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Preparing for the Rise in Online Retail Returns

Retail TouchPoints

How online retailers handle merchandising, use technology and approach return policies can mean the difference between waste and wins. This often gets the item back to the retailer in a quick enough turnaround to resell the items at the same price, avoiding margin loss. There’s no time for ill-fitting, poorly described items.

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Clean Data, Clean Planet: How Online Retailers can use Data Analytics to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers with sufficient international presence should maintain stock levels in local territories to reduce transport of product across the globe. For example, a UK-based business with traction in Europe should consider warehousing stock in Germany, Poland or the Netherlands to shorten the fulfillment process.

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Has Online Grocery Delivery Plateaued?

Retail TouchPoints

Its growth had been slow for a decade as so many other retail channels or categories continued to take off. In 2011, less than 1% of grocery shopping was done online. Even eight years later, in 2019, it was only 3% of all grocery shopping, according to LEK Consulting. COVID obviously changed that, almost overnight.

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The Top 10 Sessions to See at IRCE 2018

Optimizely

In 2017, the Top 1000 online retailers in North America collectively increased online sales by 18.5%, and ecommerce accounted for 49% of retail industry growth. This data seems to suggest that ecommerce retailers are prospering, but the future for brick and mortar stores is bleak. Connecting with the Z Generation.

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Are your fulfillment logistics ready for peak season?

GetElastic

According to the National Retail Federation , retail sales during 2019 are forecast to increase between 3.8 Based on growth of 10-12 percent, online sales would total between $751.1 For online retailers this poses a significant challenge. The post Are your fulfillment logistics ready for peak season?

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Forrester Forecast: Online’s Share of U.S. Sales to Top 29% by 2029

Retail TouchPoints

Nearly three of every 10 purchases by American consumers will be made online as the end of this decade nears, according to projections from Forrester in its U.S. Online Retail Forecast, 2024 to 2029. The research and technology firm projects that online U.S. retail sales will increase from $1.2 this year to 29.3%

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2023 Ecommerce Fulfillment Statistics: What the Data Tells Us

Ecommerce Platforms

Today’s top ecommerce Fulfilment statistics provide us with some useful insights into the current state of the online shopping landscape. In a world of instant gratification, same-day delivery, and evolving consumer expectations, ecommerce retailers can’t afford to underestimate the power of rapid Fulfilment.