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

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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. Brooklinen’s digital operations remain an important part of the business.

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How Speeding up Chargeback Resolutions can Boost Retailers’ Profits

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These sorts of requests — known as chargebacks — are very expensive and time-consuming for all parties involved. In fact, there are roughly 615 million chargebacks happening every year and the average chargeback costs $191, which amounts to $117.46 billion per year. The issue is clear to see.

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Shipping Carriers Compared: DHL Vs. FedEx Vs. UPS in 2020

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As a retailer who ships to your customers, have you struggled to decode which carrier is the best for your business? When it comes to choosing between carriers, there are a number of critical factors to keep in mind, such as shipping rates, services, and overall value. DHL, on the other hand, specializes in international shipping.

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The Global Reach and Sustainable Impact of Green RFID Technology

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RFID technology has been around for decades, used for purposes like car keys, employee identification, security access cards, toll billing and more, but retail businesses are beginning to find exciting new ways to integrate this technology into their operations. For example, retailers can use RFID technology to curb retail theft.

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Wine Ecommerce: How To Sell & Ship Wine in 2018

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has been the highest consumer of wine in the world since 2014. Whether you compare it to grocery stores, convenience stores, or independent wine shops, winery D2C shipping continues to be the leading retail channel. According to the 2018 Direct-to-Consumer Wine Shipping Report , there are two primary reasons for this growth.

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

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Operational efficiency in ecommerce has never been more important. The acceleration of the digital economy has led to technological innovation in many aspects of retail operations. 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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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. The first company to use 2D barcodes in U.S.