is. So yeah I don’t know the exact breakdown but it just.

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Store Growers

JUNE 24, 2023

Last Updated on July 3, 2023 Ecommerce merchants are no strangers to using Google Merchant Center. This powerful platform lets merchants manage, modify, and adjust their ecommerce shops across Google’s various services, such as Google Shopping, Ads, My Business, etc. First, log in to Google Merchant Center.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 18, 2021

Apple Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) – Goes from Opt Out to Opt In Q1 2021 Google Play Services ID for Android (GPS ADID) – Still Opt Out. Harder to make ad model work Other Retailers – Loser for customer acquisition, slight benefit for retail media networks. Use Cases that are impacted by IDFA/3P changes.

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Retail Geek

JULY 7, 2022

Scot: [2:15] Yeah they’re not a lot of good ones whatever you do don’t sign up for that paid service because it just makes your tweets take 10 times longer to go out it’s like the opposite of a feature. Assortment of items with different prices and different service levels from Amazon Fresh and from Whole Foods.

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Retail Geek

MAY 28, 2021

Jason: [5:17] Yeah the crazy bald super buff guy that owns his own rocket ship and then buys the company James Bond works for like I think that’s the theme for like a James Bond movies. The more reasons Amazon has for people that join Prime the more money they make on this whole ecosystem of services around Prime and it’s.

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Retail Geek

JUNE 11, 2021

Scot: [0:40] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason and Scot show listeners here at the Jason and Scot show headquarters we are always on the lookout for exciting new startups that are innovating around some of our favorite topics of e-commerce payments. Jason: [8:30] It’s crazy that 400 million a year is like a starter merchants.

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