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Innovate And Automate: How To Optimize Fulfillment In The E-Commerce Era

Retail TouchPoints

On this front, e-Commerce giant Amazon leads the pack with same-day, next-day and two-day delivery options. Similarly, the likes of Walmart and Target provide flexible fulfillment options like “buy online, pick up in-store” (BOPIS) paired with convenient curbside pickup. Getting Up To Speed With Creative Strategies. Think Small.

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Century 21 to Relaunch with Enhanced Ecommerce and Fulfillment Capabilities

Retail TouchPoints

The NYC-headquartered Fillogic will support the retailer through ecommerce and store-based fulfillment, reverse logistics and returns, forward-staging of inventory and final-mile delivery. The space will allow the retailer to stage inventory, satisfy merchandise pickup and delivery and fulfill store-based and ecommerce orders.

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eCommerce Returns: What To Expect From The 2020 Holidays

Groove

If you thought that the fulfillment, shipping and delivery process was difficult during the 2020 holiday season, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise the weeks following the holidays. eCommerce Returns: What To Expect In Early 2021. eCommerce Returns: What To Expect In Early 2021. In 2020, that number topped 50%.

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Walmart Partners With Shopify To Expand E-Commerce Marketplace

Retail TouchPoints

e-Commerce business grew 74% in Q1 2020, and growth in marketplace sales outpaced the overall business even though first-party sales were also strong. The realities of the post-COVID-19 retailing environment are causing Walmart to put more emphasis on its e-Commerce offerings in general.

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Rethinking E-Commerce Operations In the Face Of COVID-19’s Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

All eyes have shifted to e-Commerce as, according to a recent Forrester survey, 42% of consumers do not plan to return to stores after stay-at-home orders are lifted. [1]. E-Commerce has become and will remain the primary selling channel for most retailers. Store Fulfillment Is A Lifeline. Consider Curbside Pickup.

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4 Key Steps to Profitable Store-Based Fulfillment

Retail TouchPoints

The dramatic increase in ecommerce volume triggered by the pandemic increased many retailers’ topline revenues, but many are finding it difficult to contain the costs of new types of order fulfillment such as BOPIS, ship-from-store and curbside pickup, according to a report from Incisiv , commissioned by Manhattan Associates Inc.

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Year in Review: The Most-Read E-Commerce Resources of 2020

ChannelAdvisor

There’s no doubt the e-commerce industry will continue to evolve in 2021, but there are some trends that will continue to remain front and center. And the struggle for speedy fulfillment and shipping. . To help, we’ve pulled together some of ChannelAdvisor’s most clicked, viewed and shared e-commerce resources.

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