Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2023

Retailers can no longer turn a blind eye to the reality that today’s increasingly online shoppers are savvier than ever and quick to make snap judgements about brands for as little as delayed shipping. Data-heavy, complex operations hamper efforts to deliver positive customer service interactions, address errors and fulfill orders accurately.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Sure, you might be able to sell your item for much less than the competition, but will shipping costs obliterate your margins? There are a few basic things you need to keep in mind while choosing an ecommerce platform for your business such as necessary functionality, cost and what types of third party integrations are needed.

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BigCommerce

MAY 4, 2018

IRCE is arguably the ecommerce industry’s biggest and most influential annual event. IRCE – the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition – is an annual event held in June in Chicago, Illinois. Here are IRCE 2018’s top events. Must-Attend IRCE 2018 Sessions + Pre and Post Events. What Is IRCE? Don’t miss a post.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Relentless challenges including supply chain disruptions, weather disasters and a ship stuck in the Suez Canal slowed shipments and delivery of goods to consumers. Shipping and delivery will continue to play a major role in how retailers, both small and large, perform and provide effective customer experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 31, 2023

A recent study by IHL Group projects that the global cost of inventory distortion in 2023 will be $1.77 IHL estimates the cost of ORC in the U.S. These systems consider multiple factors, including lead times, supplier performance, transportation costs and demand fluctuations, to determine optimal replenishment schedules.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2023

As more direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands face heightened competition and rising cost-per-acquisition rates online, many have disinvested in their branded ecommerce experiences and doubled down on unique brand opportunities found on marketplaces like Amazon. This allows us to] create a top-tier experience for the customer.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Perhaps most importantly, “a decade ago, very few of you were using things like Amazon Advertising, Amazon Lending and Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), and things like Brand Registry, Seller-Fulfilled Prime, Seller University and even Amazon Accelerate didn’t exist,” said Mehta at the event.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

However, these can be complex, expensive and time-consuming. If the product you’re considering is large, awkwardly shaped or heavy, you’re going to have some high shipping costs. UPS & FedEx rates and prices fluctuate, which could further impact your costs. Shipping cost is a top reason for cart abandonment.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2021

The pandemic’s disruption of the retail industry has driven a lot of change over the past 15 months, from an increase in online shopping to the rapid adoption of omnichannel fulfillment options. After all, they will be the ones to bring to life in-store pickup, ship-from-store fulfillment, the endless aisle and other omnichannel experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 9, 2024

In 2020 he joined Alibaba, where he is now tasked with developing the company’s strategy and building platform-level solutions around international shipping, logistics, cross-border trade and global expansion. This will cause the channel to continue to narrow, further reducing ship traffic.

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BigCommerce

JULY 25, 2017

Being such, she had access to trade events and new products the average parent doesn’t get to sneak peak. It was at one of these events that Shari realized something vital: people like her were being invited to these events to help these brands sell more. And Shari was pretty sure she could sell more anyway –– beyond a blog.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JULY 7, 2020

Some of the factors include pricing, app offerings, and themes. The least expensive option is Wix Commerce. Whereas a standard website platform/builder has features for adding pages and posts and menus, an ecommerce platform takes it a step further by including product management, shipping tools, payment processing, and more.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Retailers will have to forge ahead without reliable historic data to guide them — but looking at the events of the past six months and results from recent surveys can help center their perspective. I don’t think retailers have ever seen this mix of health, economic and social disruption that we’re experiencing today.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The site offers items across categories including apparel, jewelry, pet supplies and home and garden, many at bargain prices. Multiple women’s dresses are priced below $20 (some below $10 ) and only a few are above $50. Temu’s site shows average shipping times to most of the U.S.

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lateshipment

JULY 24, 2020

While initially shipping carriers weren’t prepared for a volume surge at this time of the year, they have come to terms with the situation. Major carriers set up temporary fulfillment hubs and took preventive measures like contactless and signatureless deliveries to protect both customers and their employees from getting infected.

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BigCommerce

AUGUST 23, 2017

If you’ve lost your job or been hit with unforeseen expenses, your motivation and strategy will be much different than that of an upcoming entrepreneur. There is the entrepreneur who is motivated by making money in a clinical sense, who is content drop-shipping or selling products purchased wholesale. Are you mechanically inclined?

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RTP blog

MARCH 24, 2017

Today’s distributed commerce environment — with its improved digital shopping technologies and widespread adoption of multiple commerce channels — demands greater supply chain agility to drop-ship merchandise when and where the customer wants it. Supply chains generate a huge amount of data from all of the connections among business partners.

