Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

With the start of another year in the new normal, retailers are still questioning how to best engage with consumers in the post-pandemic world. In the past two years, consumers’ expectations and preferences have vastly changed. If one thing has become clear during the last two years, it’s that consumers value options for convenience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2022

A growing number of consumers are concerned about how their purchasing decisions impact the planet, but even the most sustainability-savvy customer may be confused about how best to align purchases with their green principles. Consumers Overwhelmed by Insufficient or Contradictory Sustainability Info. In fact, half of the 1,000 U.S.

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Fabric

MARCH 14, 2023

Welcome to Part 2 of The Modern Retailer’s Guide To Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel. In Part 1, we covered the basics of dropshipping and explored the reasons why every fashion retailer should switch from a traditional retail model to an asset-light dropship model. 5 Tips and Strategies for Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel 1.

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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. billion in the U.S.

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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. But these legacy processes don’t work as well as they once did, and COVID made that fact hard to ignore. “A

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

While the ability to search and compare products online can create an excitement akin to playing a sport, it can’t compete when it comes to giving the ability to pick items up, feel the quality and, of the utmost importance in fashion retail, try things on. Not only do you return the item, but you vow not to shop at that merchant again.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

After several years of declines and a host of executive switch-ups (particularly in the CEO role), Wish began a major overhaul of its business (still underway) and launched a marketing blitz to “reintroduce” itself to consumers in August 2022. Doubling down on merchants outside of China. The very next month Temu debuted in the U.S.

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GetElastic

JUNE 3, 2019

The upcoming trends in payments will shift how consumers pay in the future; making credit cards and cash (so-called today’s rulers) – a thing of the past. The payment industry. From connected devices to clothing, fashion accessories and sensors, everything around has the potential to usher in new payment form factors.

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Kissmetrics

DECEMBER 30, 2020

An affiliate network connects publishers, like blog owners or influencers, with companies looking to promote their products or services. Publishers or site owners sign up, choose the products or services they want to promote and receive custom links that track how many people purchase from their sites. What is an Affiliate Network?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

strikes Gen Z as cumbersome, slow and old-fashioned. They want shopping to be fast and fun — less of a process. That’s why Synchrony partnered with payments startup Skipify, which enables purchases instantly across email, text, social and other channels. And they represent a market segment that retailers can’t ignore.

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Groove

AUGUST 8, 2024

By offering your perishable products directly to consumers outside of your existing in-person sales channels, you will earn new brand champions without sacrificing profit margins to middle-men and chain grocery stores. Why Sell Food Online? Brands can then assess new geographic market opportunities to offer their products in-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2023

The company says Quin helps shoppers make better and faster decisions throughout their online or in-store journeys — fulfilling any sophisticated shopping request — ranging from finding available product assortments or recipes that match a whole suite of health- or budget-related constraints — to general health and customer service.

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Omnisend

MARCH 29, 2021

If ever any industry fully embraced ecommerce, it’s fashion. Consumers are just as (and perhaps arguably more so, thanks to COVID-19) comfortable buying new apparel online as they are in-store. According to Shopify’s Fashion Industry Report , the fashion industry will reach a whopping $713 billion by next year.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

and European merchants access to sell on its marketplace, which had previously only been open to China-based merchants. and Europe who order from merchants in their own region. Discount shopping app Temu is giving U.S. The addition of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A turnkey way to connect this engaging video content to products is to add product “hot spots” that allow consumers to click and learn more about individual products being used in context. For example, in a video featuring celebrity chef and cookbook author Jamie Oliver, there are various hot spots that consumers can hover over or click on.

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BigCommerce

OCTOBER 26, 2017

the preferred online payment methods are AMEX, Discover, PayPal and Visa, in Southeast Asia, Cash on Delivery (COD) is still the leading payment form? From payment methods to shipping to various technology, an integral part of your launch into new international markets will be acing the differences in the details. Let’s dive in.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2022

Recommerce, the sale of secondhand merchandise, is a hot topic as consumers become more enthused about recycling goods rather than contributing to enormous mountains of landfill waste. While secondhand marketplaces are steadily growing, they barely make a dent in the billions of items today’s consumers generate. Take the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2024

By integrating points and badges for various activities, Sephora employs a simple and effective tactic that appeals to consumers across all levels of tech-savviness. Gucci’s Good Game is an example of how technology can help bridge the gap between fashion and recreation to reach a younger audience fluent in avatars and NFTs.

