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Is the DTC business model dead, or just evolving?

Inside Retail

Like many trends, the discourse around DTC is a rollercoaster, ranging from ‘DTC is dead!’ Analyzing over 80 different rigorous peer-reviewed studies on DTC, we discovered a few common insights that prove the DTC model isn’t dead, it’s just evolving and, in fact, it could still be a great way for smaller brands to build customer engagement.

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Generative AI for Personalized Service and a Competitive Edge in Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

Generative AI is set to revolutionize ecommerce, enabling a more interactive and personalized shopping experience, which is integral to both attracting and retaining customers. In the crowded landscape of ecommerce, a positive customer experience across every aspect of an order has become intrinsic to online success.

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

Inside Retail

Naturally, we then suffer lower sales, as our customers [are] also in isolation. We then struggle to get deliveries and stock, as their workers are also in isolation. Others we have diverted into different roles, such as customer service, working from home. It goes on and on. In essence, it’s a lockdown, only far more chaotic.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). At its most basic, order fulfillment is the combination of steps required to get products into the hands of customers. In other words, it means getting products to your customers at the right time in the most cost-effective way possible.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 297 -GroceryShop 2022 and news

Retail Geek

Scot: [33:57] Yeah and then yeah so I think I think they probably, you know what they’re doing is 10 experiments and getting rid of 3 and people focus on that versus the seven they’re keeping in those seven they’ll keep iterating on and making better so I don’t think it’s dead. Scot: [14:26] Right.

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Innovative Retailer: Geek Retreat

Retail Insider

The Place: Dotted around the UK so far with over 20 stores but another 14 listed as coming soon and with big further expansion plans…. You never know when Araumi of the Dead Tide might want her nails done too. Brought to you by Retail Insider and Flooid. The Name: Geek Retreat. Tick for Geek Retreat. And there are nail bars.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 273 – Amazon FBA Roll-ups with Alex Kopco of Forum Brands

Retail Geek

Scot: [11:03] A lot of people that have worked at Amazon that start companies they bring a lot of the management principles over is that something you plan on doing or you’re just like starting with the clean white board. Alex: [38:43] Oh my gosh.