Forrester eCommerce

MARCH 26, 2024

Despite increased investment, businesses fall short of consumer fulfilment expectations for in-store order pickup. Analyst Lauren Cevallos explains what's happening.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

By my recollection, the world of flexible fulfillment hit an inflection point about 15 years ago. It was at that point that putting the technology and operations in place to fulfill from an increasingly complex supply chain network embarked upon its next frontier. Checking inventory in a local store but not placing an order?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2023

The retail landscape of yesterday is no more. Global supply chain challenges, inflation and a shift to online consumerism have upended the traditional retailer and customer relationship. Today’s fast-paced world leaves consumers strapped for cash and time.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

Ikea stores, long known as warehouse-sized selling spaces scented with the wafting aroma of Swedish meatballs, have been shrinking and changing functions in recent months — including taking a bigger role in last mile fulfillment. For example, the retailer is now using drones to check stock levels in some stores. “I

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Retailers' solution to increased shrink may already be a tool in their arsenal. Learn from Emily Pfeiffer on OMS tech solutions for retail theft.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Discussing what will be motivating consumers two years from now, Buzasi called 2026 “the year of redirection,” predicting that people will be looking for coping mechanisms to deal with what she termed “the great exhaustion,” a lingering hangover from COVID-19, political division and culture wars.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 27, 2024

Instacart has launched the Instacart Developer Platform (IDP) , a publicly available API program that will enable third-party companies to integrate Instacart’s fulfillment and delivery functionality into their websites and apps. for meal planning or cooking content, for example). for meal planning or cooking content, for example).

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

that delivers pretty much any item to a consumer with science fiction-style immediacy, retailers remain bound by 21 st -century delivery methods. But just because we’re not yet stepping into transporters to beam us where we want to go doesn’t mean technology has no role to play in cutting fulfillment costs. Unemployment is at 3.5%

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

Zulily Group has engaged the advisory firm Gordon Brothers to sell off more than $85 million of inventory and the assets of its two fulfillment centers following the online retailer’s decision late last year to shut down. Screenshot of the Zulily website from December 2023 highlighting the going-out-of-business sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 19, 2023

13 that has affected its ability to fulfill orders on time — a major challenge at any time, but one that’s particularly fraught so close to the Christmas holidays. detected a data breach on Dec. 15 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 15 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

To better serve a growing legion of West Coast customers, Tapestry , parent company of brands including Coach and Kate Spade , opened its 788,000-square-foot North Las Vegas Fulfillment Center in November. Tapestry already operates a fulfillment center serving the East Coast located in Jacksonville, Fla. Designed to distribute 22.2

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The NYC-headquartered Fillogic will support the retailer through ecommerce and store-based fulfillment, reverse logistics and returns, forward-staging of inventory and final-mile delivery. Century 21 also will utilize one of Fillogic’s micrologistics hubs that has been converted from a retail space. ”

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 5, 2023

Amazon is rolling out new AI-powered technology across its warehouses to detect damaged goods in a bid to decrease the number of damaged items sent to customers and speed up the fulfillment process, The Wall Street Journal reports. MIT Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi, author of The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

The idea of transforming malls into “mixed use” gathering spots has become popular, but an aerial view of these complexes provides an interesting perspective on another potential evolutionary path for the mall: as a fulfillment center. “ All those back-of-house loading docks are just perfect for fulfillment.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the pandemic’s wake, many retailers set up flexible fulfillment services in order to meet new safety guidelines and consumer requirements. From early 2020 to mid-2021, the percentage of retail chains offering curbside pickup surged from a miniscule 7% to a staggering 51%. Nicholas offered six best practices: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Retailers know that despite high inflation and a volatile economy, consumer expectations are at an all-time high. Research shows that the majority of consumers want next-day delivery. Yet consumers don’t want to pay for speed. Single- or even two-warehouse fulfillment approaches force brands to choose between 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2020

That assumption seems to be confirmed by research published by Cotton Incorporated via their Consumer Response Surveys. This same survey also showed that since the pandemic began, 55% of consumers placed a buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) order, with 25% doing so for the first time. BOPIS Fulfillment Options.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Labor shortages, stressed supply chains and a major emphasis on ecommerce have turned fulfillment into one of the biggest challenges retailers will face in the 2021 holiday season. With so much at stake, retailers must get fulfillment right or risk being left behind.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2022

