Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

In-store robots aren’t just tools that can check for mislabeled products or clean messes in a timely manner. Robots can detect misplaced products used to cover shelving holes, speed up online orders and make restocking easier, by constantly mapping a store and sharing this data with key players.

Marketing 271

Marketing Grocer Location Fulfillment 271

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How are the increasing demands for fast fulfillment affecting supply chains? That increases the need for [domestic] storage locations, including warehouses and retail stores that are close to where your markets are. What you offer [in terms of fast fulfillment], and to whom, is very important.

Returns 299

Returns Supply Chain Management Fulfillment Customer Experience 299

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As a result, many have had to slow down their production, marketing and distribution efforts and focus instead on safeguarding their financial stability. But now, with a more dispersed distribution, it has become increasingly tricky to allocate marketing budgets effectively.

Marketing 237

Marketing Consumer Fulfillment Accounting 237

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As a result, many have had to slow down their production, marketing and distribution efforts and focus instead on safeguarding their financial stability. But now, with a more dispersed distribution, it has become increasingly tricky to allocate marketing budgets effectively.

Marketing 235

Marketing Consumer Fulfillment Accounting 235

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2021

Have you made it easy for them to share with customers what makes your brand stand apart, and how it will solve the customer’s problem or fulfill their need? Are the features and benefits that make your brand unique top-of-mind with them? Colin House is CEO of Intellibed.

Customer Experience 269

Customer Experience Fulfillment Consumer Marketing 269

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.

Returns 287

Returns Merchant Services Drop-Shipping Consumer 287

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

overall, but omnichannel offerings helped offset this decline: same-day services saw unspecified mid-single-digit growth, led by high-single-digit growth in Drive-Up orders, and more than 97% of sales were fulfilled by stores. One area where Target made significant progress was cutting back on excess merchandise.

Fulfillment 220

Fulfillment Advertising Consumer Management 220