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Amazon and Shopify Bring ‘Buy with Prime’ to Merchants with New App

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon is bringing ‘Buy with Prime’ capabilities to Shopify merchants via a new app integration. Buy with Prime was designed to give Prime members fast, free delivery and easy returns through Amazon’s fulfillment network and ultimately help brands increase shopper conversion by about 25%.

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PayPal Offloads Happy Returns to UPS

Retail TouchPoints

UPS has agreed to acquire reverse-logistics solution Happy Returns from PayPal for an undisclosed amount. Happy Returns offers box-free, label-free returns for more than 800 merchant partners at over 10,000 locations across the U.S. of retail purchases (both online and in-store) were returned last year.

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Shining a Light on a Growing Ecommerce Threat: Chargeback Fraud

Retail TouchPoints

Experts report that chargebacks will cost merchants over $100 billion in 2023, and false claims and abuse of the chargeback process are a growing threat to merchants. The hidden expenses of wasted time, expensive fees, penalties or additional losses of goods and services add up. Internet payments mean more purchases.

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Choosing a Distribution Model: Drop Shipping vs Traditional Inventory

Retail Bound

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. Traditional Inventory: Beyond the Basics Operational Dynamics: Retailers purchase products in bulk, store them, and then ship them out as orders come in.

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Amazon Expands Buy with Prime Availability to all U.S. Marketplace Sellers

Retail TouchPoints

based Amazon merchants at the end of January. Additionally, Amazon is adding a new feature to the Buy with Prime package that will enable merchants to display ratings and reviews from Amazon customers on their own online stores. The offering was previously only available by invitation.

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3 steps to make your shipping a competitive advantage

Inside Retail

With more consumers shopping online than ever before, thanks in part to the pandemic, which has seen more than 80 per cent go online to buy , it’s more important than ever to have the right shipping process in place. . Shipping options such as delivery redirection, conversational commerce, and flexible payment, are now becoming standard.

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Opinion: The clock is TikToking for supply chains

Inside Retail

Following in the footsteps of Instagram, which launched its shop in 2020, TikTok has entered the competitive space with its new shop function, enabling merchants, brands and creators to showcase and sell products directly to over 1 billion users through in-feed videos, LIVEs, and the ‘product showcase’ tab. Higher customer expectations .