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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

One of the topics that consistently comes up in the retail world is the logistics of shipping. From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. Choose a model that can scale with your growth trajectory.

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Time for retailers to take stock of shipping costs; playing the waiting game won’t win

Retail Focus

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. The factors have triggered a long-running period of disruption and caused shipping costs to escalate.

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Is unified commerce the new holy grail?

Inside Retail

Similarly, Zara allows its customers to return online store purchases free of charge within 30 days of shipping date, to any store or Australia Post drop point. Unified commerce enables the customer to purchase an item in-store and have it shipped home. No more lines at checkouts. Endless aisle.

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Dropshipping: What it is & why it might be smart for your small business

Clover - Retail

Instead, when a customer orders the product, the retailer contacts their manufacturer or wholesale merchant–who keeps inventory of the product on-hand–and has the product shipped directly to the customer. Retailers make a profit by selling the product at a higher price than what manufacturers/wholesale merchants sell it to them for.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

Dick’s Sporting Goods also attributed part of the brand’s 23% profit drop in the second fiscal quarter of 2023 to theft ( CNBC ). Optimize inventory management: Like damaged products and shipping errors, theft can negatively impact retail inventory management. According to a June study by the U.S. Regularly update all applications.

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How to Overcome Cart Abandonment at Your eCommerce Store

Wiser

Did you know that the average cart abandonment rate at the beginning of 2018 was 75.6 Let’s look at a few ways that you can cut down the number of shoppers who abandon carts. . Limited Shipping Options . Another factor that could cause buyers to walk away is a lack of shipping options. Multiple shipping methods .

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Improve Retail Pop-Up Experiences with Technology

Independent Retailer

From kiosks in malls and buildings, to branded tents at festivals, to mobile retail trucks in sports arena parking lots, pop-up retail ventures have one common goal: to put themselves in front of shoppers, in the right place, at the right time. In addition, your sales team needs wireless devices.