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The Complete Comparison Guide Between Your 3 Ecommerce Fulfillment Options: Drop-Shipping, 3PL or Self-Fulfillment

BigCommerce

While small businesses can often manage their inventory , packing, and shipping , as the operation scales up, additional support is needed and beneficial. In this guide, we’ll walk through everything you need to know about three of the most popular strategies: Drop-shipping. Order management. Customer communication. Self-fulfillment.

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Six Things the Consumer of 2021 Really Wants

Retail TouchPoints

In 2020, more than any year since the advent of online and mobile commerce, consumers lost a sense of control. Online shopping became a refuge, not because of overwhelming convenience, but because contactless commerce was necessary. One in four consumers are shopping more with small brands.

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We Need to Talk About Porch Piracy 

Retail TouchPoints

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. online shoppers have fallen victim to this form of theft within the past year. Our recent research reveals that over a third of U.S.

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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

Retail TouchPoints

Online shopping is now easier than ever before, enabling consumers to purchase everything from socks to a dining room table from a computer at their home to a mobile phone in an airport terminal. While this is good news for many ecommerce retailers, it has also become more and more expensive to deliver those goods to customers.

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Adopting a Holistic Security Mindset for Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

A recent study found that three-quarters of consumers will avoid a brand after a cybersecurity issue, and more than 40% assume that brands are to blame when an incident occurs. Another survey of online consumer attitudes found that 84% wont go back to an ecommerce site after a fraud experience there.

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Why A Tax Law Change In Australia Could Impact Online Revenues For US Online Retailers

Forrester eCommerce

In August 2015, the Australian government announced an impending change to their tax structure that will impact online retailers serving the market via international shipping. Today, Australian consumers can import up to A$1,000 duty-free when they buy from a foreign retailer.

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Clean Data, Clean Planet: How Online Retailers can use Data Analytics to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Retail TouchPoints

Newly developed freight booking tools have made it easier and more efficient to book containers on large cargo ships, thereby reducing the need for air freight, which is generally seen as producing a larger carbon footprint. Shipping companies can obtain information through GPS tags to help locate containers and ships in real time.