Instacart has introduced a new Big & Bulky fulfillment service nationwide for same-day scheduled delivery of larger products, which customers can purchase alongside smaller items such as their groceries. A pilot program of the new service found that 97% of shoppers with eligible vehicles chose to shop bulky batches. . “By

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

million-square-foot fulfillment center in China Grove, N.C., Once the automated direct-to-consumer fulfillment center is fully operational, the retailer said it will employ approximately 2,800 workers and account for 30% of Macy’s digital supply chain for customers nationwide. scheduled for completion in 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2022

has launched the Business Optimization Of Shipping and Transport engine, or BOOST, which leverages data, AI and machine learning to choose the best fulfillment option for both the customer and LS&Co.’s It also can eliminate split shipments to benefit both the customer and the retailer. “If s bottom line. in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Today’s retail environment is challenging — whether it is price pressure from discounters, market disruption from online players, increased price transparency for shoppers or changing macroeconomics. Retailers must create experiences that are unique to their brand and tailored to individual customers based on their behavior, needs and habits.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In response to evolving consumer behavior, many retailers are pivoting from malls and large-format stores in city centers to neighborhood locations that aim to serve the work-from-home population. Not surprisingly, many have found the data points to residential enclaves in and around cities where consumers live.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 21, 2024

Consumers are changing how they shop and who they shop with, and now brands are taking notice. Traditionally, retail spaces have been associated with social interaction and shared experiences, serving as bustling hubs for family outings and social gatherings among friends. Shopping alone may be the answer.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Shoppers’ retail preferences will be unlike anything we’ve seen even just a year ago. 1: Retailers are testing brands, hiding the parent brand. . #1: 1: Retailers are testing brands, hiding the parent brand. 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

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The MK30 also is 25% quieter than its predecessor, which Amazon pointed to as an important feature for widespread consumer acceptance of the technology. New Fulfillment Robot: Sparrow. While it’s impossible to eliminate all risks from flying, we have taken a proven aerospace approach to design safety into our system.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 18, 2024

It can be a bit jarring to start worrying about the holidays just as summer is powering up, and yet that’s exactly what many retailers are doing, particularly as the socio-economic environment continues to throw curveballs at commerce. billion commerce-focused consumer interactions as well supplemental consumer research.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Three more supermarket chains will connect their electronic shelf label (ESL) hardware to the Carrot Tags pick-to-light functionality from Instacart , making it easier for Instacart pickers — and eventually for consumers themselves — to find the products on their shopping list. locations in August 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2022

After a 23-year career with Amazon , Dave Clark, CEO of the Worldwide Consumer, has resigned, effective July 1. Clark has served in managerial positions at a number of fulfillment centers and helped establish the company’s Tokyo fulfillment center, and led the build out Amazon’s transportation network.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2021

Many retailers are already experiencing increased tariffs and supply chain snags , putting customer satisfaction at jeopardy. To overcome supply chain disruptions, many online retailers are already making changes to their existing fulfilment operations. The shockwaves presented by Brexit are now imminent.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Following are five examples of retail RFID deployments that highlight how the tech can solve various industry pain points. The more complicated a retailer’s category mix is, the more this technology can help simplify that journey,” said Steve Rowen, Managing Partner at Retail Systems Research in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 10, 2021

Fulfillment was a key driver during the ecommerce-driven final quarter of 2020. Retailers that were positioned to handle massive last-mile volumes generated by a digital-first holiday posted strong results, with Amazon once again leading the way. Omnichannel and Store-Based Fulfillment Are Bigger Than Ever.

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Fabric

JULY 13, 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, enterprise omnichannel retailers faced notable challenges (and opportunities) due to disruptions in the supply chain. As a result, providing customers with omnichannel retail experiences became a requirement for survival. What is Omnichannel Fulfillment? Let’s dive in!

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Fabric

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Before the rise of omnichannel fulfillment , the act of someone handing you an order in your vehicle was mostly limited to drive-in restaurants and drive-thru windows. of the Top 1,000 retail chains in the U.S. In 2022, Statista reported that nearly two-thirds of US millennial consumers chose curbside pickup for their online purchases.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Every interaction between a consumer and a brand is part of the overall retail experience. Understanding each of these touch points is critical for retailers to create the experiences that consumers desire. Understanding each of these touch points is critical for retailers to create the experiences that consumers desire.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In an era when online shopping is not just a convenience but a way of life, a new menace is plaguing consumers and retailers alike: porch piracy. The situation is particularly dire for younger generations, with over half of Gen Z consumers reporting that they have experienced porch piracy in the last 12 months.

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