Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the bustling holiday shopping season nearing, many brands have spent the last several months assessing their operational strengths and weaknesses, particularly in logistics and fulfillment. Oftentimes, these hinge on the synergy between a brand and its third-party logistics (3PL) provider. 2: Order cycle time.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

Ecommerce, along with other digital channels, took center stage as new shopping habits formed and expectations drastically shifted. While we won’t be traveling in flying cars to our favorite stores anytime soon, we’re still on the fast track to a transformed shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

Now the company has become the first toy brand to test out the hottest new arena in digital selling — TikTok Shop. Now it’s here: first launched in the UK and several Asian markets, TikTok Shop was quietly made available in the U.S. in November 2022. in November 2022. We’re nimble and super entrepreneurial.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

Despite a successful holiday shopping season, retailers face numerous hurdles in the year ahead. For example, loyal individuals who don’t have a high return rate can be rewarded with discounts and promotions to encourage them to continue on this path. Agile fulfillment. According to the NRF, U.S. Inventory optimization.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Three of the country’s biggest retailers are taking significant steps to get consumers into the holiday shopping groove — and to do so (much) sooner than later. As we approach the holiday season, guests are excited to shop early,” said Christina Hennington, EVP and Chief Growth Officer at Target in a statement. Beginning Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

In 2022, a National Retail Federation/Prosper Insights and Analytics survey indicated that 56% of consumers had started their BTS shopping by early July, with 81% planning to shop sales the week of July 11. Want to Expand Back-to-School Shopping Baskets? Promoting early and often is a major theme for BTS,” said Ellin.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As SEOs [search engine optimizers], any heavy lifting we can do to clear a path for our clients toward success in the holiday shopping season will be especially welcome in 2021. Market trends indicate that a powerful three-point strategy for you to bring to the brands you promote is: Inspire, Deliver, Sustain. Department of Commerce.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

These tools power order flow, fulfillment and afford customer insights. Rosie’s features help retailers to develop: Shoppable weekly ads; Store loyalty and rewards programs integrations; Third-party fulfillment logistics integrations; and Payment processing.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Rakuten is Japan’s largest online shopping marketplace; with 111 million registered users it’s embedded into the daily lives of 90% of the Japanese population. Who performs the fulfillment? For example, Rakuten provides its own fulfillment services called Rakuten Super Logistics. . Is the product easy to warehouse?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

As discount shopping app Wish continues its comeback effort , parent company ContextLogic outlined its plans for 2023 at a summit for its merchants — including a major overhaul of the platform’s shipment pricing structure in order to bring down shipping costs for customers. The brand also opened a pop-up shop from Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

13 and 14 only — putting the promotion in direct competition with the delayed Amazon Prime Day. All Target Deal Days promotions will span both days, marking a departure from how the shopping holiday has operated in previous years, and select deals will become available starting Oct.

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VMS

JULY 28, 2021

U SING AUTHENTIC MOVIE props, interactive experiences and even a multiplayer game, this Wonder Woman storewide promotion for AT&T was rolled out to Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco for the “Wonder Woman 1984” movie release in theaters and via HBO Max this past Christmas Day 2020. Designed by Twenty Four 7 (Portland, Ore.),

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 8, 2022

Chinese on-demand delivery platform Dada Group is beefing up its 415 Intra-City Shopping Festival, a sales event focused on quick delivery offerings taking place April 8-17, 2022. As with many other Chinese shopping festivals, the launch of new products will play a large role in the event.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Shopping has been happening organically on TikTok for a while. This week, the social media platform introduced a sweeping set of new tools and advertising products — including product links , live shopping and even a full-service commerce solution — all aimed at expanding TikTok’s reach from culture and creation into commerce.

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Mass Relators

DECEMBER 14, 2021

has promoted Laura Gump , formerly vice president of merchandising for the Houston division, to president of the division. “Her ability to build high-performing teams will ensure our Houston division continues to deliver the freshest foods and a friendly and welcoming experience for our customers, whether shopping in store or online.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

Generative AI is set to revolutionize ecommerce, enabling a more interactive and personalized shopping experience, which is integral to both attracting and retaining customers. Details matter, from the initial landing page to order fulfillment through to delivery and aftercare.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

You can’t just repurpose your B2B website and add a shopping cart to turn it into a shopping platform. A tech stack is the ecosystem of hardware and software platforms needed to manage the DTC order fulfillment process from end to end. Fulfillment and Returns. Web Design & Development.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2023

ecommerce sales this holiday season are forecasted to reach $273 billion , a 1% year-over-year growth rate, according to the Salesforce Shopping Index , which tracks online data and preferences of 1.5 BOPIS’ value increases even more after holiday shipping cutoff dates, when as many as one in three orders are fulfilled via BOPIS.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. comparable sales growth and growing market share in grocery during Q4 2021, and much of this success can be attributed to its robust last mile and fulfillment strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2024

