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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

One of the topics that consistently comes up in the retail world is the logistics of shipping. From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked.

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FedEx Enters Partnership to Expand Ecommerce Platform

Retail TouchPoints

FedEx and Adobe have entered a multi-year collaboration that will begin with the integration of Adobe Commerce with ShopRunner, an ecommerce platform and subsidiary of FedEx Services. The partnership was forged to help retailers better manage their shipping and logistics and allow them to offer an improved last-mile delivery experience.

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

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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Dropshipping: What it is & why it might be smart for your small business

Clover - Retail

Instead, when a customer orders the product, the retailer contacts their manufacturer or wholesale merchant–who keeps inventory of the product on-hand–and has the product shipped directly to the customer. What is a drop shipment–and how does it work? This is a drop ship. Benefits of dropshipping 1.

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Turn Tricky Market Conditions into Revenue-Increasing Opportunities

Retail TouchPoints

Supply chain issues, inflation and other economic headwinds that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are still present for merchants. Have a simple checkout process. Simple and easy checkout processes are needed to seal the deal. This can increase brand awareness, customer reach and sales.

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Flash Sales May be Exciting, but They’re Also Risky. Here’s How to do one Safely.

Retail TouchPoints

Flash sales can help retailers boost revenue, attract new customers and enhance loyalty with existing customers. ecommerce merchants pulled in $10.8 Discounts are only part of the reason that flash sales are so popular with customers. Discounts are only part of the reason that flash sales are so popular with customers.

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How I Started My Online Store – From Idea To First Sale

Store Growers

To be completely transparent I’ve long wanted to start my own online store and document the whole process. Because I have too many projects that never got off the ground, my main goal for those first days was to ship something. Shipping is the part that requires a HUGE amount of energy. Printing on demand service.