Inside Retail

MARCH 24, 2024

ShipStation, a global leading provider of shipping software solutions, has announced its continued investment in the Australian market. These enhancements include the introduction of checkout rates, shipping strategies, auto-split, ODBC support and custom labels.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

And Wish, which held that top spot back in 2018, has now dropped out of the top 50 completely after having fallen to #35 as of last March. There are other troublesome indicators for the company: Q2 saw declines across the board at Wish. The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 27, 2021

Ecommerce retailers are looking for ways to minimize the bottom line impact of returns — some even forgoing recovering the product to save on shipping costs. Meanwhile, an astonishing 78% of consumers surveyed in BOXpoll from Pitney Bowes said their most recent online returns were inconvenient. Does anyone actually like returns?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

For example, most consumers today are concerned about carbon emissions, climate change and sustainability. Increasingly, consumers are choosing to do business with retailers and brands with values that align with theirs. In 2020, 62% of consumers had made that kind of switch.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2022

Consumers have started taking sustainability into account when deciding what to buy and where to buy it. This is especially true for younger consumers: some 75% of millennials say they consider sustainability when making a purchase. Over the past seven years, there has been a 71% increase in online searches for sustainable goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

New research from PwC has found that three in 10 customers are more likely to try a new brand — and that number is even higher among younger consumers. But winning (and keeping) customers’ loyalty is no longer confined to programs and points. Stand Out Beyond Free Shipping . Collect and Leverage First-Party Data .

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Last week, the Detroit-based company launched Xpress Ship, a new feature that shortens the shipping time for verified items to three business days. Under the Xpress Ship program, products are sent to an authentication centre, where they go through a multi-step verification process.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Whether using tried and tested pre-built templates from Klaviyo’s extensive library, or building unique flows using a simple drag-and-drop tool to create their own, retailers can create advanced, profitable automated flows that are proven to boost conversion rates. Thank you messages can be tailored to new shoppers or returning customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 ecommerce holiday shopping and shipping season is expected to eclipse years past. Retailers will have to have a definitive plan to communicate order confirmations, delivery updates and delay notifications. Consumer Expectations are Higher. Consumer Expectations are Higher. Consumers Want Options.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. While focusing on the US, we’re also looking to expand our direct-to-consumer model to break into the Asian market, specifically Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2022

For the uninitiated, Kicks Crew is an e-commerce marketplace for sneakers, apparel and accessories, and it offers over 400,000 unique styles online and ships worldwide. While focusing on the US, we’re also looking to expand our direct-to-consumer model to break into the Asian market, specifically Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported a drop in online sales of 8.7 It’s like: you know you’ll get good weather, you know you’ll get bad weather, but when you sit in the ship, you’re gonna have a very clear destination in mind,” Senvirtne said. “We per cent in November and 6.1 Shop Happy”.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

The beauty retailer recently announced its plans to open more standalone stores and beauty shop-in-shops at Target and by adding Return Bars to locations, it will be able to boost store traffic, streamline the returns process and help reduce logistical costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

With rising gas prices, food shortages, skyrocketing interest rates and ever-present inflation, consumers are worried and that means retailers are worried, too. We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. Loyalty Shifts to Value.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2021

The retailer plans to use the marketplace to expand its current list of suppliers, as a way to provide more options in categories that complement the company’s current assortment. The retailer will leverage its website and drop shipping for order fulfillment to create a positive customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2021

consumer now pays for four different video streaming subscriptions. Subscription is a great model because it builds a relationship between the consumer and vendor — or the service provider in some cases. Consumers grow to rely on their subscription service providers. But the pandemic took these trends to a whole new level.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The Fundamentals of eCommerce Business Models An eCommerce business model is a strategic business plan, outlining how an online business will generate revenue, identify the targeted customer segment, and deliver value to said customers. C2C (Consumer-to-Consumer): Here, consumers sell products or services to other consumers.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Great product diversity, changing consumer demands, and the expansion of e-commerce have turned inventory management into a major pain point for retailers. Manufacturers need accurate, relevant data to design new products and plan production – data that comes from the front line of retail. Here are some reasons why: 1.

