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Unify Drop Ship and Marketplace for a Highly Flexible Go-to-Market Model — Don’t Get Stuck in ‘Either-Or’

Retail TouchPoints

As a result, many retailers are seeking to scale up their selection through models like drop ship and marketplace. But while these approaches can help reduce the supply chain costs of stocking and shipping millions of single items, they also have many retailers questioning their roles.

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BJ’s Invests in Drop-Ship Fulfillment Program

Retail TouchPoints

BJ’s Wholesale Club will strengthen support for its drop-ship program with online order fulfillment and delivery accuracy solutions from CommerceHub. The retailer has enhanced several of its omnichannel offerings in recent years, including the launch of curbside pickup at all club stores in August 2020. “We

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The Rise of Omnichannel Fulfillment: Dynamic Fulfillment Networks Create Opportunities for Brands

Retail TouchPoints

A Nielsen IQ Omnichannel Shopping Fundamentals Survey found that 61% of participants would like orders delivered as fast as possible, compared with 39% who indicated they would accept a slower delivery speed. Rise of Omnichannel Fulfillment. Finding the best 3PL partners to support a thriving omnichannel fulfillment model is critical.

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Turn Tricky Market Conditions into Revenue-Increasing Opportunities

Retail TouchPoints

Be Creative and Smart About Driving Traffic to Your Site Use an omnichannel approach. Approximately 73% of consumers are omnichannel shoppers, so it’s a smart strategy to be in more than one place. Drop shipping and print-on-demand are good options for smaller stores to avoid inventory issues.

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Managing the Complications of Drop Shipping on Marketplaces

ChannelAdvisor

This is one example of the many complications that can arise when drop shipping on marketplaces. While drop shipping has been around for decades, its presence on marketplaces has swelled in recent years — and so have the number of issues faced by third-party retailers and vendors. Drop Shipping on Marketplaces.

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Monica + Andy Founder Details Multiple Expansion Paths for Baby Retailer

Retail TouchPoints

I think having an omnichannel business allows for more flexibility as you think about how to build into a long-term profitable business,” said Royer. So we quietly started to sell cribs and strollers and all of this other marketplace product that we don’t take ownership of, that’s then drop-shipped from other vendors.”

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Is Your Fulfillment Strategy Healthy Enough to Keep Pace with Customer Expectations?

Retail TouchPoints

It was no longer enough to route orders to a handful of DCs and drop ship vendors. 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.