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5 Differences Between Fulfillment by Amazon and Seller Fulfilled Prime

ChannelAdvisor

Today we’re going to look at the two programs that give you access to those lucrative Prime shelves: Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) and Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP). Fulfillment. The most striking difference between FBA and SFP is the way your items are fulfilled. With SFP, fulfillment is in your hands.

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5 Mistakes Killing Your Retargeting Campaigns (+ a Framework to 10X Increase Their Efficiency in 2017)

BigCommerce

million Americans are planning to use ad blocker in 2017! The factors that carry the most influence over shopping behavior include speed of delivery and order fulfilment, brand reputation, and shipping costs — the usual suspects. I’ve covered Free-Return Policy impacts ecommerce PPC campaigns in a separate article.

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Deloitte Says More Holiday Shopping Will Be Online Than In-Store in 2017

ChannelAdvisor

This blog post is part of our 2017 Holiday Planning series. For the first time ever, new industry research indicates that 2017 could be the year e-commerce purchases outpace in-store spending. The average consumer is expected to spend an average of $1,226 during the 2017 holiday shopping season. Tis the season! We have plenty!

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Is The Amazon ‘Returns Ban’ Protective Or Self-Destructive?

RTP blog

Debbie Hauss, Editor-in-Chief: The fact is, retail returns total approximately $351 billion annually — 10% of total revenue — and 5% of that total is estimated to be fraudulent, according to the National Retail Federation’s 2017 Organized Retail Crime Survey. But the question is, is Amazon doing it right?

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Inside AEO’s Inaugural ESG Report: A Blueprint for a Better World 

Retail TouchPoints

billion gallons of water saved by jeans factories since 2017; People: More than $46 million donated to charitable organizations championing mental health, youth empowerment, education and the environment since 2012; and Practices: 88% of AEO’s Board of Directors are unaffiliated with the company (i.e.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Although the trend towards omnichannel fulfillment is not new, the pandemic changed many retailers’ business models almost overnight, and these changes are not going away. What is omnichannel order fulfillment in retail?

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Exclusive Q&A: Can Anything Slow the Amazon Behemoth?

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon also charges for fulfillment, and those fees more or less balance their fulfillment costs. It’s true that when they got into it [with Amazon’s 2017 purchase of Whole Foods ], it looked weird. Because of these features, the Marketplace is entirely scalable: every extra dollar in sales generates 25 cents for Amazon.