Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2023

Today’s fast-paced world leaves consumers strapped for cash and time. Burgeoning demands for exemplary customer service and lightning-fast order fulfillment leave unprepared retailers scrambling for their share of the market. From order placement to shipping notifications, consumers demand regular updates about their orders or returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Brands and retailers are feeling mounting pressure — from consumers, shareholders and even their boards — to be more inclusive. But it’s still true that only a small fraction of the fashion retail market has put tactical plans into place to support this significant consumer base. It’s that whole spectrum in between.”

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. Data will fuel the shift to digital, according to expert contributors to the recent Retail TouchPoints (RTP) webinar, Analyzing The Shift To Digital From 7,000 Marketers And 1B Consumers Worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But supply chain pressures and ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic means that consumers are focusing less on how immersive and entertaining in-store shopping experiences are and more on how safe and efficient they are. Despite these reservations, 47% of consumers plan to shop in-store this holiday season, an 8% increase from 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Consumers now look for personalization throughout their interactions with a retailer at multiple touch points. Combining data-informed experiences with customer support can open avenues for retailers to offer unmatched personalization to their consumers. Customers want an immediate response on their preferred channel, time and manner.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 18, 2024

The global economy is still in flux,” said Rob Garf, VP and General Manager of Retail and Consumer Goods at Sales f orce at a recent media briefing. billion commerce-focused consumer interactions as well supplemental consumer research. So what does all this mean for the holiday season? Register here.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s the question every retailer wants the answer to: what do consumers (and more specifically, those likely to buy their products) really want? The day kicked off with a keynote presentation by Jeff Orschell, EY Americas Practice Leader: “Bottom line for retailers is that change is still happening, consumer behavior is still changing.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2020

However, other potentially even more significant trendlines show fundamental changes in consumers’ decision-making process related to picking brands and demonstrating customer loyalty. For example, the Qubit study found that loyalty is decreasing among a significant percentage of consumers: among 36.6% The survey of 809 U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 8, 2023

That could be a bot that the brand has put forward to interact with you, or [a consumer] scanning a QR code in a retail store to begin a loyalty journey that happens over WhatsApp and continues after you leave the store. RTP: What are some specific ways retailers can remove friction, particularly in these self-service or remote interactions?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

by storm, rising to the top of the app charts and garnering millions of fans, until consumers began to realize the cost of those ultra-low prices — long delivery times and often poor quality products. That includes [looking at] other paid marketing channels in addition to Meta and Google. When Wish debuted in 2010 it took the U.S.

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BigCommerce

MAY 4, 2018

Marketing, IT and development teams all block hotel rooms near one another, jetting off to hear what’s new and what’s next in their channel before heading out for drinks and dinner that night. A few years ago, the team decided to launch a direct-to-consumer channel. Traditionally B2B retailers are going direct to consumer.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Technological innovations have optimized and enhanced almost all areas of the retail organization, from marketing to fulfillment, but the process of bringing products to market has been markedly slower to advance. And yet the process that brands use for bringing products to market to serve that consumer hadn’t evolved at all.

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BigCommerce

MAY 9, 2018

While it is true that Amazon has built an incredible business around a number of significant competitive advantages and the consumer product discovery process has profoundly changed due to consumers’ adoption of mobile and social media — that doesn’t tell us the entire story. Large consumer product companies have adapted too.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

Allowing consumers to customize their orders creates apersonalized retail customer experience and ultimately delights customers as they get to design products that suit their needs. However, successfully delivering omnichannel fulfillment requires an up-to-the-millisecond view of inventory availability across channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It typically involves manufacturing, global and local logistics, storing products in bulk and distribution to multiple sales channels — and then fulfillment and that last-mile delivery that FBA offers.” Yes, that means brick-and-mortar stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

In the World of ‘Attention Commerce,’ a Multi-Channel Presence is Key. Now, at BigCommerce, she helps merchants grow via integrations to channels such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay and Walmart , a task she says is “like walking among giants.”. As a result, companies had to contemplate, ‘What is my omnichannel strategy?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

As consumers have turned to more sources to shop, retailers have diversified their commerce and marketing strategies. In fact, Retail TouchPoints has seen the number of channels used to conduct business grow year after year in its annual Omnichannel and Fulfillment Benchmark Survey.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re a consumer brand in a category with Amazon private label, however, Amazon’s private label presence certainly feels more pronounced. Similar to working on Amazon’s vendor or seller platform, responsibility for promotion, inventory, retailer profit and complying with Amazon’s fulfillment requirements rests on the manufacturer.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 30, 2024

