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The four trends defining online retail in 2024

Inside Retail

Thanks to rapid innovations in supply chain management, AI technology and digital marketing, e-commerce is increasingly playing an integral role in the lives of everyday Aussies. In present-day e-commerce, same-day fulfilment and free shipping are often part and parcel, not perks of the experience.

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It’s Official – Amazon is an Ecommerce Enabler First and a Retailer Second

Retail TouchPoints

Perhaps most importantly, “a decade ago, very few of you were using things like Amazon Advertising, Amazon Lending and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), and things like Brand Registry, Seller-Fulfilled Prime, Seller University and even Amazon Accelerate didn’t exist,” said Mehta at the event.

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Why dropshipping is making a resurgence for small businesses

Inside Retail

In a joint study between Deloitte and Manufacturers Alliance, 80 per cent of those surveyed had experienced heavy supply chain disruption in the 12-18 months to June 2022. That’s why we’re moving beyond just-in-time versus just-in-case to a different model for supply chain management.

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Mitigate Supply Chain Challenges with Data and Proactive Customer Communication

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers that are in the best position to accomplish this are those that have “leveraged learnings from the disruptions of the past two years, and also realized that nothing is ever going to be perfect,” said Peter Bolstorff, EVP for Corporate Development at ASCM (Association for Supply Chain Management) in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Top 10 Technology Trends in Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Inventory and management tech. With retailers focused on digital systems, inventory and management tech has also taken leaps forward. With tech tools that offer automatic supply chain management, incorporate AI order management, real-time inventory analytics and more, inventory and management tech grows increasingly sophisticated.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 319 Amazon Q1 2024 Results

Retail Geek

Episode Summary: In this episode, Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg and Scot Wingo dive deep into Amazon’s first quarter results for 2024, analyzing the company’s performance in various segments such as retail, offline and online sales, marketplace, AWS, and advertising. There’s like all kinds of talk about it.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 252 – Amazon FBA Roll-ups with Chris Bell CEO of Perch

Retail Geek

While traditional CPGs may review their pricing quarterly, and set marketing strategies annual, Perch adjusts pricing strategy hourly, and advertising strategies daily. Chris: [13:24] Oh my gosh it’s such the as this we’re still talking to UPS about shipping things from the eve of the UK and they still aren’t.