Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

Fulfillment was a key driver during the ecommerce-driven final quarter of 2020. Amazon will remain the retailer to beat, but fulfillment strategies like buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and curbside are only becoming more important. Omnichannel and Store-Based Fulfillment Are Bigger Than Ever.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

digital sales to grow 10% , while shifting shopper habits will create a variety of new opportunities for omnichannel retailers. The holiday 2020 surge in ecommerce caused digital headaches as shoppers contended with slow or unresponsive web sites, and retailers can’t afford a repeat in 2021. Salesforce expects U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2021

Online grocery shopping sales grew 54% for the year and are predicted to top $100 billion in 2021. Online grocery’s previously lethargic rate of adoption meant that grocers lagged other retail sectors in multichannel merchandising systems, customer data management and fulfillment technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Labor shortages, stressed supply chains and a major emphasis on ecommerce have turned fulfillment into one of the biggest challenges retailers will face in the 2021 holiday season. With so much at stake, retailers must get fulfillment right or risk being left behind.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

This phenomenon helped large, digitally savvy retailers like Target , Home Depot and Walmart thrive and earned them spots among the top 10 retailers in CI&T ’s Connected Retail Report , which was presented during Chapter 1 of the 2021 NRF Big Show. and narrowed it down to 28 and then 12 outstanding omnichannel companies.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

So what are the customer experience and commerce trends that will continue, or become more fully realized, in 2021? Omnichannel shopping. In 2021, omnichannel excellence will continue to become an essential point of differentiation, particularly for those retailers that don’t own their category.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2022

Gap has launched a fulfillment service for retailers called GPS Platform Service , offering omnichannel fulfillment using Gap’s nationwide distribution network and handling tasks including delivery to customers or stores, returns initiation and processing at its fulfillment centers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 22, 2021

The IDC FutureScape 2021 webinar took a close look at some of the biggest, most impactful developments retailers can expect in the coming years. While many retailers have developed ways to safely deliver perishables, the speed and convenience of pickup will give these omnichannel transactions a significant edge.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. From early 2020 to mid-2021, the percentage of retail chains offering curbside pickup surged from a miniscule 7% to a staggering 51%. Nicholas offered six best practices: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Post-holiday season for retailers is a period of recovery centered around understanding what happened during the holiday and how to move forward with the transaction cycle, while also preparing for ongoing omnichannel business. Post-Holiday Omnichannel Success. Post-Holiday Challenges. Gene Bornac is Chief Strategy Officer at enVista.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2021

Below, Shokrian shared his take on issues including: How COVID-19 impacted brand positioning and growth ; Why MeUndies is integrating social responsibility into its broader community-building efforts; Which omnichannel investments are top priorities in 2021; and His leadership lessons from 2020.

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ROI Revolution

MAY 6, 2021

Published May 6, 2021. According to eMarketer , almost 50% of retail CFOs in the US are pursuing a digital transformation in 2021. To make the customer journey between all of these channels seamless, retail leaders are making sure a holistic omnichannel strategy is a part of their digital transformation. Claim your copy!

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 21, 2021

Retail results for Q1 2021 have been promising so far, showing that the economy may finally be emerging from a long, slow year. Large retailers like Target and Walmart continued to thrive in Q1 2021 on the back of their large store footprints and strong omnichannel presence. There will be demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

But behind the numbers is a little-heralded success story, a story of nimble adjustments and the jewelry vertical’s embrace of digital and omnichannel initiatives to better serve customers. Pandora has already begun to integrate the omnichannel experience by offering by in-store and curbside pickup. Conclusion: Pivot Fast, Pivot Smart.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2021

The February 2021 edition of the Insights Study found just 8% of participants saying they shopped for groceries exclusively online. But not every brick-and-mortar grocery store is destined to become a micro-fulfillment center. Those grocery retailers that listen, and move proactively, could have a very good 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

5 spot in 2021 to 13 th this year. Omnichannel access is expanding to lower-income groups , which can be a major game changer in Latin America and Africa. Greater use of small autonomous vehicles for fulfillment at a time of limited staffing is already evident in cities and on campuses.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2022

2021 was a critical year for the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space. With consumers’ rapid shift to ecommerce channels, DTC players had to navigate surges in demand and effectively compete against a broader landscape that included their startup peers but also omnichannel behemoths. Jackson: The metaverse is the wild west, to be sure.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2022

That’s why Founder and CEO Ariel Kay has spent the last year building out her executive leadership team, with one of her key appointments being Drew Sheriff , who took the helm as Chief Commercial Officer in November 2021. Parachute’s product categories are a natural fit for omnichannel behaviors.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

stores by the end of March 2021. Shoppers can access their items using a one-time barcode within an automated email notification sent after an associate fulfills their order. Lowe’s will install pickup lockers at all its U.S. “With more than 60%. Philadelphia and in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

stores, to distribution center-based fulfillment of large items like riding mowers, grills and furniture. The retailer’s legacy distribution model had stores operating as nodes in the fulfillment process. Lowe’s kicked off the transition to the market delivery model in 2021 in its Florida and Ohio Valley regions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 30, 2022

Consumers’ continued reliance on omnichannel fulfillment has created new opportunities for industry giants like Walmart to differentiate and gain market share. comparable sales growth and growing market share in grocery during Q4 2021, and much of this success can be attributed to its robust last mile and fulfillment strategy.

