Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

DoorDash has introduced Package Pickup, allowing consumers across the country to have the service deliver up to five return items per trip to UPS, FedEx or the USPS. Consumers can attach prepaid shipping labels to their returns or send a shipping QR code directly to their “Dasher” via the DoorDash app. “We trillion sold by U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2020

More than 200 in-person return drop-off locations are operating again at retailers including Paper Source and Cost Plus World Market. Happy Returns had closed its 700+ -store Return Bar network in March due to COVID-19, but the company has reopened this portion with new contactless customer interaction processes.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 15, 2022

For example, during the pandemic’s peak, Build-A-Bear Workshop successfully evolved its brick-and-mortar business to offer more flexible and efficient fulfillment services so it could capitalize on surging ecommerce demand. With a strong inventory management and fulfillment foundation in place, Build-A-Bear is ready to take its next steps.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2020

As the near-term impact of the pandemic on retail employment crystalizes, participants in a recent RetailWire discussion debated how long it will take for retail employment to return to pre-pandemic levels — if it ever does — and what that means to recruitment and career paths in retail in the years ahead. Yes, some technologies (e.g.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 10, 2020

Although public health officials say it’s unlikely COVID-19 infections can be spread by surfaces or physical objects, retailers are being cautious about how they handle returned merchandise. They are instituting disinfection processes and quarantine periods that keep those items from returning to stock for a varying number of days.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Seeking to minimize customers’ return complexities, Walmart has partnered with FedEx for at-home pickup of unwanted gifts or ill-fitting apparel. Customers can schedule returns via the new Carrier Pickup by FedEx service for products that have been shipped and sold by Walmart.com, using either the website or the Walmart app.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Challenge of Managing Returns “Returns were a huge issue in 2022, and consumers are looking at return policies as a key component of their purchasing decision-making,” said Schwartz. One popular way to throttle back return rates is to shorten return windows, but during the holidays this can result in a zero-sum game.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

. “The holiday season is a stressful season — it’s more, more, more — including customers shopping for more product categories simultaneously,” said Jackie Walker, Head of Retail Experience Strategy for North America at Publicis Sapient in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is the latest initiative in Oracle and Uber’s seven-year strategic cloud partnership and it will not only help retailers keep pace with consumer demand for on-demand delivery and returns but also streamline omnichannel customer experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2023

Walmart plans to introduce automation at nearly two-thirds of its stores and aims to have approximately 55 % of its fulfillment center volume move through automated facilities by the end of fiscal 2026. Expected benefits include improvements to in-stock rates , inventory accuracy and flow across stores, pickup services and delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Baird: A lot of store renovation efforts are being driven by the expanded role of the store. For example, they need to support omnichannel services like BOPIS, ship-from-store and seamless returns. Technology is going to be central [to the store experience] — it has to be. customer experience).

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

The return to brick-and-mortar will be a slow, steady process, and preparing stores for the great return will be as much about making shoppers comfortable as it will be about enticing them back. Cleanliness Will be Just as Important to Returning Shoppers. said Scaretta. “ Now consumers look for that.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Thoughtful Curation Creates Better Customer Experiences. The company opened its ecommerce site and first store location on the same day, and that hybrid customer experience acts as the brand’s North Star. Store-Based Fulfillment Keeps Costs in Check. and high-end partnerships.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

It was the kind of “-geddon” that could be seen coming from a mile away — a perfect storm combining an ecommerce boom; retailers, fulfillment centers and shipping providers that were already stretched thin by a global pandemic; and the historically hectic holiday season looming. More Online Sales Means More Returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2024

Beginning in April, the retailer will offer a free battery recycling box (while supplies last), in which consumers can collect batteries at home and return them to Staples for free recycling. Staples has leveraged consumer recycling behavior research from MIT and partnered with Call2Recycle and ERI to design the program.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

The new operating model will help each organization focus on their biggest growth opportunities while still working together to provide a seamless customer experience across both channels. Going forward, the ecommerce business will become “The Bay,” while the banner’s 86 stores will continue operating as Hudson’s Bay.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Having conducted in-depth interviews with representatives of three grocery retail businesses that have deployed Pricer in their stores, Forrester combined the results into a composite organisation that is an omnichannel grocery retail chain with 500 stores. million Euros.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2024

