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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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TikTok Shop Partners with Royal Mail for ‘Click and Drop’ Service for Merchants

365 Retail

TikTok Shop has today announced a new partnership with Royal Mail to help merchants of all sizes improve their delivery experience and thrive on the platform. Click & Drop is Royal Mail’s primary shipping solution. People also love getting deliveries from their trusted Royal Mail postie.

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Treat Returns as a Competitive Advantage that Increases Customer Lifetime Value

Retail TouchPoints

The popularity of online shopping has created enormous opportunities to reach new customers, but this has come at a cost. On average, it costs $33, or 66%, of the price of a $50 item for retailers to process a return, up from 59% last year, Optoro estimates. . Exacerbating the situation, these same shops lost $10.30

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

Retail TouchPoints

When it debuted back in 2010, Wish was the only game in town as far as manufacturer-direct discount shopping apps went. But times have changed dramatically in the 13 intervening years: Temu , which debuted just last September, is now the top shopping app in the U.S., Doubling down on merchants outside of China.

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Pitney Bowes, PackageHub Launch Returns Drop-Off Network

Retail TouchPoints

Pitney Bowes and PackageHub have debuted a no-box, no-label returns drop-off network at nearly 1,000 locations nationwide, with the promise of hundreds more launching soon. With the launch of this network with our partner PackageHub, we have access to their network of premium drop-off locations across the U.S.”

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4 Ways Ecommerce Returns Will Change in 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers are Split Between Home Pickup and Carrier Drop-off. As a result, drop-off (at a carrier or retail location) became the preferred returns method for 67% of consumers, according to our BOXpoll surveys. Where consumers live has a lot to do with which returns process they prefer. consumers love the USPS.

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The Order Fulfillment Process in 2022 and Beyond

Retalon

Why should retailers care about their Order Fulfillment Process? Order fulfillment may seem like a fairly straightforward process and according to the generic “high-level” definition, it is. In today’s market, putting the right fulfillment system in place gets you a competitive edge.