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Retail Return Policies: Eliminating Unnecessary Costs

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Having a clear return policy in place is good for your business. While most people would return an item because it isn’t in good condition when it arrived at their homes or the product does not match the description on the retailer’s website, more and more online shoppers do it intentionally. That hurts, right?

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Deloitte Says More Holiday Shopping Will Be Online Than In-Store in 2017

ChannelAdvisor

This blog post is part of our 2017 Holiday Planning series. For the first time ever, new industry research indicates that 2017 could be the year e-commerce purchases outpace in-store spending. The average consumer is expected to spend an average of $1,226 during the 2017 holiday shopping season. Tis the season! We have plenty!

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4 eCommerce shipping strategies to help you take on the competition

TradeGecko

In 2017 and 2018, more than half of all retail sale growth was in eCommerce sales. As online sales continue to form an increasingly large share of the overall retail industry, major online retailers like Amazon and Walmart are becoming more dominant as the default one-stop-shop for customers - making it difficult for SMBs to compete.

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4 eCommerce shipping strategies to help you take on the competition

TradeGecko

In 2017 and 2018, more than half of all retail sale growth was in eCommerce sales. As online sales continue to form an increasingly large share of the overall retail industry, major online retailers like Amazon and Walmart are becoming more dominant as the default one-stop-shop for customers - making it difficult for SMBs to compete.

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Huboo Expands Product Lineup After Year of Unprecedented Growth

365 Retail

The company, whose technology enables online retailers to access and complete frictionless, end-to-end fulfilment operations, is on the cusp of introducing a comprehensive returns policy, personalised courier notifications and the promise of personalised inserts in packages to its already considerable roster.

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From Retail to e-Tail: How to Launch an Ecommerce Website for Your Brick-and-Mortar

BigCommerce

To ensure that you’re offering a fair and competitive price for your products, you’ll want to look at what similar online retailers are charging. Don’t just look at the price retailers are charging for their products, look at the total cost as well (tax + shipping charges + service fees). Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

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Dropshipping Definition: The Best Way to Setup a Drop shipping Business Quickly

Ecommerce Platforms

The retail side of ecommerce is worth more than $220 billion, and is expected to grow to $370 billion by 2017. Many of the best online retailers spend a decent amount of time and effort on making sure that they can connect with the middlemen of the search engines when trying to reach customers. Know the return policy.

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