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Amazon Appoints Insider as CEO of Worldwide Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has named 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington to the renamed role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, filling the position left vacant by former CEO of the Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark. Since 2015, Herrington has served as Amazon’s SVP of the North America Consumer. Pat Bajari (Chief Economist).

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Today, it is possible to stimulate all consumer senses online. Sensory Enabling Technologies (SETs) enable consumers to feel textures, smell and even perceive the taste of a product. Key takeaways: SETs enable brands to craft exemplary customer experiences online by appealing to consumers’ multisensory perception.

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Why Your Loyalties Should Lie With Amazon, Despite the FTC Lawsuit.

Algopix

In this article we will cover Amazon’s perspective and reasons for considering a strategic pivot from Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) to Seller Fulfilled Prime (SFP). Amazon started the trend of 2 day free and fast shipping back in 2005, creating a new norm of customer expectation. Sounds very extreme right?

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Customers are Tired of Empty Shelves, and it’s Time for a Fix

Retail TouchPoints

grocery shoppers, 78% of consumers have experienced out-of-stock products in-store over the last 12 months, and 68% have experienced the same issue online. Improving Customer Satisfaction and Building Loyalty Customer satisfaction and product availability go hand in hand: customers are happy if stores have what they want, when they want.

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How Vintage Wine Estates is Uncorking New Opportunities in Alcohol Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

The latter is a particularly welcome development for large purveyors like Vintage Wines, which now have more options and space to introduce their offerings to consumers, and Kogan has been integral in rolling this out across the company’s portfolio at retailers across the country.

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Macy’s vs. HBC: Two Different Takes on the Ecommerce Spinoff

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers have moved on to a very digitally led lifestyle and mindset, whereas the retail industry, at least many legacy retailers, still think of digital commerce as separate from store commerce. . This strategy could hold water. So there are precedents for the model working, but separation by itself is not going to produce the value.

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Five Ways to Improve E-Commerce Fulfillment Efficiency

OrderDynamics

Five Ways to Improve E-Commerce Fulfillment Efficiency. Many e-commerce businesses live and die by the speed and efficiency of their fulfillment. For better or for worse, Amazon Prime’s 2005 debut changed the standards for all other e-commerce retailers. Since Amazon’s debut, consumer patience has steadily decreased.