Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Now the site, which gets its revenue from ad sales, is preparing to become a retailer, potentially selling animal-themed apparel or souvenirs. Co-founder Christopher Weber shared how the fast growth of the site’s community has smoothed its path toward becoming an online retailer.

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GetElastic

APRIL 10, 2019

Deemed the world’s largest 3D body scan database, BodyBlock AI is setting out to help apparel brands predict better fitting clothing. The “fit prediction platform” announced its online size finder widget, BodyBlock Predict. While 3D body scanning isn’t revolutionary, it has been a long allure in apparel and retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 27, 2024

BTS purchases certainly are starting earlier: according to the National Retail Federation (NRF) survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, more than half ( 55% ) of consumers already had started buying school items in July. in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Does BTS Contraction Signal Holiday Season Softness?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 24, 2022

The Chinese-based retailer has frequently come under fire for its questionable business practices, with stories of the waste and churn of cheap apparel, poor working conditions , bad product quality and claims of counterfeiting regularly landing SHEIN in the headlines.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). But despite the rush, retailers still have multiple opportunities to maximize both in-store sales and online conversions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2023

The 2022 holiday season showed slow, but steady, improvement for the retail industry. As economic headwinds curbed spending capacity, online retail grew in the U.S. from a high of 20% in 2019 as consumers spread their spending throughout the holiday season, according to Adobe. but at its lowest rate in years: up 3.5%

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BigCommerce

MAY 4, 2018

For consumers, Rent the Runway is a luxury clothing rental company that allows regular folks to rent and wear expensive goods they’d otherwise never have access to. Hear from Jenny herself on how she build one of the world’s most disruptive apparel brands, and how they stay competitive in the growing market. What to Know Before You Go.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2021

Consumer shopping habits have shifted irreversibly towards ecommerce in the past two years. For many, every day has become a holiday as new packages arrive from their favorite online retailers. One surprising aspect of this shift is how retailers have adapted their businesses in response.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2023

Amid rising costs and fears of a looming recession, however, online retailers are finding they can no longer afford the level of generosity that customers have come to expect. According to the National Retail Foundation, only 11% of returns nationwide fall into this category. This underscores the sector’s thorny dilemma.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As the state of retail technology advances, companies are learning how to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools to provide more bespoke shopping experiences online. In any omnichannel approach to sales, it is essential to look at how to replicate the best parts of an in-store experience online.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Retail clothing and accessory stores suffered a 62% loss in sales during the critical months of the pandemic , while major online retailers noted business was up as much as 119%. Wiping down all hangers and apparel count tags with disinfectant. The New Retail-Store Normal. The Garment Life Cycle.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Shopping online can feel completely overwhelming for consumers when options feel infinite. Choice paralysis can occur when consumers are presented with too many options that are difficult to compare, which can result in the shopper becoming overwhelmed and avoiding making a choice altogether. Know your customer.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Still, despite the convenience and wealth of choice that online shopping offers (and shoppers love), these sites are only responsible for a modest portion of all retail sales. home to over half of online retail sites, the proportion is only about 16%, per the U.S. This is definitely not what the retailer intended.

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ESW

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

American consumers spent an astounding $1.29 trillion in online retail sales in 2022, yet roughly $212 billion worth of products — more than 16% of sales — were sent back in the form of online returns. In fact, apparel return rates during the holidays can reach as high as 30%.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2021

Consumers will be making up for lost time in shopping for new clothes and supplies, but they will likely continue habits formed during the pandemic and do a large portion of this shopping online. Retailers aren’t completely unprepared for this, of course. But apparel is one of the most returned items, as sizes vary by brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

In 2022, a National Retail Federation/Prosper Insights and Analytics survey indicated that 56% of consumers had started their BTS shopping by early July, with 81% planning to shop sales the week of July 11. Perhaps more worrisome for retailers, 2022 saw a leveling-off of household spending on education-related purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The agency has had its eye on Amazon for several years, most recently filing suit in June 2023 over Amazon membership practices that made it difficult for consumers to cancel Prime memberships. history,” said Stacy Mitchell, Co-Executive Director at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance in comments provided to Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Consumer-facing brands have spent hundreds of millions of dollars over the past few decades creating unique customer experiences in their physical brick-and-mortar locations. That meant drawing on not only detailed customer behavior data from the credit card issuer’s website, but also patterns of consumer behavior elsewhere on the internet.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 6, 2022

Online retail brands devote an incredible amount of time to the creation of a polished and attention-grabbing homepage. Skyrocketing ecommerce adoption means that consumers today browse an endless number of websites. And when they’re not beholden to one brand, they might land on Amazon or another online-only marketplace.

