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How Ikea Australia plans to champion affordability and the shopping experience

Inside Retail

However, international shipping disruptions in the Red Sea and global conflict’s potential impact on oil prices will continue to put pressure on product availability and costs. In 2024, another Plan and Order Point will open in Cannington, south of Perth, for customers to get one-to-one, expert planning advice.

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Hy-Vee teams with Pair Eyewear on kiosks

Mass Relators

announced a new partnership with online retailer Pair Eyewear to bring in-store Pair Eyewear kiosks to select Hy-Vee locations across the company’s eight-state region. The first kiosk will be located inside the new Grimes Hy-Vee in Grimes, Iowa. In addition to free standard shipping, Pair offers a 30-day free return or exchange policy.

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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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NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The presence of kiosks linking buyers to the online store The ability to ship from other stores and warehouses Your store going dark completely, becoming a micro-distribution center (DC)? 3: Buy in-store, ship to home is gaining speed. When did you notice that your favorite store had changed?

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Retail’s Best Gift Ever? Zero-Party Data

Retail TouchPoints

Besides rewards programs, traffic-hungry retailers are using fun social media surveys, email promotions/newsletters and in-store kiosks to get their customers to share more of who they are and what they want from their retail experience. Things haven’t been easy of late for the retail sector.

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Top 10 Contactless Trends to Watch in 2022

Retail TouchPoints

More Dark Kitchens Over the next five years, QSR chain Wendy’s is planning to add 700 kitchens in converted shipping containers to support delivery.

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Hy-Vee draws acclaim for sustained innovation

Mass Relators

In January 2022, the retailer launched a ship-to-home e-commerce site called WholeLotta Good that offers customers a full range of dietitian-approved health and specialty products that can be purchased online and shipped directly to homes across the U.S. That isn’t even an exhaustive list.