Remove 2026 Remove Customer Experience Remove eCommerce Remove Fulfillment
article thumbnail

Want to Cut the Cost of Fast Fulfillment? It All Starts with Inventory Placement

Retail TouchPoints

The problems with getting products to people quickly and cheaply are well-known: consumers want fast fulfillment, which is costly to provide, but they don’t want to pay high (or really any) shipping fees. Even Amazon , the trendsetter in fast fulfillment, isn’t immune to higher labor costs.

article thumbnail

Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

Retail TouchPoints

While this is good news for many ecommerce retailers, it has also become more and more expensive to deliver those goods to customers. That’s a huge volume of returns for retailers big and small, and these predictions show that that figure will likely remain steady through 2026.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

E-Commerce is Changing: Reducing Friction and Increasing Agility are the Key

ChannelAdvisor

As Insider Intelligence’s global retail e-commerce forecast suggests, it is more important than ever for retailers and brands to find ways to be more agile and flexible in how they get products into consumers’ hands—and to do so while offering a positive experience with minimal friction.

article thumbnail

E-Commerce is Changing: Reducing Friction and Increasing Agility are the Key

ChannelAdvisor

As Insider Intelligence’s global retail e-commerce forecast suggests, it is more important than ever for retailers and brands to find ways to be more agile and flexible in how they get products into consumers’ hands—and to do so while offering a positive experience with minimal friction.

article thumbnail

Walmart Names Two-Decade Veteran to Top Merchandising Role

Retail TouchPoints

There, she helped accelerate topline sales through supplier partnerships, increased innovation and improved customer experiences. and ecommerce sales were up 17% year-over-year for Q4 2022, which ended [PROVIDE DATE]. Watkins is a 24 -year Walmart veteran who has served in multiple roles, most recently as EVP of the U.S.

article thumbnail

How Vintage Wine Estates is Uncorking New Opportunities in Alcohol Ecommerce

Retail TouchPoints

The acquisition was driven in large part by CHW’s (and Kogan’s) digital prowess, and that has only become more important for Kogan over her last six years at Vintage Wines, a period when alcohol ecommerce has steadily gained traction. It’s the norm for Coke; it’s the norm for Yoplait — it’s not the norm for us.”

article thumbnail

Retailers Must Adopt a Technology-First Strategy to Survive

Retail TouchPoints

We saw this early in the pandemic, as retailers quickly implemented new ecommerce and fulfillment capabilities. Retailers then began to focus on improving operational efficiencies and the shopper experience to support the company’s strategy. Relentless focus on the customer. Many retailers are at this stage.