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Preparing for the Rise in Online Retail Returns

Retail TouchPoints

How online retailers handle merchandising, use technology and approach return policies can mean the difference between waste and wins. Optimization is the name of the game — to take everything and elevate it. A 2019 study found that 46% of returns were attributed to the “wrong size, fit, or color.”

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Demand for games consoles boosts Very’s Christmas sales

365 Retail

Online retail firm The Very Group has reported a surge in Christmas sales, boosted by strong demand for electricals and homeware products. for the seven weeks to December 24, against the same period in 2019. for the period – on the back of soaring demand for new games consoles. The company, which runs Very.co.uk

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June 2019 Monthly Marketing Recap

ROI Revolution

Last month , we learned about Google Marketing Live 2019 , the anniversary of GDPR , the latest trends in social media, and more. This month, we’ll be diving into IRCE 2019 , exciting campaigns we saw in June, and recent innovative augmented reality (AR) use cases. ROI Revolution attended IRCE 2019 and had a blast!

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Top Risks For Retail Businesses In 2021 (And in The Next Decade)

Retail TouchPoints

As lockdowns became the new normal, consumers and retailers started going ‘digital’. This has increased e-commerce’s share of global retail to 17% in 2020, up from 14% in 2019. With the adoption of e-commerce on the rise, brick and mortar retail businesses face increased risks of having to shut down. Product boycotts.

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Adobe: As U.S. Ecommerce Booms, Global Online Spend Projected to Reach $4.2 Trillion in 2021

Retail TouchPoints

Americans spent $78 billion online in March 2021, a 49% increase YoY, according to recently released data in the Digital Economy Index from Adobe , with toys , furniture and bedding , video games and auto parts coming in as the top categories. consumers spent $8 billion more online than the normally projected total for that period.

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Amazon Prime Day 2020 Stats, Recap, & Results

ROI Revolution

billion (+45.2%) over Prime Day 2019 and from $4.19 Amazon wasn’t the only retail giant that saw big wins over this year’s Prime Day period. 51% of Digital Commerce 360’s top 100 online retailers had special sales on October 13. Online sales for non-Amazon retail sites in the U.S.

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

These are more than fancy gadgets; they are innovative systems that provide a glimpse of a new “embodied” online retail environment — one where brands provide digital customers with multisensory spatial experiences like those observed in brick-and-mortar stores. augmented reality) to fully virtual (e.g. virtual reality).