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Fabric

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Before the rise of omnichannel fulfillment , the act of someone handing you an order in your vehicle was mostly limited to drive-in restaurants and drive-thru windows. offered curbside pickup, but by the end of 2021, that number soared to a whopping 61.8%. It is now the company’s top-rated fulfillment service.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2021

E-commerce University 2021. The Four Pillars of Omnichannel Success. The pandemic has made omnichannel a business imperative for merchants of all sizes. Fulfillment: Tapping third-party logistics providers (3PLs) can help brands and retailers offer fast and easy delivery experiences. Access Now.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Ideally, of course, omnichannel retailers will find ways to provide a seamless experience no matter what touch point a shopper uses or where they are in their purchase journey. ecommerce is expected to continue in 2021, according to eMarketer , which also projects that digital sales in the U.S. Moving Closer to the Omnichannel Ideal.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Frontline employees were thrust into the spotlight by the unique conditions of the coronavirus pandemic — in large part due to their vital roles in omnichannel fulfillment and maintaining safety precautions — and retailers need to let lessons learned from this period inform their strategy going forward.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Now the store is viewed as a flexible asset, capable of fulfilling a variety of needs: Distribution center supplying inventory to other locations Ecommerce fulfillment Amazon return hub Curbside pickup Private bubble/pod shopping location Retooled for more buying, less shopping Emphasis on health and safety, contactless shopping.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Research from Google indicates that this holiday season will be more omnichannel in nature than any before it, with 64% of consumers saying that they plan to shop both online and in-store. This follows on a huge bump in omnichannel fulfillment options spurred by the pandemic and ongoing product shortages.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While news of potential COVID vaccines has many retailers anticipating a return to in-store shopping in 2021, this year’s Q3 financial results show that consumers’ hunger for ecommerce shows no sign of being sated. Long-Term Investments in Omnichannel and Supply Chains Pay Dividends at Big Box Retailers. for the quarter.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Books-A-Million will leverage its 231 stores to offer same- and next-day delivery using the white label Walmart GoLocal service, which Walmart introduced in August 2021. In the coming weeks, Books-A-Million will roll out the service nationwide, beginning in the Southeast and Midwest markets. Orders placed before 3 p.m.

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Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The eCommerce service is an omnichannel commerce platform that provides the power of large-scale businesses to mid-size brands. BetterCommerce is a large-scale enterprise-grade omnichannel solution for eCommerce built to empower retailers to maximize revenue, stay ahead of the competition, and be more efficient. Omnichannel.

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RetailMinded

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

2021 was unlike any other year in commerce history, pushing digitalization full speed ahead thanks to the pandemic forcing retailers to adapt to changes in consumption, channel shifts, supply chain, customer expectations and more. . That worked great when you knew the demand to fulfil ahead of time.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

In fact, Salesforce has already predicted that the modest growth of the 2021 holiday shopping season could foreshadow this year , with Q1 data showing a 3% YoY decrease in global digital sales. and shoppers placed 12% fewer orders worldwide compared to the same period in 2021. Shoppers will Buy Even Earlier to Avoid Price Hikes.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2023

We’re also looking to elevate the overall customer experience (CX) regardless of the channel, while keeping costs in control.” Thanks to a growing partnership with OSM Worldwide , Dr. Squatch has successfully evolved its fulfillment strategy so it can not only deliver packages faster but cheaper for consumers and the business.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Opening day of the 2021 virtual Retail Innovation Conference , which continues today, Nov. Consumers Want Retailers to Catch Up With Their Omnichannel Shopping Behaviors. Livestreaming is a rapidly growing practice to help omnichannel brands create a deeper connection with consumers in online ecosystems. Look at their lifestyle.

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ESW

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

To keep up with consumer demand, brands and retailers are facing pressure to implement omnichannel commerce strategies. Why focus on omnichannel? For example, in 2021, 43% of shoppers bought a product online and picked it up in a store. An omnichannel approach ensures that brands meet customers where they are.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

As part of its new branding JCPenney has enlisted comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Melissa Villaseñor to fulfill the role of character Penny James, a shopping and JCPenney enthusiast who is the star of the campaign. JCPenney also is launching a cross-country “Shopping is Back!”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2021

To overcome supply chain disruptions, many online retailers are already making changes to their existing fulfilment operations. Over one-third (37%) are assessing and implementing new technology solutions to increase supply chain efficiency, whilst 33% are splitting inventory to base fulfilment in existing UK and European facilities.

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