article thumbnail

NOT Your Dad’s Supply Chain: 4 Trends Every Retail Exec Should Know for 2024

Retail TouchPoints

The presence of kiosks linking buyers to the online store The ability to ship from other stores and warehouses Your store going dark completely, becoming a micro-distribution center (DC)? 3: Buy in-store, ship to home is gaining speed. Especially in apparel, this can be an incredible drag on margins.

Supplies 304
article thumbnail

Marine Layer Deploys Omnichannel Platform Chainwide

Retail TouchPoints

Casual apparel retailer Marine Layer has added features such as mobile checkout, endless aisle and ship-from-store as it seeks to offer a more seamless omnichannel experience across digital and physical channels. retail stores. “Our So we made the decision last year to turn a very difficult year into an opportunity.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Walmart Offers Free At-Home Pickups for Online Product Returns

Retail TouchPoints

Seeking to minimize customers’ return complexities, Walmart has partnered with FedEx for at-home pickup of unwanted gifts or ill-fitting apparel. Customers can schedule returns via the new Carrier Pickup by FedEx service for products that have been shipped and sold by Walmart.com, using either the website or the Walmart app.

POS 252
article thumbnail

Identifying the ‘Faces’ Behind Faceless Online Transactions

Retail TouchPoints

According to McKinsey , ecommerce sales in apparel, department stores and beauty products have increased by nearly 10%, on average, since the onset of the pandemic. Because of this ease, merchants have begun relying on POS financing to drive sales growth.

article thumbnail

Hugo Boss to Roll Out RFID Solution Chainwide

Retail TouchPoints

The premium apparel retailer operates in 128 countries at approximately 6,800 points of sale as well as online in 59 countries. Knowing what items are in-stock at its stores in real time will help improve the efficiency of ship-from-store and BOPIS operations at Hugo Boss.

article thumbnail

Digital Transformation Propels Burton’s Omnichannel Growth Plans

Retail TouchPoints

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

article thumbnail

Where To Buy Clothes To Start a Boutique?

Korona

It ships fast, offers plus sizes, scouts the Los Angeles area for cheap wholesale deals, and has low shipping costs ($9.95 In addition to saving considerable time, FashionGo offers real-time trend reports, analysis tools, and convenient, low-cost shipping services for on-the-go boutique buyers. for all shipments and orders).