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As Ecommerce Growth Continues, Retailers Turn ‘Steely-Eyed’ Gaze to Profitability

Retail TouchPoints

Then, once basic digital offerings were in place, merchants began to consider how to make these ecommerce advancements permanent in preparation for the “New Normal.”. At the height of the pandemic, standing up services like curbside pickup, BOPIS and a frictionless digital experience quickly was all that mattered.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

Retail TouchPoints

And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Brands can include a number of features in a 2D barcode that can help improve and ease access to customer service. alongside a large QR code.

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Mirakl CEO: Marketplaces are ‘Arming the Rebellion’ of Traditional Retail Against Big Tech

Retail TouchPoints

If the traffic is not going to come to your own site, [merchants are realizing they are] better off putting their products where the traffic is. There are a lot of things feeding this idea that you can own almost every part of a customer’s life: their entertainment, their cloud, their shipping, their shopping.

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How Taobao became Southeast Asia’s go-to for home and furniture

Inside Retail

In a partnership with Virmall, a local firm that helps to curate and bring in products from merchants on Taobao, the two companies opened a 6,000 sq ft store, offering over 300 products, ranging from furniture to kitchen appliances and clothes. In late 2019, Taobao opened its first physical store in Funan Mall, Singapore. A makeover moment.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 293 – E-Com leadership changes and news

Retail Geek

Scot: [2:15] Yeah they’re not a lot of good ones whatever you do don’t sign up for that paid service because it just makes your tweets take 10 times longer to go out it’s like the opposite of a feature. Assortment of items with different prices and different service levels from Amazon Fresh and from Whole Foods.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 308 Amazon Q2 2023 earnings recap

Retail Geek

Jason: [17:48] Dsps are the third party delivery services that Amazon uses yeah. Scot: [17:52] Delivery service professionals yeah so that was interesting. The growth in 3p Services was actually faster than the retail growth as well so sort of implies that the volume went up but also Amazons. Learn more about this.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 304 ShopTalk 2023 Recap

Retail Geek

So that was interesting and then the to me the most geeky coolest thing of all although controversial is during the pandemic, the Brazilian government launched a government-sponsored instant payment system so I got. The thing that has grown a ton is you know shoptalk offers this Meetup service.