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

BigCommerce

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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More Orders from Amazon will Soon be Arriving in their Own Packaging — Here’s Why

Retail TouchPoints

And yet that’s exactly what Amazon is doing with its Ships in Product Packaging (SIPP) program, which, as the name suggests, allows products to ship in their original box or bag without any added Amazon packaging. As a result, in 2022, 11% of packages globally were shipped without Amazon packaging , amounting to millions of deliveries.

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Untuckit is Setting Sights on Expansion and Internal Visibility is Helping it Get There

Retail TouchPoints

We started Untuckit online in 2011, but retail has really been the backbone of our company since 2015,” said Chris Riccobono, Founder and Executive Chairman of Untuckit in a statement. It’s a strategy we strongly believe in because customers love experiencing our products in person.

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Dollar General, Dollar Tree Come Under Activist Investor Fire for Workforce Issues

Retail TouchPoints

The investor has stated that Dollar General lacks “adequate systems” to handle challenges caused by supply chain disruptions and shipping delays, particularly unpredictable shipments and influxes of inventory, due to its poor worker retention rate. The off-price retailer has taken some steps to address complaints about pay.

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5 Ways To Rein In Costly Online Returns

Retail TouchPoints

In addition, new vendors are entering the market with innovative ideas and technologies that can ease the returns process for both the customer and the retailer, as well as improve profitability. From a customer perspective, according to research from Optoro , 66% of consumers prefer to bring returns to stores rather than shipping them back.

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Wine Ecommerce: How To Sell & Ship Wine in 2018

BigCommerce

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. A shipper’s license for each state to which you plan on shipping.

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The Complete BetterCommerce Review (Oct 2021)

Ecommerce Platforms

So in this BetterCommerce review, you will find out if this platform is as great as it presents itself, its primary features, ease of use, pros and cons, pricing, and frequently asked questions about the platform. BetterCommerce was founded in 2015 and focuses on building headless tech solutions for mid-market retailers and brands.