Customers can use the iPads located at the Eyebuydirect kiosk to browse and order from the retailer’s catalog of more than 3,000 styles online, and the retailer also offers virtual try-on technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Early adopters have proven that the technology can provide a significant return on investment. Retail companies committed to improving the customer experience have realized they need to stop relying on inventory buffers to ensure items are in stock when they need them. RFID captures all inventory in-store and online.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Owning the Entire Customer Experience. As a result, it has been able to maintain its DTC model and ensure it can keep its competitive pricing and own the entire customer experience — from delivery to installation. That’s why the ethos behind our brand is making every day feel as relaxing as Sunday morning.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2020

This applies not just to consumers but to workers returning to retail stores as well. Retailers should expect that even consumers who have embraced store reopenings early on will also continue the online behaviors they learned during lockdown. There is no ‘returning to normal’.

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I Vend

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

iVend Retail Inventory Management Inventory management drives store efficiency and customer experience. They help retailers ensure they have the right goods in the right place at the right time, improving store performance and enhancing customer experience. Why is single view of inventory important?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Pandemic-driven buying trends led to an explosion of new challenges, from a surge in online returns to the rise of curbside pickup to supply chain delays. Retailers implemented ad hoc backend solutions for responding to increased demand for in-store pickup and home delivery services, but many of those solutions were band-aids.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Traditionally, the brick-and-mortar store delivered a fairly static and conventional experience to the customer. Shoppers will return to some degree after the pandemic, but malls need to reinvent themselves. And the likes of Amazon and FedEx are circling, eying the empty spaces as perfect for micro-fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Boehme expects delivery and fulfillment to remain the major constraints throughout the winter, and he warned that smaller retailers lacking the clout of their larger peers will have a more difficult time staying fully stocked. “You This same interplay of data will be vital to fulfillment. Now the key challenge is capacity.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Additionally, there will be a wave of returns that will need to be properly managed and tracked in a way that promotes profitability and customer satisfaction. Finally, the first half of January brings an additional peak season for retailers as customers make their way online or into stores for gift card redemptions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2024

It needs to be designed in a way that’s fun and relaxing, to encourage me to return again and again. Once people are in a shop, you need to know what people’s expectations are, because you want to fulfill if not exceed them with some semblance of “Wow, this is cool.” RTP: How would that apply in a retail setting?

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Cross Cap

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

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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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2023

Seeking to move closer to the goal of cutting its waste footprint in half by 2030, Starbucks has added 12 locations to its 100% reusable operating model. Stores in Napa and Petaluma, Calif. Customers using these bins through Oct. Starbucks also is planning to bring reusability to the drive-thru.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

During the month of April, EMS will accept shoppers’ used, clean socks (of all brands) that will then be recycled into new products via a partnership with Material Return. All 20 EMS stores, located in seven Northeastern states, will participate. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Shoppers also can use the mirrors to request that sales associates bring specific items to the dressing room, and the store features lockers where shoppers can pick up items they’ve ordered online.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2023

Neither financial details of the purchase nor a more specific go-live date for the brand’s return were disclosed. Capital , had struggled with an expensive operating model that included nearly 500 brick-and-mortar locations in the U.S. and Canada and approximately 600 stores worldwide, as well as operating a meal delivery service.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

To attract a new generation of shoppers, retailers are looking to redefine go-to-market strategies and reimagine the customer experience inside their physical store locations. To accomplish this, operational models need to be adapted quickly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

Profitability is the Name of the Game Retailers will be looking for strong returns on investment throughout the enterprise, which means potentially putting projects with a longer-term payback — like the metaverse — on the back burner.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2024

Cardmembers will earn an extra 5% off every day on top of other loyalty program deals and will be eligible for no-rush returns (an extra 30 days to return items) and free two -day shipping on hundreds of thousands of items on Target.com. Target also has rechristened its Target RedCard credit card as the Target Circle Card.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2021

They could be dark stores serving as micro-fulfillment centers, cutting down on shipping and delivery costs. We’re even seeing some malls turn into fulfillment centers. Stores and malls will have to morph to what the community requires. It really depends on the local community and what it needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In general, this strategy enables companies to enter a new market where they didn’t have a presence, meeting consumers where they are to make buying online, in-store shopping and returns easier. The Market by Macy’s location in South Lake, Texas, a community outside of Dallas, deliberately shies away from a big-brand store model.

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