Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Unlike fashion, the technology industry doesn’t often look to trends and ideas from the past to define its future. What’s old is new again, but this time around the focus is squarely on the value proposition for stores and consumers instead of the distribution centre (DC). Let’s start with the costs.

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Groove

AUGUST 22, 2022

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. Shipping Requirements. The list of effects from these shipping requirements goes on for quite a while.

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Fabric

MARCH 14, 2023

Welcome to The Modern Retailer’s Guide To Dropshipping Fashion and Apparel. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we’ll cover the basics of dropshipping and explore the reasons why every fashion retailer should consider switching from a traditional retail model to an asset-light dropship model. Let’s dive in! What Is Dropshipping?

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Fabric

APRIL 11, 2023

Fashion and apparel storefronts always need fresh supplies of trendy clothes. At the same time, consumer behavior is changing. People are more choosy about the brands they buy and are looking for higher quality, longer-lasting clothing at affordable prices. Drop-shipping will increase substantially. One major opportunity?

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365 Retail

MAY 23, 2022

Secret Sales has launched a fulfilment service to support brands requiring a UK distribution centre, solving logistics challenges for those wanting to partner with the fashion marketplace but geographical location or technical infrastructure prevent them from fulfilling orders directly to consumers in the UK.

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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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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Shoppers have been hit by the highest price rises in almost 10 years after shop inflation almost doubled over the past month, new data suggests. According the latest BRC-NielsenIQ shop price index, annual shop price inflation jumped from 0.8% in December, to 1.5% in January, the highest rate since 2012. in December to 2.7%

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Fabric

MARCH 25, 2024

One way to improve inventory health is to use a robust pricing and promotions engine, like fabric Offers (Offers), to implement an effective markdown strategy. A retail markdown strategy, or markdown pricing strategy, involves reducing prices on products sold online to clear out excess inventory and drive sales.

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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. The canned format is not only heavy, which drives up shipping costs, but they also dent easily, driving up customer complaints and replacement costs. Here’s how: Differentiate.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Consumers can directly search the Borrow collection or discover items available for rental browsing the website. Customers can return the items at the end of the rental period with free shipping and dry cleaning, continue to rent for a daily fee or purchase the item at a discount.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While wearable tech developed by Google, Apple and others is still in development, sensors used in modern iPhones have already brought usable tech into consumers’ pockets. The Problem With Fashion Etail. Fashion comprises the largest segment of ecommerce retail, with a market size of over $500 billion in 2019.

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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. The trade-off is long shipping times, another thing Wish is working hard to improve.

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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. The list of effects from these shipping requirements goes on for quite a while. Why Sell Food Online?

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BigCommerce

JANUARY 3, 2018

When an item is ordered from your site, the supplier will then ship the product directly to your customer. Between scams, fees and just plain difficult to find suppliers – using dropshipping to launch or expand your business is often cumbersome, and expensive in both time and cash. Company Product Category Sign Up Cost.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2020

From supply chain disruptions to shifting seasonality and evolving fashion trends, a majority of America’s leading retail brands are constantly left with excess inventory that simply won’t sell. In the past, repurposing it required a meticulous approach that was equal parts complicated and time-consuming.

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lateshipment

AUGUST 16, 2021

The other is being aware of the important dates and deadlines associated with shipping carriers and important eCommerce events. Data like important shipping dates, popular products on particular days, effective short-term marketing techniques, and sales data. Consumers will also look for home goods, fashion, decor, etc.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 26, 2022

It’s the question that’s on every retailer’s — and not a few consumers’ — minds: When will global supply chains flow freely once more? With supply chain challenges come the higher costs feeding inflation, which is itself a double-edged sword. How are the supply chain challenges we’ve been seeing contributing to rising prices?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2024

“New year, new you,” is a slightly hackneyed marketing trope, but it is still true that consumers are, in fact, looking to improve their lives at the beginning of the year. Whether it’s eating better, working out more, cleaning out their makeup bags or refreshing their home décor, consumers are motivated to reset.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 4, 2021

Claire Webb from Advanced Supply Chain Group looks at why playing a waiting game won’t help retailers beat soaring shipping costs. Many retailers are looking to protect margins against rapidly rising shipping costs. Cost of bottlenecks. Mitigating costs. Claire Webb, Advanced Supply Chain Group.

