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As warehouses get greener, demand for eco-friendly packaging is soaring

Inside Retail

As consumers expect more environmentally sustainable solutions for the packaging of products and deliveries, shippers may be missing equally compelling reasons to make the switch: significant cost savings and an increase in operational flexibility. For example, Ranpak’s automated Cut’it! So, there’s the first saving, right there.”.

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How pop-ups helped inform Kat the Label’s new flagship store in Melbourne

Inside Retail

Nixon attributed this to consumers being online more and having more time to shop, as well as the growth of the lingerie and sleepwear industry throughout this period. Its packaging and shipping is biodegradable, and its online orders are carbon-offset. It has subsequently seen consistent growth across all its channels.

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How the Supply Chain Disruption Is Sparking Holiday Risk & Resilience

Rangeme

While retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers have had to grapple with COVID-19 and digital transformation, now they must also manage reduced capacity along the global supply chain, hampering holiday sales success. Shipping delays. Out-of-stocks. Today’s top supply chain risks. Source: SEI. 2 Unglesbee, Ben.

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‘Like a ghost town’: Retailers react to the Omicron wave

Inside Retail

Foot traffic is down in CBDs and shopping centres as consumers return to working from home. We then struggle to get deliveries and stock, as their workers are also in isolation. MW: To increase efficiency, we now ship online orders from the store, but none of our stores have been able to open back to normal trading.

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WHAT IS FUELING THE REBIRTH OF PHYSICAL STORES?

Retail Minded

Brand health includes customer loyalty, the consumer experience journey and customer connectivity. The store of yesteryear may be dead, but the store of today is undergoing somewhat of a renaissance.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Consumer expectations have evolved in the digital age, and retailers are now offering a multitude of flexible order delivery methods such as “Buy online, pick up in-store”, “curbside pickup”, “order in store, deliver home” and more. So how can retailers offer these options to consumers while lowering their costs?

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The Fragrance Shop (TFS) partners with BetterCommerce to improve the customer experience

A1 Retail

In the last six months TFS has added more payment, delivery and pickup options that will suit a wider range of consumers. Ship from store. TFS deployed its ‘ship from store’ functionality in November 2020. It can also offer gifts with purchases and provide thresholds for free shipping. Customer 360.