Inside Retail

MAY 31, 2023

Like Shein, Temu offers discounted fashion and lifestyle goods, but unlike Shein it sources and ships directly from manufacturers in China. Traditionally, small businesses have struggled to break into a retail market dominated by global brands and manufacturers, lacking the marketing strength to become a cross-border retailer on their own.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 28, 2022

Things haven’t been easy of late for the retail sector. Think about how best to manage engagement and monitor to make certain you’re providing value. Sabina Klein is VP – Retail Marketing at Jun Group , where she leads shopper marketing sales and strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

But as ecommerce has become a more prominent contributor to retailers’ bottom lines, and the cost of doing business online gets more expensive (think rising shipping costs and increasing returns), the mere existence of an ecommerce operation is no longer enough — retailers now have to find a way to make money online.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

The result is mounting pressure for retailers to deliver hyper-personalised, concierge-like shopping experiences with efficient handoffs between departments and channels before, during, and after a purchase. While 88 per cent of retail marketers share integrated tech stacks with advertising teams, this alignment alone is not enough.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Brands such as Boat, Wow Skin Science, Sugar Cosmetics, Lenskart , Licious, and Mamaearth have carved out a niche in the Indian retail market by connecting directly with consumers. Estimates suggest that India is now home to over 800 DTC companies, with the ecosystem’s market value reaching about US$12 billion in 2022.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 28, 2021

The consumer buying behaviors retail marketers all once knew to be true experienced a seismic shift. The question now is: what do these new “pandemic personas” look like, and how can retail marketers cater to their new needs to set benchmarks for a successful 2021?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

While the latter may be true, excess inventory also has a silver lining of hidden pathways to optimizing excess inventory that lead straight to your bottom line through distribution in the off-price retail market. Technology has revolutionized the way brands manage their excess inventory. How Is Excess Inventory Optimized?

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Here, we speak with several specialist providers of lighting to the retail market and find out more about the many advantages of revamping your lighting setup. Unique part of retail One provider in this area is Shoplight , which, as its name may suggest, is well positioned to supply lighting solutions to the retail market.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Real-time product assortments and pricing are more likely to be automated, optimizing effort, time, and management of price updates. Optimize Inventory Management. Tracking these metrics gives you insight into market fluctuations, top-selling items, etc., The post Why Do You Need Business Intelligence for Your Retail Business?

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The Retail market landscape has seen significant changes in retail trends and shifts in consumer behavior since the coronavirus breakout, but the industry now appears more optimistic about the growth prospects. Inventory management and customized customer information will also benefit from these data-driven solutions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2020

The Amazon Effect has led to nearly impossible customer demands for many independent retailers. Same-day shipping used to be an e-Commerce novelty, where today it is the difference in conversion. For retailers, an adaptive and agile mindset is the way to get ahead in the digital age and a constantly evolving industry.

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Merchant Services Customer Experience Checkout Fulfillment 152

Retalon

DECEMBER 8, 2021

One way retailers seek to optimize shipment is by asking, “can this be consolidated?”. How, when, and where the customer prefers to experience their product fulfillment affects the sourcing and shipping decisions. This includes everything from purchasing inventory to returns management. Customer preference (fulfillment).

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Retail Bound

MARCH 22, 2021

Before you knock on the door of Walmart, you need to ask yourself, “Am I ready yet to sell to retail, especially a large multi-billion-dollar retailer?” Many clients that Retailbound work with are not ready yet to contact a retail buyer. A distributor ships many different vendors’ products into a retailer such as Walmart.

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Retail Bound

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This month, we sat down with Paul McCafferty, the Managing Director at Unlock EMEA to ask him the following questions. Next, we actively manage those relationships for maximum impact, but in a very strategic way. My role is Managing Director, so with support from our Founder and the leadership team, we steer the Unlock EMEA ship.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

“[Marketers that have thrived during the pandemic] know their old beliefs about customer preferences — and by extension, how they connect with their customers — are less relevant. They] are committed to making a wholesale shift to adapt everything they do — insight, data, engagement, responsiveness.”.

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In today’s hyper-competitive retail market, a price match policy may seem like a good idea. Price matching’s supporters include some of the biggest names in retail. On its surface, a price match strategy is set up to benefit the shopper at the detriment of the retailer. What Are the Pros of Price Matching?

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Retail Next

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The retail world is a highly competitive environment. Business owners and managers face competition from area stores, big-box retailers, and internet giants. But the marketing tactic has its pitfalls. Consider steering your retail operations towards a zero-waste business. Rethink Your Store’s Packaging.

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Rain Pros

JULY 27, 2022

An eCommerce website might be able to process orders, accept payments, manage shipping and logistics, and provide customer service. However, most successful businesses have learned to move beyond the mindset of in-real-life transactions and moved to a hybrid model of in-person and an online presence in the retail market.

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