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365 Retail

MAY 9, 2023

A price versus principles paradox is creating a new cohort of ‘conflicted’ UK shoppers, who are simultaneously demanding value for money as well as products and services from retailers that tap into their sustainable values, the latest research from Asendia , the leader in international e-commerce and mail delivery solutions, reveals.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

Consumers are becoming increasingly mindful about sustainability when it comes to shopping habits, and luxury retail is responding by investing in sustainable initiatives that will protect the environment while still allowing them to continue delivering luxurious items.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Setting up a forward-deployed depot is more expensive than leveraging the current retail store for the same purpose,” said Alberto Oca, Partner in the Strategic Operations practice of Kearney in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Last yard’ continues to the be the most expensive cost in the supply chain.

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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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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. But that isn’t the only reason. of purchases. of purchases.

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BigCommerce

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Build up a niche fashion community. Niche Fashion Communities Build Fast, Sell Well. Niche fashion sites are a huge ecommerce opportunity. Niche fashion communities serve those audiences with hard-to-find or hard-to-fit needs. ONYCHEK is a great example of a niche fashion brand serving hard-to-find communities.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Growth markets include food, personal care, fashion, beauty products, toys, electronics and furniture amongst many other categories. Japanese consumers are extremely savvy, with purchases based on quality, value, packaging, style, reviews and of course, pricing. What aspects of your cost will you build into your pricing?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2020

Fashion retailers were hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, but the industry may have found a silver lining: an influx of new e-Commerce customers. The media space became much less competitive because industries like travel and hospitality pretty much went dark, and retailers also had a lot of merchandise at attractive prices.”.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2023

Among them were unpredictable shipment of supplies and waning consumer demand that left many with excess inventory. For one thing, it can lead to increased costs as companies may need to pay for additional storage space to hold the excess inventory. The past year presented a plethora of challenges for retailers.

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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. According to one report , around 62% of shoppers expect their orders to arrive in less than three days – even when they choose free shipping at checkout.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 22, 2024

For Wilson that means reaffirming the broader business impact of marketing and identifying new ways to reach and resonate with consumers, especially the elusive Gen Z. These insights help the team understand consumers’ behaviors and expectations in terms of marketing, but also products and in-store experiences, as well. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

“Mobility is important because retail labor costs are still rising, so we can’t afford to put the same number of [worker] hours in the store as we used to,” said Craig Hewitt, COO of The Paper Store in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. That’s three different passwords and user accounts in each store across the fleet.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2024

After sellers fill out a product intake form, they receive a prepaid insured shipping label and send their products off to the consignment experts. Sellers are paid a specific commission fee based on the final selling price. Sellers are paid a specific commission fee based on the final selling price.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2023

Shein is reportedly set to raise $2 billion in new funding this month, while Wish is continuing its attempts to win back consumers, most recently by opening its platform to more than 18,000 new European merchants.

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ESW

JUNE 14, 2023

Finding the right warehouse and shipping provider can be a challenge for any brand with a DTC ecommerce channel. Here are eight factors and criteria every beauty brand should consider when selecting a warehouse and shipping provider. But for beauty brands, the task is even more daunting.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 21, 2023

For years, fashion retailers have faced mounting pressures from both customers and employees to evolve. More recently, there’s been a strong urgency expressed for automation and robotics by fashion retailers for better throughput of parcels from warehouses to parcel carriers. By 2025, the value is said to reach well over $1.2

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

Resale is one of the hottest sectors of retail right now, but despite rampant consumer demand and brand uptake, resale platform operators are struggling to make ends meet. Both The RealReal and ThredUp have seen share prices dip precipitously since their IPOs in 2019 and 2021, respectively. and The RealReal were trading at $1.32

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