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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

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BOPIS is the most common acronym you’ll see, but you may come across these other variations: BOPAC (Buy Online Pickup At Curb): Focuses on the outside handoff. Customers stay in their vehicles at designated parking spots, and employees bring their purchases out to the car. Payment, return, and exchange policies.

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Online vs. Offline Retail – Blurring the Line between Bricks and Clicks

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Plus, going into a retail store significantly reduces the potential for returns and increases upsell opportunities. If you doubt the benefit of such a strategy, just consider the speed at which Amazon has started to acquire physical locations – over 500, including Wholefoods and book stores. – Promotions, event and markdowns.

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Retail AI & Predictive Analytics Blur the Line between Bricks and Clicks

Retalon

Plus, going into a retail store significantly reduces the potential for returns and increases upsell opportunities. If you doubt the benefit of such a strategy, just consider the speed at which Amazon has started to acquire physical locations – over 500, including Wholefoods and book stores. – Promotions, event and markdowns.

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How to Forecast Demand in Retail (2020)

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Demand is an economics concept that describes the willingness of consumers to purchase a specific product at a specific price. Therefore, demand forecasting is a statistical prediction of the willingness of consumers to purchase specific products, at a specific price, in a specific time frame.