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How Indian brands could benefit from Walmart’s ambitious export goals

Inside Retail

Joined by his management team, McMillon met with suppliers, merchants, grantees, artisans and MSMEs (micro and small to medium enterprises) across the company’s programs, such as Walmart Sourcing, Walmart Vriddhi, Flipkart, PhonePe, Walmart Marketplace, Walmart Global Tech In India and Walmart Foundation.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

The Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, providing a wealth of insights to help merchants refine and optimize their holiday strategies. YOY growth this holiday season, whereas department stores will only see a 0.3%

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How Retailers Can Control Costs Even As Return Rates Climb

Retail TouchPoints

In the wake of COVID-19, returns are receiving serious (and necessary) attention for several key reasons: Retailers are spending more processing returns in stores. Conversely, 73% of consumers responding to a survey by Returnly said they would not shop with a brand again after a poor returns experience.

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Retail’s new range: The evolution of merchandise planning

Inside Retail

The pandemic continues to influence customer purchasing priorities and penetration in the omnichannel environment, which is affecting assortment mix and demand at each location. This is creating new challenges for retail operations, including a particular demand for agile merchandise planning and supply-chain processes.

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How Malaysian department store Pavilion is connecting with customers

Inside Retail

IR: How would you describe Malaysian customers’ current lifestyles and shopping behaviours, and how is Pavilion catering to that? The demand for personalised customer experiences has increased. This is because retail offers certain experiences that online shopping simply cannot replicate. You can download it here.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 316 Annual Predictions 2024

Retail Geek

So they, you know, when this happened, you and I, I think jointly predicted that them getting into fulfillment was not only a bad idea, but a terrible idea. A lot of people are using it for customer service and really improving that.

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Ethical Commerce: How to Overcome 3 Top CSR Hurdles (With Examples)

Retail TouchPoints

When it comes to embracing ethical commerce and moving corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies forward, Amazon Web Services (AWS) research shows that retailers and CPGs identify three primary hurdles to success. This category includes discount stores, mass merchants (“big box stores”) and businesses focused on specialty hardlines.