ESW

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

To keep up with consumer demand, brands and retailers are facing pressure to implement omnichannel commerce strategies. Why focus on omnichannel? Eva Ponce , the director of the MIT Omnichannel Distribution Strategies Lab at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. Because customers demand it.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2022

The retailer is aiming to achieve full stock visibility in its supply chain. Charanga will use RFID technology to enable a real-time view of stock in order to optimize product availability across all channels and provide the foundation for omnichannel services including buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) and ship-to-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Shipping delays and stockouts lead to frustration and disappointment, especially when logistical problems impact time-sensitive purchases, such as special occasion gifts, event tickets or prescription medications. Furthermore, product substitution allows businesses to diversify their sourcing to mitigate supply chain risks.

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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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Fabric

JULY 13, 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, enterprise omnichannel retailers faced notable challenges (and opportunities) due to disruptions in the supply chain. As a result, providing customers with omnichannel retail experiences became a requirement for survival. What is Omnichannel Fulfillment? Let’s dive in!

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 26, 2022

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. online shoppers expect free two- to three-day shipping.”. Shipping everything via ground, which results in slow delivery times.

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ESW

MARCH 5, 2024

In the last few years, omnichannel logistics and delivery have become more than a nice-to-have. Omnichannel logistics and delivery are a must-have. Not only do shoppers increasingly demand it, but supply chain complexities and costs incentivise brands to embrace new and innovative ways of moving product.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 29, 2024

While more than half ( 54% ) of retailers responding to the 2023 Omnichannel and Fulfillment Benchmark Report said active physical stores are the final locations for inventory prior to delivery, retailers are increasingly using third-party services to handle the actual mechanics of picking, packing and delivering items to consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2022

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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2022

There is no doubt that customers value convenience over sustainability, which is why same-day shipping remains a popular delivery option along with the increasing rate of returns in ecommerce. Since supply chains consume resources on a large scale, they are also responsible for a disproportionately large share of the world’s carbon emissions.

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Fabric

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Before the rise of omnichannel fulfillment , the act of someone handing you an order in your vehicle was mostly limited to drive-in restaurants and drive-thru windows. In a recent earnings call, Walmart CFO John Rainey said that Sam’s Club e-commerce sales grew 21% year over year, which he attributed to curbside pickup and ship-to-home sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How do you believe consumers’ omnichannel shopping behaviors will evolve or accelerate during the holiday shopping season? This created a ripple effect for retailers that were experiencing a higher volume of ecommerce orders and had to leverage stores as fulfillment centers to process and ship online orders.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2023

However, with retailers feeling more pressure to streamline omnichannel fulfillment, supply chain visibility has risen to the top of the priority list. How do you ensure that your supply chain is fungible enough to absorb the changes, and then pivot on that information?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

Ready to grow even further, the company launched a digital transformation to swap out its legacy systems, advance customer knowledge through data and provide a truly omnichannel customer experience. If a customer walks into a store and says, ‘My hands are full, ship it to me,’ that’s one experience we have to offer.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

“We acquire a majority interest in these Shopify direct businesses and then we plug them into our operating system and platform to continue to scale by really focusing on omnichannel growth and profitability,” explained Windrick. We have folks with 10-plus years of experience in 3PL shipping logistics, customer service and demand planning.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Retailers and consumers alike are bracing for a holiday season much like the last — masks look set to remain a top stocking-stuffer; “supply chain” has a become a daily topic in mainstream media; and parents are gearing up for tears with the top toys of the year already predicted to go out of stock. A Tale of Two Types of Retailer.

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Omnisend

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The 2021 holiday season is already different from holiday seasons of the past, starting with manufacturing and trickling down to shipping. As a result, your shipping strategy for the holiday season needs to be more dynamic and responsive to the shifting demands of holiday shoppers. Buy supplies now. Reading Time: 5 minutes.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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. It was no longer enough to route orders to a handful of DCs and drop ship vendors. Checking inventory in a local store but not placing an order?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

Retail’s busiest returns period may be in the rearview mirror until next year, but rising ecommerce order volumes have caused returns management to become an aspect of ecommerce and omnichannel business that warrants a dedicated year-round strategy. Returns are a major cost of doing retail business of any kind, but especially online.

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Fabric Blog

MAY 14, 2024

Over recent years, delays and disruptions in the global supply chain have wreaked havoc on product lead times and threatened total paralysis for industries. Inventory control ensures the optimal amount of supplies within a business. And the change isn’t going to slow down. So what can your business do in response?

