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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

Retail TouchPoints

Online shopping is now easier than ever before, enabling consumers to purchase everything from socks to a dining room table from a computer at their home to a mobile phone in an airport terminal. The ease of online shopping also gives consumers the ability to comparison shop more quickly, showing them more options in less time.

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Next Phase of Wish Turnaround to Focus on Reducing Shipping Costs

Retail TouchPoints

As discount shopping app Wish continues its comeback effort , parent company ContextLogic outlined its plans for 2023 at a summit for its merchants — including a major overhaul of the platform’s shipment pricing structure in order to bring down shipping costs for customers. The brand also opened a pop-up shop from Dec.

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Toys ‘R’ Us Plants a Flag(ship) in Mall of America

Retail TouchPoints

17 at Minnesota’s Mall of America, just in time for the holiday season. brick-and-mortar fleet, which also includes another flagship in New Jersey’s American Dream mall , as well as 452 shop-in-shops at Macy’s stores across the country. Retail Group , and also plans to open airport and cruise ship locations next year.

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How Bal Harbour Shops’ Unique Traveling Mall Connects with Luxury Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

Back in the 1950’s his grandfather, Stanley Whitman, decided to open a luxury shopping mall in Florida that would rival Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Taking advantage of the balmy Florida weather, Bal Harbour Shops pioneered the idea of an open-air shopping mall. Matthew Whitman Lazenby and his family have never dreamed small.

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3 Ways SMBs Can Deliver a More Personalized Shipping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

In this new landscape, the shipping experience has become more important to a brand’s bottom line — and reputation — than ever before. Here are three ways SMBs can deliver a more personalized shipping experience to build a happier, more loyal customer base. Offering different shipping speed options is no longer enough to differentiate.

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Amazon Now Requires Customers in Some Areas To Spend at Least $35 To Qualify for Free Shipping — Up From $25

Retail Wire

Amazon is testing a new minimum order requirement for free shipping, asking some non-Prime customers to spend at least $35 instead of the previous $25.

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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.