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Nordstrom Focuses Holiday Efforts on Value-Added Services and Unique Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Nordstrom’s holiday offerings span channels and stores and include: Stress-Free Services for Holiday Shoppers Nordstrom is appealing to consumers’ need for flexible fulfillment options by spotlighting its BOPIS and shipping options. Cardmembers in select markets will have access to free two-day shipping.

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The Need for Delivery Speed Drives Holiday Hiring

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce execution will lean more heavily on store-based fulfillment. Holiday hires will help retailers leverage their store-based omnichannel fulfillment capacity through buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, home delivery and ship-from-store services.

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What retailers can learn from Target US about doing their own deliveries

Inside Retail

US department store chain Target is testing a new fulfilment method that promises to speed up the delivery of online orders by using its own delivery drivers from Shipt, a same-day delivery platform the retailer acquired for US$550 million in 2017. For years, Target has put our stores at the center of how we serve our guests.

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How Taking Shape is leveraging backend efficiency gains to grow overseas

Inside Retail

Since 2019, it has relaunched its online offering in Australia, rolled out dedicated e-commerce sites and fulfilment centres in New Zealand and the UK, and upgraded its warehouse management and order management systems, leading to significant efficiency gains and growth. Doubling warehouse efficiency.

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How Retailers Can Control Costs Even As Return Rates Climb

Retail TouchPoints

Conversely, 73% of consumers responding to a survey by Returnly said they would not shop with a brand again after a poor returns experience. Under these conditions, returns could quickly become a logistical nightmare, a customer experience risk and, most of all, a drain on profits. Normally, apparel returns are roughly 7.5%

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How Brick-and-Mortar Stores Can Enhance Customer Experience to Compete Against Online Retailers

Cross Cap

But instead of rolling over, physical retailers can use this so-called “retail apocalypse” as a catalyst to evaluate their approach to customer experience – perhaps the one edge they have over their cyber counterparts. Here are four tactics to elevate the consumer experience inside the shop: Leverage Omni-Channel Fulfillment Methods.

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#RSP22: Everything You Need to Know About Holiday 2022

Retail TouchPoints

YOY growth this holiday season, whereas department stores will only see a 0.3% Focus on bringing people back to stores: In-store retail sales are expected to increase 7.9% Focus on bringing people back to stores: In-store retail sales are expected to increase 7.9%