It’s already happening, as AI-powered marketing systems digest vast amounts of data on each individual shopper, develop a unique strategy to grow value and engagement, and generate true 1:1 promotions and pricing to achieve each strategy — all in an automated process that takes minutes for millions of shoppers at scale.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 18, 2024

Already working with hundreds of retailers and brands, Scurri added a mixture of enterprise and mid-market retailers, including The Perfume Shop, BrandAlley, Victoria Plumbing, Loake Shoes, LeMieux and Weird Fish, to its roster of clients last year.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2023

Sophia Pope is the sales and customer success leader for Shipstation, a leading web-based order management and shipping software designed to help retailers efficiently process, fulfil and ship their e-commerce orders. Another strategy, she says, is to automate fulfilment. This is especially true with women’s apparel, for example. “We’ve

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How do you believe consumers’ omnichannel shopping behaviors will evolve or accelerate during the holiday shopping season? In fact, BOPIS became the new norm for items across all categories, from footwear and apparel to accessories, home goods, furniture and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2024

Retailers are pulling out the stops for Earth Month this year: companies like Sephora and REI Co-op are showcasing the success of their recycling efforts, while others including Poshmark and Joor promote the inherent sustainability of their platforms in partnership with eco-friendly brands such as Rothy’s and Marine Serre.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The retailer has partnered with Drive, the DoorDash white-label fulfillment platform. Customers can call their local Sam’s Club Pharmacies and speak to a pharmacist to schedule delivery, with “Dashers” fulfilling and delivering eligible orders. After the promotion period ends, all customers will be charted a flat fee of $7.99. “Our

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2021

In fact, 58% said school would be a bigger deal this year and 56% said they are more excited about shopping for back-to-school items this year. With this data in mind, and the large majority of kids going back to in-person learning, I don’t think [the Delta variant] will impact back-to-school shopping.” and how long will it last?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2021

Hybrid Shopping is Here to Stay. The February 2021 edition of the Insights Study found just 8% of participants saying they shopped for groceries exclusively online. But not every brick-and-mortar grocery store is destined to become a micro-fulfillment center. Promotions are a Priority for Shoppers. Only more so.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. In fact, Salesforce has already predicted that the modest growth of the 2021 holiday shopping season could foreshadow this year , with Q1 data showing a 3% YoY decrease in global digital sales.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 2, 2021

Amazon Australia has announced the date of this year’s Prime Day event, which will be the longest Prime Day promotion yet. . The online shopping event is scheduled to launch at midnight on June 21. While local deals will run for 24 hours, ending on June 22, deals from the UK and the US will be available until 5pm, June 23. .

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Online sales fell 21 per cent as consumers returned to in-store shopping, while EBITDA reached $3.4 Phil Ryan, CEO and MD of City Chic, described the half as “challenging” and added: “Margins were impacted by promotional activity and input logistics and fulfilment costs from reduced basket sizes and inflation-driven cost increases.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Retailers Will Continue Pushing Earlier Promotions …. Shoppers are increasingly aware of supply chain challenges, and 62% are very or somewhat concerned about not receiving their items in time for the holiday when they shop online Black Friday through Cyber Monday, according to a survey by Publicis Sapient. 2 (Super Saturday, Dec.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among its multiple impacts, COVID-19 accelerated an elongation of the holiday shopping season that was already underway. Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that).

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2020

But even if consumers are doing a lot less shopping in stores, retailers with large footprints are finding that their physical locations still have important roles to play during this online-focused holiday season. Another 86% of shoppers planned to shop online, with 49% doing so out of health and safety concerns.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2022

Fulfilment, shipping, delivery and returns updates can all be enriched with personalized promotions, loyalty program information and other immersive, branded content. Using this information, brands can tailor future promotional communications to fit customer preference and optimize customer relationships.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonetheless, she expects many brands to put in efforts to upgrade their in-store efficiency and design to woo dine-in customers, whilst retaining their ability to fulfil remote orders and digital purchasing channels. “We These days, consumers can use a range of third-party apps with different loyalty programs too.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The retailer also is currently seeking third-party solution providers in areas including payment processors, order management and shipping and fulfillment. The Michaels Marketplace will be invite-only and aimed at “high-volume sellers of components, tools or craft materials,” according to an announcement on the company’s website.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But supply chain pressures and ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic means that consumers are focusing less on how immersive and entertaining in-store shopping experiences are and more on how safe and efficient they are. Despite these reservations, 47% of consumers plan to shop in-store this holiday season, an 8% increase from 2020.

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