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

Retail TouchPoints

With rising fuel prices, supply chain and logistics challenges, and higher labor and production costs, retailers are struggling with how to efficiently deliver a high volume of goods to consumers who have quickly become accustomed to seamless purchasing experiences. This issue isn’t just plaguing U.S.-based based retailers either.

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Zebra Technologies releases 16th Annual Global Shopper Study

Mass Relators

This year, the ease of making returns has moved ahead as a leading reason shoppers choose to shop in stores, outpacing comparison shopping. Meanwhile, 48% of consumers opt for self-checkouts with 75% saying it helps improve their experience. Most retailers agree self-checkouts deliver value.

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4 Ways Businesses Can Use Shipping to Reduce Cart Abandonment

Retail TouchPoints

Many factors can contribute to a consumer’s decision to abandon a full shopping cart before checking out. Also to blame are overly complex checkout processes, invalid discount codes, security concerns, questionable return policies, comparison shopping, etc. trillion in lost sales annually.

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