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BigCommerce

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

What we got back were hundreds of submissions from online brands building visionary developments that drive growth opportunities, solve business challenges, and deliver outstanding customer experiences above and beyond traditional online retail. Those verticals include: Apparel & Jewelry. Direct to consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2020

Brick-and-mortar stores are beginning to reopen in some geographies, but e-Commerce is still riding high: online retail transactions grew 81% year-over-year in May, led by sportswear and sporting goods ( 216% ), housewares and DIY supplies ( 190% ) and gaming ( 84% ), according to ACI Worldwide. drop in overall retail sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The 15 sessions covered a wide range of topics, so to make it easier to browse we’ve organized the sessions into four categories: Holiday 2021 forecasts and how best to prepare for 2022; Building loyalty with connected consumer experiences; Key ecommerce and digital marketing trends; and Embedding innovation within your retail organization.

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RTP blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The potential lure of offline sales is so strong that, as competition stiffens and retailers seek new avenues of growth, more retailers are realizing the benefits of having a physical store and are making moves to head in this direction. Will this help you provide an omnichannel experience to your existing, as well as new consumers?

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RetailMinded

JULY 17, 2020

However, these consumer shopping behaviors vary from shopper to shopper and even between retail segments. For example, millennials and baby boomers have exhibited far different shopping activities, and the channel preferences for shoppers buying groceries versus consumer electronics also varies. Consumer Electronics.

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ecomdash

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The following are six international holidays that online retailers should be aware of and start planning for: Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year and the weeks leading up to it is a heavy shopping season in China, and the percentage of online retail transactions during that time of year continues to grow. Singles Day.

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BigCommerce

JULY 25, 2017

John’s advice: To other small to mid-sized online retailers working with Facebook ads , John Lott says, “Start small, and don’t give up if you don’t see quick results. The tactic can help drive more people to consumers’ sites, benefitting them beyond the potential contest win. The tools they use to do this?

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RTP blog

OCTOBER 27, 2017

By Roman Kirsch, Lesara Fast fashion has been dealt a blow by the rise of trendy online retailers. But not all e-Commerce retailers are created equally, and not all of them are responsible for the decline of fast fashion. But simply selling online is not the silver bullet. If all of this seems radical, it’s not.

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Steve Dennis

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

And, of course, Covid has eliminated or dramatically reduced many of the wearing occasions that drive sales of high-end apparel, accessories and cosmetics. What’s likely to be driving this move right now, however, are the recent rather frothy valuations of luxury oriented online retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 15, 2021

When was the last time you abandoned an online shopping cart: yesterday? For online retailers, cart abandonment is a problem, and we’re all guilty of doing it. In an effort to combat the estimated 70% of shopping carts that are abandoned, many retailers now send automated cart abandonment emails — and with good reason.

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ESW

JUNE 23, 2023

And as the number of ecommerce consumers continues to grow, new markets and segments are emerging along with it. Ecommerce sales are also rapidly growing across verticals like beauty , apparel , grocery and electronics. Ecommerce sales are also rapidly growing across verticals like beauty , apparel , grocery and electronics.

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Groove

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Selling products online often means wild swings in revenue generation based upon trends, seasonality or consumer sentiments. As an online retailer, you have likely asked yourself “What can I do to smooth the peaks and valleys of my online revenue?” Fashion & Apparel. Health, Wellness, and Beauty.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Overall, winners around Black Friday were consumer electronics, apparel, and appliances. Outside of specific products, winners were mobile shopping, which drove 46 percent of traffic during the 2017 holiday season, and online shopping in general, as 61 percent of purchases were completed via a desktop computer. .

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Optimizely

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

And furthermore, Searchmetrics reported that during the 2016 holiday shopping season, 1 in 5 consumers solely relied on mobile devices to research gifts – before, in all likelihood, visiting a store’s website or brick-and-mortar location to purchase. Understand that not all browsing mobile behavior ends with a purchase.

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ecomdash

JANUARY 22, 2019

We took a look at the latest data on consumer habits, spending trends, and shopping behavior to predict what will be the strongest influences on ecommerce in 2019. Consumer Spending is Up. According to the Balance , sellers have a reason to be optimistic this year, especially online retailers. in Q3 2018.

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Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 15, 2023

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. Around three quarters of consumers say they have paid more for fast shipping in the past, including 90% of high earners.

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BigCommerce

JUNE 8, 2017

Affordable: Low overhead makes drop shipping a great starting place for online retailers. It is time-consuming. Lando Landis, founder of RockerRags , sells apparel for those seeking a rock-and-roll lifestyle. All you do is pay for inventory when a sale is made, so you avoid operational expenses like warehousing.

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Groove

APRIL 27, 2018

However, many basic eCommerce search engines offered by shopping cart platforms fall short of consumer expectations. By comparison, Amazon, Google Shopping, Walmart and most of the other major online retailers have far superior site search that prevents users from bouncing and rarely leads to failed searches (or “no results” pages).

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