Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

Uber is expanding Uber Eats’ services with new features such as the ability to place orders when grocery stores aren’t open for later delivery, live tracking of orders from store to door and easier product replacements. The improvements will start in select cities before rolling out across the country throughout the summer. and Costco.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Get ready, get excited, retailers and customers alike, the 2D barcode, a compact square label with splotches and spaces that encode up to 350X more data than a traditional UPC (4,000 characters) will have a significant impact on managing the business and delivering better customer experiences. Who doesn’t want that? alongside a large QR code.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear.

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Independent Retailer

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Never has the opportunity been greater for retailers to exceed their profit targets by reaching a larger number of consumers. Acute supply chain shortages are threatening the product fulfillment of online sellers across America. Perfect Your Supply Chain Strategy. Enrich Your Seller-Supplier Relationships.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

A new POS system will create a centralized view of inventory for customers and associates, and improved WiFi — coupled with associate mobile POS devices — will help enrich customer service in stores. New and improved rewards: To truly create value for its middle-class consumers, JCPenney is focusing on rewarding them for their loyalty.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Inventory management is key. It’s imperative to manage your inventory effectively ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You can always make your life easier by investing in inventory management software, especially if you are selling through multiple channels like Shopify or eBay.

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The merchant sells its array of vaping products direct-to-consumer as well as wholesale via its Shopify-powered website, and from numerous physical retail stores based in Dublin and beyond. Ecirette turned to Brightpearl to streamline and automate its manual processes and support its big picture aims for multichannel expansion.

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Retail Minded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Factor in the global pandemic and POS systems were challenged to become as sophisticated as they’ve ever been to keep up with both consumer expectations and retailers having to quickly adjust to sourcing challenges, contactless experiences, heightened shipping demands and more. Using mobile, for example, became increasingly popular.

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365 Retail

MAY 7, 2021

2020 was a year like no other, and the shockwaves caused by the pandemic have inherently altered consumer-facing operations at their very core. Data Privacy : Various studies suggest that consumers are accepting of emails and messages that provide them offer and discounts, provided they have consented to it.

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Retail Times

MARCH 30, 2021

Many causes of stockouts can be prevented by taking steps to better understand your business and products, and by refining your store’s processes. It’s very easy to run into inaccuracies when dealing with inventory. The first step to avoiding discrepancies is to implement an electronic (ideally cloud-based) inventory system.

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Retail Geek

MARCH 18, 2022

ShipBob is a tech-enabled third-party logistics provider (3PL) that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. We discuss ShipBob’s origin story, how the e-commerce fulfillment industry has evolved, as well as the challenges and implications of Amazon and Shopify’s various fulfillment initiatives.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The pandemic made “supply chain” a commonplace term, and now Amazon wants to make it a commonplace service. It typically involves manufacturing, global and local logistics, storing products in bulk and distribution to multiple sales channels — and then fulfillment and that last-mile delivery that FBA offers.”

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Independent Retailer

JUNE 7, 2022

When a small-to-medium sized merchant experiences rapid growth, its profit margins might go up, but its back office operations often go into meltdown. With this data, has implementing an ERP become a time-consuming, frustrating mistake that causes more problems than it solves? by Mark Hook. It is not quite that simple.

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Retalon

AUGUST 2, 2019

Businesses collect more data than ever before and from every aspect of the supply and demand chain—logistics; vendor compliancy/lead times; POS data; inventory levels; traffic cameras; prices; markdowns; consumer behavior; demand forecasts; and more. Consider the way retailers traditionally forecast fulfillment.

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Retalon

AUGUST 2, 2019

Retail businesses collect more data than ever before, and from every aspect of the supply chain, including: Logistics data (vendor compliance, lead times, etc.). Inventory levels (store, warehouse, distribution centers). Consumer behavior (average ticket price, product preferences, time, weather, etc.). The result?

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Retail Geek

DECEMBER 7, 2020

ShipBob is a third party logistics provider that offers e-commerce fulfillment for thousands of brands. Casey Armstrong ( @CaseyA ) is CMO at ShipBob, a third party logistics provider that offers e-commerce fulfillment for thousands of brands. A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events.

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Retail Geek

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Mark is an experienced Marketplace seller, and his current business Guardian Baseball is a hybrid seller selling both wholesale and owned brands direct to consumer from a Shopify site, and via multiple marketplaces including Amazon. Matt: [4:59] Yeah it was a it was a lot of fun so.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2021

It’s no secret that technology has radically changed buying behaviors for nearly every consumer out there, making the migration to ecommerce critical for retailers that want to remain relevant and competitive in today’s economy. Next, take a hard look at your processes: What are you currently doing today? A (Tidy) Path to Success.

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Retail Minded

APRIL 4, 2023

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Retalon

AUGUST 5, 2020

Navigating changing consumer tastes and the evolving technology landscape has always made retail a challenging industry. Throughout the history of retail, success and failure has come down to how well a company manages — and profits from — its inventory investment. Most Important KPIs for the Retail Industry in 2020.

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Retail Minded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Consumers everywhere now seek a rewarding and enjoyable online shopping experience – one to rival, if not replace, the real thing – and this doesn’t look set to change, even as Covid restrictions are lifted. So brands can successfully evolve to meet consumer expectations. Making Online Shopping More Immersive.

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