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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. Single- or even two-warehouse fulfillment approaches force brands to choose between 1. Rise of Omnichannel Fulfillment.

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

Retail TouchPoints

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. Let’s start with demand forecasting and inventory deployment.

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4 Steps to Operations and Fulfillment Transformation

Retail TouchPoints

Burgeoning demands for exemplary customer service and lightning-fast order fulfillment leave unprepared retailers scrambling for their share of the market. Data-heavy, complex operations hamper efforts to deliver positive customer service interactions, address errors and fulfill orders accurately.

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Managing the Complications of Drop Shipping on Marketplaces

ChannelAdvisor

The first is sold and fulfilled by Amazon; the second is bought from a third-party retailer, to be delivered by the partnering manufacturer. This is one example of the many complications that can arise when drop shipping on marketplaces. Drop Shipping on Marketplaces. It’s 2 p.m. That’s no longer the case.

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4 Critical Steps for Optimizing Omnichannel Order Fulfillment in 2021

Retalon

Omnichannel order fulfillment that drives customer experience (and boosts profits). Although the trend towards omnichannel fulfillment is not new, the pandemic changed many retailers’ business models almost overnight, and these changes are not going away. What is omnichannel order fulfillment in retail?