Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

It has not always been announced with great fanfare, but the retail industry is increasingly turning to radio frequency identification (RFID) as more benefits are uncovered. While the use of RFID in retail had a brief hiatus in the early 2000s, the industry has been encouraged by lower implementation costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

There are a lot of people making a good living forecasting what’s going to happen in retail. Things like ecommerce will soon eclipse brick-and-mortar, retail is facing an apocalypse or delivery to home will become the norm in grocery shopping. The fact is, when it comes to what’s ahead for retail, no one really knows.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 14, 2020

As part of the virtual Retail Innovation Conference, Retail TouchPoints presented the winners of the 2020 Retail Innovator Awards (RIA) last night on a livestream celebration across its social platforms.

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RTP blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

By Debbie Hauss, Editor-In-Chief I’ve been covering the retail industry for a long time. In one of my first jobs out of journalism school, I worked for a magazine called Giftware Business , then I moved on to Private Label Product News and — fast-forward to the age of digital-only — I eventually landed at Retail TouchPoints (RTP).

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2021

An Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. Depending on the outcome from a month of mail-in voting that ended March 30, approximately 5,800 workers at the facility, BHM1, could gain the right to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store (RWDSU) union. They could easily set [another one] up.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It started in the runup to the 2018 midterm elections: Hundreds of companies, including many retailers, joined nonpartisan efforts to encourage voter participation through a business-led coalition called Time to Vote. Major retailers that have recently joined Time to Vote include Macy’s , Nike , Steve Madden and Stitch Fix.

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Editor's Note: This post was originally published April 4th, 2018 and has been updated to reflect the current state of GDPR and other data privacy regulations impacting eCommerce in 2021. Storing and securing data was largely unregulated until 2018 when GDPR took effect. Impact of GDPR since 2018? Image Credit: Forbes.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2021

According to Coresight Research ’s Inside the World of Amazon’s Private Label Offering report, Amazon now has over 22,617 products from 111 private label brands across nearly every category — three times the number of brands they had in 2018. Amazon’s private label strategy isn’t unlike other retailers. Volumes are highly uncertain.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2021

trillion global retail industry in a state of flux. Arcadia Group’s Topshop, Bon Marche, Debenhams and TM Lewin are just a sampling of the iconic names among 60 UK retailers that have failed so far through the pandemic — representing nearly 6,500 stores and 129,000 employees. That delivery segment cost retailers $30.2

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 20, 2017

That latter reason had me asking these crazy smart, crazy successful folks what was on the horizon for ecommerce in 2018. That focus on 2018 was important –– and asking them after Cyber Five even more so. Because a lot happens in a year within retail and ecommerce. Ecommerce Growth Strategies For 2018. Payment Solutions.

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BigCommerce

MAY 9, 2018

The commonly accepted view of why the traditional brick and mortar retail business is imploding is that Amazon is out-executing and simply eating everyone’s lunch. My view is retailers are suffering most from self-inflicted wounds in response to changes in market equilibrium between retailer, consumer and brand.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

These “Powered by Circuit City” partnerships will be centered on store-in-store concepts designed to seamlessly integrate the retailer’s electronics expertise and global brand awareness with other retail platforms, both online and in-store.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

Thanks to its core product — stylishly packaged, “beauty forward” hand sanitizers crafted in partnership with the well-known Givaudan perfume house — the brand achieved a $60+ average order value (AOV) from its inception in 2018. After six months of B2C sales in the U.S.,

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

It’s not just possible but inevitable that retailers can thrive on Amazon and compete with it at the same time. Amazon: the Consumer-First Platform. Amazon has completely upleveled what a high quality ecommerce experience looks like for consumers. The purchasing power of $79 in 2005 equals about $109.90 grocery market.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Globally, ecommerce growth projections are also on an upward trajectory: They show that retail sales may exceed $4.058 trillion by as soon as 2020. of total retail sales. Business-to-Consumer (B2C). B2C ecommerce ecompasses transcations made between a business and a consumer. Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C).

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GetElastic

JULY 15, 2019

With 2018’s Prime Day moving over 100 million products (expected to grow this year) — fast and reliable fulfillment is top-of-mind for the world’s largest retailer. We’ve rounded up 12 of the wackiest ideas Amazon’s patented (so far) that could forever transform fulfillment as we know it. Optimizing Delivery.

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BigCommerce

JANUARY 3, 2018

According to the McKinsey Global Fashion Index , fashion industry sales growth is forecasted to nearly triple between 2016 and 2018 (from 1.5 Born Pretty is a consumer-facing webstore that also offers dropshipping for no additional charge. Born Pretty is a consumer-facing webstore that also offers dropshipping for no additional charge.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 1, 2021

As supply chains become increasingly complex due to the proliferation of commerce channels and higher consumer expectations, businesses are turning to outsourced functions that can deliver on speed, quality and cost. Insourcing Fulfillment. You won’t be able to fulfill orders or there will be a significant delay in fulfillment.

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OrderDynamics

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Did You Know This Happened in Retail 2018? And as always there has been plenty of ups and downs when it comes to retail. But what were the major shifts that happened in Retail 2018? But customers no longer just want to spend, they want retail experience. More Retail, More Tech.

