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Different Things to Consider Outsourcing in Your Retail Business (and Why)

Retail Focus

Order Fulfillment When outsourcing, retailers can benefit from streamlined inventory management, order processing, and shipping. Security and Loss Prevention Ensuring the security of your retail store and merchandise is paramount. High-quality images and compelling descriptions can significantly influence purchasing decisions.

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The Retail Technology Show announces the shortlist for its 2024 Innovation Awards

A1 Retail

Flip (stand 6K38 ) – An employee experience platform, retailers including McDonald’s use Flip ’s white-label app to reach and rally their retail workforce, from head office to the shop floor, to improve operations and customer experience.

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6 Trends Driving Store Design Innovation in 2024

Retail TouchPoints

After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. For example, they need to support omnichannel services like BOPIS, ship-from-store and seamless returns.

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

VMS

But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern. or two Covid-dominated years, a lack of dockworkers left ships unloaded and retail warehouses empty. Happy New Year. INFLATION ON. YOUR MIND. The problem?

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An Overview of how the BOPIS Retail Strategy is Transforming the Industry (2021)

Retalon

Instead of only shipping to customers’ homes, retailers let online customers shop from their local and online store’s inventory and pick up their orders from their closest brick-and-mortar location the same day. This product is shipped to the store where the customer picks it up. BOPIS lets customers shop on their own schedule.

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5 Major Retail Digital Transformations to Watch For in 2021

Retalon

While pandemic-era safety concerns contributed to this growth, the selection and convenience that online shopping offers to consumers are the primary drivers. Walk-out Shopping : Smartphone apps, RFID tags, and computer vision technologies let customers pick up a product and walk out of the store without stopping at a register.

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14 Examples of Great Customer Experiences in Retail

Indigo 9 Digital

Customers shopping at Hema can use the retailer’s app to scan the QR code on each item they wish to purchase then the item is added to their digital shopping cart. Personalized shopping recommendations. When customers are finished shopping they pay using Hema's mobile app which is linked to Alipay. Fast shipping.