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Hyken

JUNE 17, 2022

He shares the five consumer trends organizations can use in their next campaigns and strategy. So getting a competitive edge on what your consumers prefer can be extremely beneficial for your business. . More consumers want text messages from brands. Consumers are also on their smartphones now more than ever.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Australian retail sales are on the rise, but new research suggests that this growth is driven by inflation, not by consumers buying more. The record-high cost of doing business in Australia is passing prices on to consumers . Those p rice increases lead to decreased consumer sentiment and discretionary spending.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2021

In fact, the impacts of the most unique holiday in decades are still being felt: retailers should plan for continued shipping delays in the short term, and also continue to refine their omnichannel operations as they prepare for the rest of 2021. It changed consumer behavior and resulted in new buying habits.”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2022

The rapidly growing retailer, which raised $100 million in a February 2022 funding round, plans to open 25 new stores in 2022 , with more coming in 2023. In particular, how does dropping the delivery window from hours to minutes help meet the modern customer’s needs? We’re equally as excited about retail as we are about technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2021

As more consumers are vaccinated and COVID restrictions begin to ease, the key questions many retailers will be asking are what will consumers want to buy, and how can they make sure they have the right product, in the right place, as consumers start to resume some of their pre-pandemic activities? Know Where Your Product is.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The post-COVID-19 retail recovery hasn’t quite gone according to plan. With consumers pulling back on spending due to rising prices, retailers must evolve as well. While inflation has decreased somewhat, rising prices have created a lot of uncertainty for both brands and consumers. Retail is already changing.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Digital will continue to be the star: Although Black Friday spending was lower than Adobe’s projections, consumers still spent a total of $9 billion online, making it the second-largest online spending day in U.S. Consumers spent $10.8 Shopper Yield data revealed that spend per consumer increased 36.3% billion , a 15.1%

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Inside Retail

MARCH 9, 2023

The legal skirmish is important for US consumers and rival retailers because it shows how online retailers with vendors in China need to navigate US intellectual property protections. Shein, originally founded in China, relies on drop-shipping directly from its extensive network of China-based suppliers.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

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. She said that David Jones placed its first order for Valentine’s Day 2023, and will be getting its first drop into stores in January next year.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

With our infrastructure, we were able to take the sourcing overseas with great partners that we’ve worked with for years and drop the cost of goods on that product by more than half. We have folks with 10-plus years of experience in 3PL shipping logistics, customer service and demand planning.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 3, 2023

We are very focused on getting physically in front of our consumer, and i n Europe the strategy there is around very niche markets like dance, BMX, etc. Snipes’ order management system (OMS) was already very good at planning routes for efficient fulfillment, but the challenges of modern ecommerce mean that good routing isn’t enough.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 7, 2020

27) dropped considerably in comparison to last year. This means that the drop in Black Friday traffic may benefit other, later dates before New Year’s. This shift by the consumer was intentional: they told us that they wanted to find less crowded stores to support better social distancing. 26) and Black Friday (Nov.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. The retailer reported 5.6%

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

After all, consumers need to be able to bring back certain items. Consumers, for example, have started to adopt the ‘bracketing’ strategy. This was rendered possible as retailers and brands offered low-cost shipping, unlimited holding periods and easy returns. But the drivers behind returns have evolved. But don’t stop there.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2023

Coming out of (or still in) the Covid-19 pandemic, experts are forecasting turbulent times for Australia’s retail industry, as it grapples with – among other factors – the effects of rising interest and inflation rates, diminished consumer confidence and potential drop in spending throughout the year. But not all consumers are equal.

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Wiser

JUNE 5, 2023

A good transportation infrastructure helps reduce costs associated with delays while ensuring timely deliveries so that customers receive their orders on time and without damage to items shipped. When demand for an item suddenly spikes or drops, it can lead to cash flow issues, inventory shortages, and increased competition.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 15, 2023

Increases in cost of shipping both for raw materials inbound to Brazil plus outbound finished goods to our markets were a big factor for some of 2021 and much of 2022, but things have mostly normalised now,” he added. Be it trade shows, buyers, or subcontractors, it’s all reliable, according to Esser.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The Retail market landscape has seen significant changes in retail trends and shifts in consumer behavior since the coronavirus breakout, but the industry now appears more optimistic about the growth prospects. Consumers want it now, and they can get it now with online shopping, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 14, 2023

This plan aims to deliver on the commitments of the European Green Deal , the new circular economy action plan and the industrial strategy. The fashion industry is on the cusp of global intervention enforced by regulations and standards to ensure transparency and traceability are accessible to all consumers.

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