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Wiser

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Direct-to-consumer (D2C or DTC) brands are everywhere these days: advertised on buses, pulling shoppers in on Instagram, and increasingly setting up storefronts on Main Streets around the world. While online retail channels were a great way to build their businesses initially, there are many added benefits to brick-and-mortar as well.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2020

With the California attorney general on track to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in July 2020, retailers will continue to face challenges in meeting CCPA compliance. According to the recent PwC Consumer Intelligence Series survey of more than 5,000 consumers, 83% want more control over their data.

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ChannelAdvisor

JUNE 20, 2018

Today’s episode was filmed live in San Diego at Catalyst 2018 , where we sat down with Lila Snyder, Executive Vice President, President, Commerce Services, at Pitney Bowes. Episode 6: Chinese Consumers and ‘The New Retail’. — Are you just now hearing about Channel Advice? Episode 3: Maximizing Facebook Ad Performance.

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RTP blog

JANUARY 7, 2019

By Michael Manlapas, MetaPack Retailers and brands are important to consumers, and physical stores help to reinforce the connection between customer and brand, providing a marketing touch point that is harder to duplicate online. Consumers today lack patience. This is particularly true when it comes to delivery.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 2, 2023

A car is one of the biggest purchases most consumers make, but the process of buying one, especially used, has long been one of consumers’ most dreaded retail experiences. Thirty years on, CarMax has become the largest used car retailer in the U.S., So Lyski and his team set out to give it to them.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The retailer instated the delivery fees to avoid raising prices of the groceries themselves, starting with pilots in six markets during the summer of 2021: Portland, Maine; Providence, R.I.; Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 and introduced a free two-hour delivery option in 2018 as it steadily expanded the grocer’s delivery footprint.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Despite the turmoil COVID-19 has caused for the retail industry, brands across many categories have found innovative ways to stay connected to their communities and continue to generate business revenue, especially through ecommerce. However, these consumers are “completely comfortable buying online and 100% trust the Tmall platform.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

Our partnership with Best Buy Health will help change the lives of our patients and consumers, giving them access to the tools and experiences they need to receive care in the comfort of their own home,” said Dr. Rasu Shrestha, Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer at Advocate Health, of which Atrium Health is a part, in a statement.

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BigCommerce

APRIL 24, 2018

The Number 1 SaaS Ecommerce Platform Internet Retailer’s 2018 survey found BigCommerce to be the #1 SaaS ecommerce platform preferred by mid-market and enterprise retailers. Discover why brands like SONY and PEPSICO use open SaaS to tackle: Direct-to-Consumer & B2C Implementations. SaaS ecommerce platforms.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2021

Shapaker shared recommendations for what retailers and sellers need to do in order to consolidate the gains made last year, and how the industry (mostly) dodged the “shipageddon” bullet that had been predicted for holiday 2020. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): We’ve seen tremendous overall ecommerce growth in 2020. of overall retail sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

For the first time the tech giant broke out revenue from its advertising business (more than $31 billion in 2021 — see, you’re impressed) and announced that it will be raising the annual fee for its Prime subscription for the first time since 2018, from $119 a year to $139 a year. Since 2018 in the U.S., stock market’s history.

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RTP blog

APRIL 24, 2019

Just in time for Earth Day, various retailers such as H&M , Target , Gap Inc. and Ashley Furniture have gone out of their way to reveal or promote new sustainability initiatives, designed to promote more environmentally conscious decision-making among consumers and retailers alike. Shoppers already spent $128.5

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2020

But with the industry’s “great digital shift” accelerated by COVID-19, retailers have had to find ways to use technology to support their people — especially store stylists. That is why Canadian menswear retailer Harry Rosen sped up its digital transformation to bring one-to-one relationships online. Photo courtesy of Harry Rosen.

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OrderDynamics

MARCH 22, 2018

ShopTalk 2018: Artificial Intelligence in Retail. Artificial Intelligence in Retail is definitely one of the key tech themes for the year. But artificial intelligence in retail ran hot among the speaker sessions too. Three points struck me at the show this year: Retail is going through a renaissance (NOT an apocalypse).

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 13, 2023

Customer-focused digital transformation is important for any retail business, but the pandemic-induced volatility and fast pace of change in the industry means that such transformations need to occur in all areas of the enterprise, from product design to planning and supply chain.

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ChannelAdvisor

MAY 25, 2018

IRCE 2018 is nearly here, and we couldn’t be more excited. With an incredible lineup of speakers and industry leaders — Seth Godin, Warby Parker, Eloquii, Houzz and many more — we expect to learn a lot during this year’s Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition. More importantly, we can’t wait to connect with you.

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RTP blog

MAY 10, 2019

While supply chain professionals understand the value of visibility and the necessity of making proactive decisions, the majority of retailers still lack the required level of visibility to enable those decisions to get made. Fortunately, retailers can access supply chain visibility by implementing a digitized platform.

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OrderDynamics

AUGUST 28, 2018

What Exactly is Omnichannel Fulfillment? . Omnichannel has become more than just a buzzword in retail. Omnichannel retail is gaining momentum. What specifically is omnichannel fulfillment, in the retail environment? What is Omnichannel Fulfillment? . But, it does not leverage the retailer’s full resources.

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