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Kibo

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Omnichannel shopping isn’t just a passing trend. It’s clear there’s an enormous need for retailers to provide high-quality omnichannel shopping experiences, but meeting consumers’ expectations means retailers must master omnichannel order management. What Is Omnichannel Order Management?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Gift cards are shaping up to be a holiday hero this season, as consumers and retailers continue to grapple with supply and shipping issues. Combine that with concerns about shipping delays for those products that are in stock and it should come as no big surprise that gift cards are looking pretty good to shoppers this year.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 28, 2023

. “Partnering with Zipline is propelling GNC to the cutting edge in the retail category,” said Alan Chester, Chief Supply Chain Officer at GNC in a statement.

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Pivotree Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

If you’ve adopted a thriving omnichannel strategy, your retail establishment likely provides customers with both online and in-store purchasing options. This convergence of digital and physical retail experiences emphasizes the importance of a well-coordinated omnichannel approach. This leads to frustration and customer loss.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Under the new market delivery model, large items are shipped directly from DCs to the customer, reducing the number of “touches” for each order and freeing up space at brick-and-mortar stores. The retailer’s legacy distribution model had stores operating as nodes in the fulfillment process.

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GetElastic

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In today’s digital world, merchandisers must take full advantage of the omnichannel space to influence and guide the shopper through the decision-making process. Today’s shopper is now demanding an omnichannel experience ; so the journey must seamlessly integrate a mix of the in-store and online components. Attract not detract.

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Omnisend

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As an ecommerce vendor, there’s nothing you can do to avoid shipping delays. We’ll also give you a basic shipping delay email template to help you communicate delays to customers. An example of Amazon’s shipping delivery estimate. A shipping delay notification on the product page for NaturAll. Reading Time: 9 minutes.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2023

The club retailer also plans to open more than 30 larger-format stores, most of which will include enhanced perimeter departments, bigger healthcare spaces and dedicated areas for curbside pickup, home delivery and ship-from-store orders. The retailer also completed a chainwide rollout of inventory-scanning robots in October 2022. “As

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Pivotree Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

But meeting the complex demands of the modern supply chain isn’t easy, especially if you’re running a monolithic order management system. Integrated ecosystems are what’s driving speed and efficiency in today’s supply chain operations. Companies are under tremendous pressure to evolve their systems to keep pace with demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Ecommerce and the shift to omnichannel has been a catalyst. Distribution centers (DCs) now need to be able to provide supplies directly to stores but also shift to direct-to-consumer (DTC) for online purchases. It also eliminated manual counts and physical inventory (PI), saving over $200,000.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Consumer expectations of retailers have been transformed by their experiences buying from Amazon and other innovative retailers that are able to provide fast, efficient omnichannel experiences. Optimized supply chain management to avoid stockouts and overstocking. Holiday shopping season is upon us.

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ROI Revolution

MAY 20, 2021

For consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands, in particular, this change in the way consumers shop necessitated a different approach: omnichannel. Director, GM of Omnichannel at BigCommerce. But the reassuring strength of an omnichannel sales approach is that it’s a risk mitigation strategy at its core. Claim your copy!

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

MARCH 20, 2023

In 2023, supply chains must adjust to the dramatic changes in consumer demand, congested ports, and chaotic distribution centers. This means that the retail supply chain and supporting logistics must adapt to these volatile market conditions. These initiatives help increase supply chain efficiency and reduce the cost of operations.

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RTP blog

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Household names like Toys ‘R’ Us, Nine West, Brookstone and Payless have shut up shop; and Amazon continues to squeeze the competition with one-day Prime shipping. We see smart retailers playing to their strengths and investing in creating the sorts of omnichannel shopper experiences that pure play e-Commerce giants can’t.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. For Hot Topic’s Young Customers, ‘It’s All About Breadth’ At Hot Topic, two factors put additional pressure on an already complicated supply chain. It manages our BOPIS component.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

In today’s challenging business landscape, where profit margins are shrinking, supply chains are slow and uncertain, labor shortages are prevalent and inflation is a concern, it is crucial for retailers and brands to differentiate between understanding customer habits and fostering customer loyalty in order to succeed.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 5, 2023

GNC will revamp its brick-and-mortar stores to make them into “home bases” where its tech-driven omnichannel experience will be launched. GNC has partnered with Salesfloor to bridge GNC.com with in-store associate coaching to create an omnichannel social selling experience.

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