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Groove

APRIL 18, 2024

The holiday season may be the most critical time of year for Magento merchants to immerse themselves in the mind of the shopper and consider updating some of their Magento site features. The simple reason is that for many merchants, a new buyer persona arrives during the holidays. Where you may normally target Ms.

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Groove

APRIL 18, 2024

The holiday season may be the most critical time of year for Magento merchants to immerse themselves in the mind of the shopper and consider updating some of their Magento site features. The simple reason is that for many merchants, a new buyer persona arrives during the holidays. Where you may normally target Ms.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Despite a positive job market and a stabilized economic environment, most consumers ( 96% ) are looking to save money in the short term, according to a recent study from PwC. But at the same time merchants’ margins are being squeezed, making intelligent pricing and promotions strategies even more critical for success.

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lateshipment

APRIL 23, 2020

Fraudsters are leveraging the same technology that merchants are using, making it increasingly easy for criminals to scale their operations. As fast as merchants integrate the newest scam or fraud pattern into their fraud prevention solution, criminals find a new way to leverage vulnerabilities and circumvent fraud controls.

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365 Retail

MAY 16, 2023

Clearpay, a leader in Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), has announced partnerships with household and garden retailer wilko, parenting favourite Online4Baby and one of Europe’s fastest growing ecommerce businesses OnBuy – allowing these retailers to offer online customers more flexible payment options.

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365 Retail

APRIL 28, 2021

Fashion brands are pivoting to offer new, value-add delivery services and improved post-purchase experiences to enhance sales, encourage customer loyalty and protect margins, the latest data from parcelLab , the leading operations experience platform, reveals.

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AcquireConvert

JULY 30, 2024

Shop Pay is a streamlined payment solution developed by Shopify, designed to simplify the online checkout process. This service enables customers to save their payment and shipping information for faster transactions, offering features like one-tap checkouts and installment payments. What is Shop Pay?

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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). The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear.

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Groove

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Let's explore a range of AI-powered tools that can be used by eCommerce merchants today. From product photography and social media to video content, copywriting, email marketing, search engine optimization, and customer support, these tools offer innovative solutions to streamline processes and deliver exceptional results.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

Executive teams have historically looked at the customer journey as a funnel, aiming to bring consumers from an initial point of engagement through to a purchase. And consumers agree, with 90% saying that the post-purchase experience is just as important as the quality of the products they’re getting.

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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. A few years ago, the team decided to launch a direct-to-consumer channel. Traditionally B2B retailers are going direct to consumer. What to Know Before You Go.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 17, 2022

Pinterest is the place to go if you need inspiration for décor, cooking, home improvement projects, summer fashion…the list goes on. In general, Pinners spend 2X more than people on other platforms, so whether they are coming to look for new furniture or fashion or dinnerware, we see a lot of purchase intent.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Who doesn’t want that? alongside a large QR code.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What were your biggest goals going into writing the book, and how did your approach evolve as you embarked on the writing process? Del Rey: The Marc Lore era at Walmart, if nothing else, brought a new sense of urgency to Walmart when it comes to new online features and services, and the incubation of new business ideas. 8 division ?

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 6, 2023

As they say in fashion, everything old becomes new again. While that’s attractive marketing fodder for retail CMOs who want to appeal to environmentally minded consumers, CFOs will appreciate the potential profitability of selling an article of clothing not just once but twice or more in the circular economy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2022

But ongoing pressure from consumers, employees and even regulators has forced businesses — especially retailers — to reprioritize sustainability along with broader corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. Consumer Demands Accelerate Sustainability Priorities. of purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

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 data privacy increases, it becomes more and more challenging to get data about [consumers] from other places.

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Omnisend

APRIL 30, 2021

Ecommerce is booming, especially for the fashion and beauty sectors. The market ranges from cheaper, trend-led, fast-fashion items to exclusive, bespoke pieces created with precious metals and gems. In the entire fashion industry, people are becoming more concerned about sustainability and the ethical sourcing of products.

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BigCommerce

OCTOBER 26, 2017

We will begin by breaking out readiness questions for each of the following merchant types: Small business. You may want to outsource from a site like Upwork or Fiverr to get international support services for those times you are offline in your home country. Or, you may need translation service. Consumer Electronics.

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