Retail Gazette

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It is not currently known which Ikea items are shipped via the Suez Canal, according to The Telegraph. Subscribe to Retail Gazette for free Sign up here to g et the latest news straight into your inbox each morning While Ikea does not own container vessels, it hires space on other business’s ships for its goods.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Last week, the Detroit-based company launched Xpress Ship, a new feature that shortens the shipping time for verified items to three business days. Under the Xpress Ship program, products are sent to an authentication centre, where they go through a multi-step verification process.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2022

population with next-day or two-day shipping. A custom box is created to fit the exact measurements of the order and sent to an associate, who can assemble up to four orders at once, for packing; and Ship: ?The This combination allows the retailer to offer same-day shipping to 80% of the people in the U.S. population.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Happy Returns by PayPal has teamed with Staples US Retail to offer the Happy Returns in-person service, adding more than 1,000 Staples retail locations to its return service. The Staples partnership increases the number of the company’s Return Bars to more than 3,800 locations. ” PayPal acquired Happy Returns in May.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Apple has launched two-hour shipping on items in its store in “most metros,” according to its website. Additionally, Apple offers in-store pickup at all locations and curbside pickup at select stores. The service costs $5 and will be available for a limited time only.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2021

BJ’s Wholesale Club will strengthen support for its drop-ship program with online order fulfillment and delivery accuracy solutions from CommerceHub. The solution provider has signed a three-year exclusive agreement with BJ’s, which operates 219 club stores and 150 BJ’s Gas locations in 17 states.

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Retail Dive

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The fulfillment method offers faster and more cost-effective deliveries to customers, CEO Dave Kimbell said.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Free shipping days are behind us. Having the best product or lowest shipping fee will no longer guarantee you a sale. Delivery transparency : Real-time updates about location and shipping status notifications. The first wave of ecommerce was mostly about price, while the second wave is all about the customer experience.

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Small Biz Trends

AUGUST 24, 2022

If you are looking for a business investment that can be modular, comes with relatively low running costs, and has a compact work space perhaps you should consider opening a shipping container business. What is a Shipping Container Business? The Business of Shipping Containers. Best Shipping Container Business Ideas.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Retailers are realizing that shipping costs are very high and that it’s much more profitable to pick up in-store — and a lot of people still really like to shop while they’re there.”. A Variety of Brands in One Location Create a Better Experience. For the younger demographic, it’s about lifestyle, travel and technology.

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Independent Retailer

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The 2022 holiday season is just around the corner, and with it comes a plethora of shipping challenges. Here are some shipping forecasts for retailers to be aware of so you can be fully prepared this holiday season: Increased Volume of Shipments. Delays in Shipping. Delays are another challenge plaguing small businesses.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

That’s’ my stock, so I won’t ship it! Many retailers use Click and Collect or Ship from Store as a means of improving the speed of delivery but this is not always the case. The post How to avoid the unintended consequences of shipping online from stores appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Great Omnichannel Experiences Win Customers Consumers expect great omnichannel experiences — from fast shipping to buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS): 83% of consumers search elsewhere if they can’t find fast shipping options. 92% of consumers shop elsewhere to save on shipping , leading to cart abandonment.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2020

and Canada stores have been closed since March 18, the company enabled ship-from-store capabilities in approximately 85% of its U.S. stores in late April, more than doubling its daily shipping capacity. Even though approximately 95%. of the company’s U.S. Overall net sales decreased 38.1% in Q1 compared to the same period in 2019.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With 30 per cent of global container trade going through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea shipping crisis is having a significant impact on supply chains globally. According to research from JP Morgan , this has also increased shipping costs, with routes from Asia to Europe becoming almost five times more expensive.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. This is both more complex and more top-of-mind due to ESG [environmental, social and governance]; no one likes to ship air.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

To help prevent the threat of package theft from in front of customers’ homes, the 21,000 Via.Delivery locations, typically located within retail stores, will hold packages for up to seven calendar days. Not only are we giving shoppers flexible delivery options, we’re providing them secure locations to hold their packages.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In internal fulfillment, the business handles the complete process of storing, packing and shipping. The company must have a warehouse to keep its inventory, and a logistics team to manage the goods for storing, ordering and shipping directly to stores/distributors or customers. Each option has its benefits and disadvantages.

