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Harrods Enhances Global Ecommerce with Localized Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

Iconic British department store Harrods has partnered with the Global-e international ecommerce platform to improve its online operations in more than 200 markets worldwide and offer customers elevated, localized shopping experiences.

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Why Curacao ‘Zags’ When Other Retailers ‘Zig’ — and How This Drives its Success

Retail TouchPoints

This California-based retailer serves Hispanic communities with a large but carefully curated product selection and a surprisingly wide range of services — wide enough that the company is at least as much a bank as it is a retailer. We don’t want to be just a store that sells stuff that everyone else sells ,” said Nerubay. “We’re

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Identifying the ‘Faces’ Behind Faceless Online Transactions

Retail TouchPoints

According to McKinsey , ecommerce sales in apparel, department stores and beauty products have increased by nearly 10%, on average, since the onset of the pandemic. By exceeding these thresholds, merchants not only risk fines and fees, but also a network refusing to process further payments altogether.

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Inside JCPenney’s Transformation: A Data-Driven Vision and Future-Ready Tech Stack

Retail TouchPoints

JCPenney has faced the same challenges that bedevil the entire department store vertical, ranging from lower foot traffic at malls to the high operating costs that come with significant brick-and-mortar investments. distribution center with a new induction, sorting and packing system.

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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 Taking Shape is leveraging backend efficiency gains to grow overseas

Inside Retail

It is also exploring new in-store fulfilment options in Australia, and continuing to add new payment methods, which customers have been clamouring for. Whereas store staff may have previously seen e-commerce as their competition, they now see it as a complementary sales channel.

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How the rise of online scams and fakes is changing consumer behaviour

Inside Retail

Product quality has become more important for online shoppers compared to two years ago, along with product cost, shipping cost, customer reviews, and authenticity. With Fulfilment by Amazon, sellers can save on their operating costs to pay only for the storage space they use and the orders we fulfil,” he added.

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