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The Fulfillment Lab Review: Is This the Fulfillment Solution for You?

Ecommerce Platforms

With so many fulfillment options on the market, how can businesses decide which offers the best overall service? In this article, we discuss one option worth considering: The Fulfillment Lab. Quick verdict: Overall, The FulfillmentLab stands out as one of the top choices for fulfillment services. Choose your fulfillment centers.

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Home Depot Strengthens Pro Offerings with 4 New Distribution Centers

Retail TouchPoints

Pros need a partner with the right product, depth of product, fulfillment capabilities, sales support and management tools to help them get their jobs done,” said Chip Devine, SVP of Outside Sales for Home Depot in a statement.

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Due Diligence: Winning October Prime Day Prep Strategies

Retail TouchPoints

Don’t oversell products if you don’t have the supply to fulfill orders. Reach out to vendors if needed to fulfill any oversell orders, and then start loading up on inventory for the next big event — Black Friday will be here before you know it. Work out allocations now so that there is time to pull from other retailers if possible.

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Home Depot Enhances Loyalty Program for High-Value Professional Customers

Retail TouchPoints

The Pro Xtra program, which launched in 2012, has increasingly focused on providing rewards that help members manage and build their businesses along with more traditional rewards. We’re focused on serving the Pro no matter where, when and how they choose to shop with The Home Depot.”.

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Seriously Silly Socks: Personalization + pick, pack, ship simplification.

BigCommerce

Year founded: 2012. Initially our process was manual and the customer needed to add a box to their basket and then add four pairs of socks as separate items, five items in total. In practice, this didn’t work for the customer or for our fulfillment needs. . Customers would try to buy: Only the box with no socks!

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Scarred by the 2008 Recession and COVID, 48% of Gen Z Frequently Shops at Discount Stores

Retail TouchPoints

That’s according to a recent study by the ICSC that surveyed Gen Z consumers, defined by the Pew Research Center as those born between 1997 and 2012. The study found that four out of five are worried about the health of the U.S.

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Turning Retail Losses into Profits

Retail TouchPoints

Since 2012, the median EBITDA for publicly traded retailers was 9.8%, according to Deloitte. A critical area of focus is transforming their business into more profitable omnichannel platforms. Despite the appeal and growth of ecommerce, retail profitability has been on a decline. In 2019, it declined to 6.7% and modestly rebounded to 8.6%

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