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Brooklinen Plans to Operate up to 30 Physical Stores by Late 2024

Retail TouchPoints

If you think about our price point and our categories, it’s not like you’re strolling by and then you suddenly decide to buy a few hundred dollars’ worth of pillows,” said Rich Fulop, Co-Founder and CEO at Brooklinen in a July 2019 interview with Retail TouchPoints. ” .

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

Retail TouchPoints

Another UPC alternative, RFID, which first made waves in retail 10+ years ago, has also had a slower adoption, largely because of cost and implementation hurdles, despite its having similar benefits, specifically to track and manage inventory and enabling checkout-less “just walk out” transactions.

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

Retail TouchPoints

2014 is when we launched our #AerieReal movement, and since then we’re always looking for partners that help amplify our story and share the vision. Although Bubble products are designed with high-quality dermatological ingredients, the brand also ensures all products are priced modestly to ensure Gen Z shoppers have access.

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How Worthy Conquered Mistrust Issues In Jewelry Resale

Retail TouchPoints

Despite these gains, people reselling jewelry still face a number of challenges — not least that it’s difficult to determine a fair price for a piece without expert knowledge about gemstones and workmanship. Because of the high prices they can command, these categories are magnets for counterfeiters and fraudsters.

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Casper CEO’s Roadmap to Profitability: Control Costs, Expand Wholesale and Cater to Customers

Retail TouchPoints

The company upended the mattress industry when it debuted in 2014, with its fresh branding and ecommerce-based approach to a category that had steadfastly resisted digital disruption. So in 2012 we rebuilt, top to bottom, the entire company so we could replenish stores and ship to the customer from the same inventory pool.

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Overcoming Fear of Abandonment in the Fast Lane

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In a recent article , Smith revealed findings from a June 2014 study by UPS and comScore. Lower shipping costs and faster delivery times lead to higher conversion rates. According to Cooper Smith of businessinsider.com: “Approximately $4 trillion worth of merchandise will be abandoned in online shopping carts this year.”