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lateshipment

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Make sure to read till the end for ways to save on shipping in 2021 and reduce the impact of FedEx’s General Rate Increase on your business. Needless to say, this rate increase will have a definite impact on the shipping spend of eCommerce businesses like yours. First Understand Your Shipping Profile. Parcels in the 11–20 lb.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JANUARY 11, 2023

You don't need us to tell you that shipping is a big part of any eCommerce business. Thanks to its Prime service, customers have come to expect shipping within 1-2 days and, in many cases, desire (or expect) free shipping. But luckily, plenty of solutions are available to make the shipping process a lot easier.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JANUARY 11, 2023

You don't need us to tell you that shipping is a big part of any eCommerce business. Thanks to its Prime service, customers have come to expect shipping within 1-2 days and, in many cases, desire (or expect) free shipping. But luckily, plenty of solutions are available to make the shipping process a lot easier.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2023

For one thing, it can lead to increased costs as companies may need to pay for additional storage space to hold the excess inventory. A lot of sellers will start out selling on a single ecommerce marketplace, but then find as time passes that this marketplace gets more saturated — and more expensive to advertise on — making it harder to sell.

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Ecommerce Platforms

APRIL 24, 2019

Finding a safe fulfillment service is always part of my dropshipping journey. In my own wisdom, I thought of this post as a guide to know how the self-proclaimed cross-border order fulfillment channel ranks among its competitors. So what this automated platform does is manage your order fulfillment bit of e-retail business.

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BigCommerce

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Now, it’s time to pick, pack, ship and take a look at your marketing campaigns to see which won, which lost and what that may mean for your 2018 marketing initiatives. This allows us to dig past a “big, pretty number” and get to the meat of the event: how much did sales really increase this season? Cyber Week is officially over.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

by storm, rising to the top of the app charts and garnering millions of fans, until consumers began to realize the cost of those ultra-low prices — long delivery times and often poor quality products. Now the platform is launching its first major sales event , dubbed “330” or “Wishmas.” When Wish debuted in 2010 it took the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Associates have to be omnichannel fulfillment specialists. Prepping click-and-collect orders, picking and packing ship-from-store orders, managing store-to-store transfers, etc. — the fulfillment scenarios really are endless. They likely need to host events, too, since store events are all the rage. Probably not.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As Giraudi points out, digitizing off-price inventory is a huge challenge , which is why the off-price market has been much slower to move online. Deliver fast, reliable fulfillment to Chinese customers. Fans in China tuned in to see popular Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs a.k.a. festivities on Nov. Going Live from Woodbury Common.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

On-time shipping rates for the major carriers have declined significantly year-over-year, and longer-than-usual shipping times have been a source of pain for both retailers and their shoppers. Some retailers are proactively cancelling backorders due to the uncertainty of fulfillment. Acknowledge Order Inquiry Urgency.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

With the bustling holiday shopping season nearing, many brands have spent the last several months assessing their operational strengths and weaknesses, particularly in logistics and fulfillment. This can include critical insights gathered from metrics such as pick accuracy, on-time shipping, on-time in-full and delivery success rates.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 18, 2024

Yes, we’ve seen steady upticks in online sales, but it’s not because of increased consumption, it’s almost solely because of increased prices.” It will be all about value, both in terms of price point and experience , said Garf. billion commerce-focused consumer interactions as well supplemental consumer research.

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Ecommerce Platforms

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We'll cover everything from Wix pricing to features and more. This figure is continually rising as international fulfillment has made it easier for Aussie entrepreneurs to operate across borders. Launch a website that sells events tickets. As we've already hinted, all Wix's pricing plans include web hosting and security.

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BigCommerce

OCTOBER 12, 2017

While 57% of brands reported Q4 as their typical high sales season, 88.65% of brands expect to see an increase in revenue this holiday season, illustrating the optimism many merchants feel heading into what will likely be the largest online shopping event in history. Fulfillment. Warehouse & fulfillment: 75.33%.

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GetElastic

JULY 15, 2019

With 2018’s Prime Day moving over 100 million products (expected to grow this year) — fast and reliable fulfillment is top-of-mind for the world’s largest retailer. We’ve rounded up 12 of the wackiest ideas Amazon’s patented (so far) that could forever transform fulfillment as we know it. Anticipatory shipping.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces. Differentiating on product and price has become harder and harder.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2024

For larger-scale retailers, the ability to develop an accurate forecast only gets complicated, and re-complicated, as they strive to correctly place and price inventory in multiple locations so they can maximize sell-through with minimum discounting. scenarios based on the potential impact of various events.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

With potentially fewer items available on the shelves this year and shipping timelines longer than ever before, retailers must be able to identify where items are located at a given moment, at the right price. A fast, flexible and responsive fulfilment process. Embrace the Need for Speed .

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Our poll found 80% of victims experienced theft during these high-traffic shopping events, making them prime targets for thieves. They must decide whether to absorb the cost of the lost goods as a goodwill gesture or refuse compensation, which could lead to negative reviews and customer attrition.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 19, 2021

To overcome supply chain disruptions, many online retailers are already making changes to their existing fulfilment operations. Over one-third (37%) are assessing and implementing new technology solutions to increase supply chain efficiency, whilst 33% are splitting inventory to base fulfilment in existing UK and European facilities.

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