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Rangeme

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In other words, we want our cake and we want to eat it too, but we also want to know exactly where we can locally buy the cake (preferably with multiple retailers listed so we can choose our favorite bakery and have a curbside or ship-to-home option available). They weren’t shoppable and didn’t return any data or insights.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2023

Amazon has been overhauling its logistics network to “regionalize” where inventory is located across the U.S. in an effort to reduce delivery costs while maintaining the fast shipping speeds the company is known for, multiple sources report and Amazon has confirmed.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Reminiscent of the “kids clubs” available through many vacation resorts and cruise ships, CAMP Club is designed to offer engaging and interactive experiences at Marriott Bonvoy’s hotels and resorts worldwide that are tailored to the needs of different age groups.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2023

BJ’s joins our growing community of national retail and grocery chains, totaling over $100 billion in revenue and more than 30,000 locations throughout North America, in leveraging microservices to quickly stand up new capabilities that improve operations, delight customers and lower costs,” said Darpan Seth, CEO of Nextuple in a statement.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the age of digitization and ongoing global supply chain and shipping disruptions, this holiday season is shaping up to be the year that will make or break many retailers,” said Matthew Furneaux, global commercial director at Loqate. “At In attempts to avoid the shipping delays and sold-out items that are expected this year, 88% of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The company reports that members of the Prime Access program saved an average of $1,600 last year through shipping savings, coupons and membership discounts. It also noted that the program expanded its membership by more than 300% between 2019 and the end of 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

This can include options like in-store returns for online purchases, box-free returns at specific drop-off locations or even home pickup services; Simplify the returns process: U.S. Consider offering a printable, pre-paid return shipping label or even a QR code that customers can use at drop-off locations without needing to print anything.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

Consumers can attach prepaid shipping labels to their returns or send a shipping QR code directly to their “Dasher” via the DoorDash app. In December 2022, Staples joined a growing list of brick-and-mortar retailers accepting Amazon returns in their stores, including Kohl’s, Rite Aid, UPS Stores and more than 500 Whole Foods locations.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 11, 2022

Retailers are now investing significant resources into logistics, deploying the latest inventory management systems, automating warehouses and hiring hundreds of hardworking staff in an effort to pick, pack and ship online orders as quickly as possible. Using this stock to fulfil online orders is known as ship-from-store. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

The company now counts 125 doors across 22 states , and Krishna plans to more than double the store footprint to more than 300 locations in the next seven to 10 years. Krishna plans to use the stores to support BOPIS for shoppers who live near its locations, and ship-from-store services for a nationwide audience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 14, 2024

The team in Florida, looking for ways to expedite the expansion, was toying with the idea of using shipping containers as temporary shopping venues while parts of the expansion were being built out. And voila, a solution to Lazenby’s pop-up dilemma! ACCESS Pop-Up center courtyard at night.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2024

Pitney Bowes and PackageHub have debuted a no-box, no-label returns drop-off network at nearly 1,000 locations nationwide, with the promise of hundreds more launching soon. These new returns locations augment the existing network of 30,000 postal locations where Pitney Bowes currently offers no-label returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The iconic brand also will expand to cruise ship and airport venues, with its first airport store scheduled to debut at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in November 2023 via a partnership with Duty Free Americas. The new stores will open in prime locations that complement the existing Macy’s retail footprint, according to the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2020

Best Buy will pilot a ship-from-store hub model at 250 stores, according to CNBC. All Best Buy stores already handle some online orders, but the affected locations will be specially designated to handle a higher volume of packages. It’s not about less stores,” said Barry during the call.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2022

has launched the Business Optimization Of Shipping and Transport engine, or BOOST, which leverages data, AI and machine learning to choose the best fulfillment option for both the customer and LS&Co.’s BOOST locates items across LS&Co. s bottom line. The in-house technology is part of LS&Co.’s

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 10, 2023

While many brands try to shave pennies off transactional transportation costs, that won’t drive long-term success in retail locations. Technology Leads to Category Leadership Shipping technology has significantly improved in recent years and is now a massive determinant of CPG brand success.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2021

JCPenney and Shoe Carnival have both added same-day shipping options in partnership with DoorDash , just in time to help last-minute holiday shoppers get their gifts quickly. JCPenney is offering the service from 600 locations nationwide, while Shoe Carnival is offering the option to any continental U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

At the same time, many retailers are reporting higher and higher shipping costs, which are affecting profits on their balance sheets. And although omnichannel fulfillment is growing in importance, they still want to drive offline sales and bring people into the store, while also minimizing the impact of shipping costs on their bottom line.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

When delivering goods, luxury retailers can also reduce their carbon footprint by offering BORIS, BOPIS and BOSS (buy online, return in-store, buy online, pick up in-store, and buy online, ship to store) options.

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