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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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How Snipes’ Tech Base Enables it to Master AI and Manage ‘Black Friday Every Week’

Retail TouchPoints

stores and 12X digital revenue growth over the past few years — has required Snipes to reimagine the approach it took in Europe while powering operations with a strong technology stack. “ Order Management Upgrades Put Shoppers in Control Flexibility is another important part of operations.

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

Clover - Retail

Dropshipping is a type of supply chain management in which a retailer does NOT keep the product it sells in stock. 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.

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Spend, Travel and Worry Less About Your Retail Business Using Alibaba.com

Small Biz Trends

This means you are not limited by your geographical location. And one of the best ways it makes these products available to small and medium online retailers like you is by offering drop shipping. If discovering products that are easy to have drop shipped has been a challenge, look no further than Alibaba.com.

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Trunk Time may be Costing You

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce retailers are looking for ways to minimize the bottom line impact of returns — some even forgoing recovering the product to save on shipping costs. Their most common complaint was centered around retailers not including a return label in the shipping box. Does anyone actually like returns?

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Seven ways to create a better online returns experience

Inside Retail

As a result, the way businesses manage online returns is an important part of the customer journey. But what factors have the most impact on a returns process and how can Australian businesses optimise the experience to benefit customers? Resell returned items earlier in the process. Optimise post processing.

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