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How Speeding up Chargeback Resolutions can Boost Retailers’ Profits

Retail TouchPoints

However, challenges are inevitable, despite the resilient consumer spending we’ve seen earlier in the year. Consumers could be led to believe that these charges are a mistake or even potentially fraudulent and end up requesting their money back from their bank. Recent data shows that overall U.S. retail sales have increased 8.8%

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Clean Data, Clean Planet: How Online Retailers can use Data Analytics to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Retail TouchPoints

Newly developed freight booking tools have made it easier and more efficient to book containers on large cargo ships, thereby reducing the need for air freight, which is generally seen as producing a larger carbon footprint. Shipping companies can obtain information through GPS tags to help locate containers and ships in real time.

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From Barcodes to Bytes: Retailers Prepare for Next-Generation UPC

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Consumers want more information about the products they buy, and retailers want more visibility into the products their customers buy. And in 2014, Inditex SA, which owns fast-fashion giant Zara, implemented RFID to effectively track all its products at every step in the process. Who doesn’t want that?

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Gen Z, in Their Own Words: What They Really Want from Brands and Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

While some brands claim to completely understand what these consumers really want, there are many times when Gen Z shoppers’ thoughts and behaviors don’t quite match up. The day-long event hit on various hot topics closely linked to these digitally native consumers, including authenticity, sustainability, mental health and wellness.

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

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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). Determine your shipping costs.

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Ecommerce Shipping: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Shipping Profitability

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Putting an effective ecommerce shipping strategy in place is one of the most impactful steps you can take to grow your business online. Of course, while shipping can be a powerful point of differentiation for your brand, it’s important to make sure that your company can actually act on the strategy. Ecommerce Shipping Best Practices.

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Should You Use Shopify for Dropshipping? Here’s How to Decide

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However, depending on the size and scope of your online store, as well as the features it requires, Shopify can also be quite expensive. While a basic Shopify plan is only $29 per month, gaining access to all of Shopify’s features can cost $299 per month. There are few overhead costs. What is dropshipping?

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