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Making Fulfillment a Revenue Driver: 6 Ways Design and Tech Can Collaborate

Retail TouchPoints

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. Nicholas believes that to make store fulfillment a truly profitable initiative, retailers need to find new ways for their tech, operations and design teams to collaborate. he asked. “Do

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Co-op Taps Walmart Commerce Technologies to Support Online Grocery Growth

Retail TouchPoints

Store Assist is designed to digitize and streamline online order fulfilment workflows by allowing retailers to manage all orders and deliveries in one central location — from in-store pickup to ship-from-store, last -mile delivery orders and even third-party marketplaces.

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B&Q Introduces Electric HGVs to Drive Sustainable Home Deliveries

365 Retail

Supporting Zero Emission Goals This fleet expansion aligns with the UK’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate , which requires 10% of new van sales to be zero-emissions in 2024, increasing to 70% by 2030 and 100% by 2035.

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How Ecommerce Fulfilment Can Boost Shopify Conversion Rates

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Due to the rampant growth of the 3PL services market, and intense competition, fulfilment houses have been forced to innovate and offer additional services to differentiate, such as outsourced customer service, product customisation, returns management, and customs clearance.

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Sock it to Them! Eastern Mountain Sports Promotes Circularity with Sock Give-Back

Retail TouchPoints

The goal, according to Smartwool, is “to make a product and also build a system to keep it out of the landfill,” and “begin building systems and experiments that lead us toward our goal of 100% circularity by 2030.”

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BP Buys TravelCenters for $1.3B, Adding Fuel and Convenience Stores in 44 States

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Additionally, BP announced plans to invest $1 billion in EV charging across the country by 2030. The TravelCenters sites span 44 states and include more than 600 full-service and quick service restaurants as well as truck maintenance and repair services.

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Final Bezos Shareholder Letter: 200M Amazon Prime Members, Failed Unionization Vote

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon’s role as an employer has been under intense scrutiny recently due to the highly publicized unionization effort at a fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. The economy in 2030 will need to be vastly different from what it is today, and Amazon plans to be at the heart of the change.”. Amazon is now the world’s second-largest U.S.