Additionally, the program carries no restrictions on the trade-in items in terms of their original purchase channel, age, brand or condition. JD.com also has made the trade-in process simpler with its “Three Free & Four Unlimited,” program, which includes complimentary door-to-door pickup, disassembly and handling of old goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Ken Hughes has become a fixture on the retail speaker circuit thanks to his in-depth research on consumer behaviors. He is a consumer behavioralist, after all. Here he offers insight into his work as a consumer behavioralist, how the pandemic has shaped his work and why he has decided to dig into this overlooked “digital divide.”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Perhaps most importantly, “a decade ago, very few of you were using things like Amazon Advertising, Amazon Lending and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), and things like Brand Registry, Seller-Fulfilled Prime, Seller University and even Amazon Accelerate didn’t exist,” said Mehta at the event.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

With rising gas prices, food shortages, skyrocketing interest rates and ever-present inflation, consumers are worried and that means retailers are worried, too. We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. Loyalty Shifts to Value.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

If you’re a wholesale retailer or brand owner and you haven’t already launched a direct-to-consumer sales channel, you’d better be thinking about it. The global pandemic not only accelerated the growth in ecommerce, it highlighted the shortcomings of wholesale-only sales channels. Fulfillment and Returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It has gone through a rapid period of change from the primary way we shopped, to its death being prematurely called ‘ the showroom problem ,’ to continuing to be a critical piece of consumer brand strategy. When we talk about omnichannel order fulfillment , there can be a mistake in thinking it’s just about online.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2021

.” “Retail has survived since biblical times roughly in the form of a physical space with product available to sell and the exchange of funds for that product,” said Jonathan Sharp, Managing Director at the Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group. Consumers Want More Options but Less Friction.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 31, 2024

With the growth in ecommerce and higher consumer expectations for convenience, it is essential for retailers to make returns processes as efficient as outbound fulfillment. Customers today want consistent, personalized experiences across channels with multiple payment options and faster refunds.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2023

BJ’s Wholesale Club is replacing its legacy order management system with Nextuple OMS Studio, which includes three “Tuples” — each an ordered set of microservices that the retailer can mix and match to create solutions for flexible fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Supply chain challenges are nothing new, but they are newly in the spotlight as massive consumer delays and shortages affect the shopping public. Diversify channels to sidestep disruptions. A distributed fulfillment network model can benefit brands beyond port congestion as well. Ongoing Strategies for Success.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But in the midst of today’s current supply chain issues, inflation and fluctuating consumer demand, many retailers are finding themselves in the opposite scenario, with an excess of stock. Turning to tech-enabled fulfillment not only reduces the chances of excess inventory and lowers costs.

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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. Let’s think ahead though.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

The demand for grocery omnichannel ecommerce has been fueled by the pandemic, specifically consumers’ desire for convenience. To keep up with this demand and consumer expectations, grocers will have to invest in the right forward-looking technology to evolve omnichannel offerings to meet customer needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But Bodkins noted that interest in NA products is growing globally, and Boisson’s highly curated digital platform makes it easier for consumers to browse and buy from more than 125 NA brand options. That way, when consumers start to realize NA should be included in their lives, they come to us. It’s a fiercely personal thing.” .

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Integrating Search Functionality and Inventory Visibility Survey data reveals that two-thirds of consumers say they will leave an ecommerce site and choose another retailer if the item they intended to purchase is out of stock.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2024

However, with consumer sentiment low and economic concerns still front of mind, this approach could backfire. With the constant pressure on revenue and profitability, retailers need to rethink their returns strategies to protect their margins while providing a frictionless experience for consumers. Agile fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2022

Instacart already powers the ecommerce and fulfillment experience for hundreds of retailers across North America. Now the online grocery marketplace has launched a suite of technologies to help its partners continue their digital transformation with new fulfillment , advertising and insights capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

The pandemic’s disruption of the retail industry has driven a lot of change over the past 15 months, from an increase in online shopping to the rapid adoption of omnichannel fulfillment options. Because for consumers, omnichannel shopping is insanely convenient. And despite U.S. And despite U.S. The solution?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

As the world moves away from third-party identifiers, retailers are using their own channels to unlock the potential of their valuable shopper audiences — so much so that retail media is now the fourth-largest advertising medium, according to data from WARC. The growth of retail media networks (RMNs) in recent years has been impressive.

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