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3 Ways SMBs Can Deliver a More Personalized Shipping Experience

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In this new landscape, the shipping experience has become more important to a brand’s bottom line — and reputation — than ever before. Here are three ways SMBs can deliver a more personalized shipping experience to build a happier, more loyal customer base. Offering different shipping speed options is no longer enough to differentiate.

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For Forever 21, Omnichannel Experiences are Key to Staying a Gen Z Favorite

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Now owned by the SPARC Group (a joint venture between brand management firm Authentic Brands Group (ABG) and mall operator Simon Properties ), Forever 21 has spent the last few years refining its image and business model to avoid a repetition of its 2019 bankruptcy. We just did an event with 100 influencers at our Hollywood store.

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In The Retail Renaissance, Omnichannel Is The Mona Lisa

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By Geoffroy Martin, Criteo With two months left in 2019, there is plenty of evidence that retail’s doomsday is indeed upon us. Store closures abound — Q1 2019 saw more brick-and-mortar shutdowns than the entirety of 2018. is on pace to see more than 3X as many brick-and-mortar store openings in 2019 than in 2018.[1]

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Gift Card Purchases Up 414% as Americans Shift to ‘Buy Now, Shop Later’ Mindset

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Gift cards are shaping up to be a holiday hero this season, as consumers and retailers continue to grapple with supply and shipping issues. Combine that with concerns about shipping delays for those products that are in stock and it should come as no big surprise that gift cards are looking pretty good to shoppers this year.

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Retail Sales Grew 3% Over Extended Holiday Purchase Period — And the Season Isn’t Over Yet

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In fact, the impacts of the most unique holiday in decades are still being felt: retailers should plan for continued shipping delays in the short term, and also continue to refine their omnichannel operations as they prepare for the rest of 2021. 3 shopping day in 2019. 11 through Dec. 24, 2020), or 2.4% 1 through Dec.

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Big Lots Plans Nationwide Same-Day Delivery From 1,100 Stores

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“Our partnership with PICKUP is the latest in a series of investments aimed at creating a true omnichannel platform, and this work is now a key part of our success.”. In 2019, Big Lots instituted buy online, pick up in-store in all 1,400 of its stores, and the retailer rolled out curbside pickup chainwide when the COVID-19 pandemic began.

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DTC Activewear Brand Vuori Valued at $4B After Latest Funding

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in the next five years and also has its sights set on international expansion, with plans to launch omnichannel operations in key markets in Western Europe and Asia Pacific next year as well as an innovation center in Taiwan. The company plans to add more than 100 additional stores in the U.S. Listen to the full episode here.].

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