Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

DTC is still very much alive and well, but digital-first companies are having to adapt to a new normal where competition is fiercer, financial pressure is ever-present and the marketing tactics that used to work so well are no longer cost-efficient. What that does is it allows you to put that money back into marketing and grow the business.”

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Omnichannel Social Media Shopify Shipping Costs 242

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 5, 2022

A lot of the pain points that we’re seeing are in the inventory side, but against that backdrop we’re going to see a steely-eyed focus on improving profitability in stores and digital channels.”. That’s not particularly surprising — grocery is a high-volume, low-margin business with incredibly complex supply chains.

Shipping Costs 302

Shipping Costs eCommerce Retail Merchant Services 302

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

The demand for grocery omnichannel ecommerce has been fueled by the pandemic, specifically consumers’ desire for convenience. To keep up with this demand and consumer expectations, grocers will have to invest in the right forward-looking technology to evolve omnichannel offerings to meet customer needs.

Payment Services 254

Payment Services Shipping Costs Omnichannel Fulfillment 254

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Smart retailers are realizing that their increasingly complex omnichannel offerings have made strong supply chain management more important than ever. Retailers need to handle inventory in stores and distribution centers, keep an eye on both digital and physical shelves and keep costs down with efficient logistics and routing.

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Management POS Shipping Costs Supplies 267

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Consumer expectations of retailers have been transformed by their experiences buying from Amazon and other innovative retailers that are able to provide fast, efficient omnichannel experiences. But this “new normal” requires retailers to have access to accurate inventory data — often across multiple channels, both in-store and online.

Shipping Costs 253

Shipping Costs Retail Omnichannel Supplies 253

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2023

BJ’s joins our growing community of national retail and grocery chains, totaling over $100 billion in revenue and more than 30,000 locations throughout North America, in leveraging microservices to quickly stand up new capabilities that improve operations, delight customers and lower costs,” said Darpan Seth, CEO of Nextuple in a statement.

Operations 249

Operations Shipping Costs Fulfillment Omnichannel 249

Pivotree Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

In the dynamic retail landscape, seamless integration of online and in-store channels is paramount. If you’ve adopted a thriving omnichannel strategy, your retail establishment likely provides customers with both online and in-store purchasing options. Shipping efficiencies lead to overall operational cost savings.

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Omnichannel Payment Services Customer Shipping Costs 52

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2022

With rising gas prices, food shortages, skyrocketing interest rates and ever-present inflation, consumers are worried and that means retailers are worried, too. We’re already seeing online shopping demand level off , with consumers finding a new balance between digital and physical channels. We also can’t ignore inflationary pressures.

Shipping Costs 296

Shipping Costs Gifts Fulfillment Consumer 296

Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 10, 2022

But at some point, you’ll want to find a fulfillment provider to offer faster shipping, and to focus on other parts of your business. You want to keep costs low, improve efficiency, and move all that inventory to a location that’s close to your customers. You can ship affordably, to almost anywhere in the world, in 2 days.

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Fulfillment Shipping Costs Payment Services Shopify 211

ESW

APRIL 5, 2023

While every brand with a DTC channel dreams of a sudden surge in website traffic, too much of a good thing can do irreparable damage to even the most established online retailer. Preparing a DTC channel for peak season is a must for growing revenue and preserving brand reputation. How can you balance quality and pricing?

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Channel Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 78

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

Customers expect a seamless omnichannel shopping experience that enables them to buy anywhere and pick up anywhere with the least cost and hassle. However, successfully delivering omnichannel fulfillment requires an up-to-the-millisecond view of inventory availability across channels.

Customer Experience 311

Customer Experience Technology Customer Fulfillment 311

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Retail TouchPoints 2022 Retail Strategy & Planning (#RSP22) webinar series, now available on-demand, offered a wealth of tips and best practices across critical areas including pricing, location-based technology, inventory management and marketplaces. Differentiating on product and price has become harder and harder.

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Shipping Costs Payment Services Merchant Services Payments 265

365 Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Ben Balfour, Business Operations Director at Advanced Supply Chain Group , shares top tips about how retailers can prepare their supply chains for a Black Friday and Christmas sales surge. Ben Balfour, Business Operations Director at Advanced Supply Chain Group. 1) Don’t play the waiting game. 2) Create contingencies.

Shipping Costs 52

Shipping Costs Supplies Shipping Games 52

Ecommerce Platforms

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This means you need to plan how you’re going to store your goods, pick and pack them for delivery, ship them through the right providers, and so on. Notably however, you do need to be located in the US, have fewer than 200 SKUs, and you’ll need to ship between 84 and 6,200 products per month in order to be eligible. Go to the top.

Merchant Services 104

Merchant Services Fulfillment Shipping Costs Shopify 104

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2021

Suppliers are breaking down their demand forecasts geographically, while retailers are breaking them down by channel. Plus, with dynamic pricing becoming more mainstream, changes in competitors’ prices are key data as well. While CPGs are looking at geography, retailers are largely looking at specific channels.

Shipping Costs 264

Shipping Costs Omnichannel Channel Recommendation 264

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

Results from Retail TouchPoints’ annual Customer Loyalty and Personalization Benchmark Report reaffirm that retailers are focused on building a strong foundation of first-party data to support their supply chain, in-store services, omnichannel marketing and experiential strategies. . Stand Out Beyond Free Shipping .

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Customer Loyalty Customer Retail Shipping Costs 218

Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 18, 2023

Ecommerce stores, on the other hand, are online platforms, where customers can purchase products using credit cards and other digital payment methods, and have them shipped to their homes, or a pickup location. The third-party manufacturer also handles the process of packaging and shipping goods to consumers.

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eCommerce Shipping Costs Payment Services Small Business Retail 104

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As consumers increasingly adopt hybrid and omnichannel experiences, retailers must adapt to meet changing consumer expectations. Lastly, retailers can turn disappointed customers into delighted customers by offering free or expedited shipping on an online order when an item they’re searching for isn’t available in-store.

Payment Services 260

Payment Services Retail Shipping Costs Mobile 260

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2022

Foxtrot is taking its own approach to the rapid delivery market by embracing a fully omnichannel operation. We’ve found that 30-minute delivery is fast enough to meet the needs of our customers while also maintaining our level of quality, service and sustaining reasonable price points.

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Payment Services Omnichannel Shipping Costs Operations 261

ROI Revolution

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Direct to consumer retail is the new path forward for many D2C brands looking to improve customer acquisition costs and avoid supply chain woes. On top of that, profitable growth was made easier by the low cost to advertise on Facebook at the time. On top of higher costs due to more competition, iOS 14.5 The iOS 14.5

Shipping Costs 78

Shipping Costs eCommerce Retail Shipping 78

BigCommerce

JUNE 1, 2017

Ship products to customers in a timely manner. Inventory ties into every element of your store, from supply, to warehousing , to order fulfilment and customer satisfaction. We looked at sales by channel, per period, turn, costs, profit per product, and average product lifespan. Optimizing it can help you to: Save money.

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Management Shipping Costs Multi-channel BigCommerce 412

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2022

Ecommerce, along with other digital channels, took center stage as new shopping habits formed and expectations drastically shifted. Here’s what we can expect by 2032: Ecommerce will be your main shopping channel: Expect to shop digitally-only for most of your clothes, groceries and other shopping needs.

Home Furnishings 355

Home Furnishings Shipping Costs Apparel Clothing 355

RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

OCTOBER 22, 2020

While brick and mortar stores still play a strategic role in this market vertical, online shopping has skyrocketed, and with $294 billion expected in online home furnishing sales by 2022, retail store owners can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunity to ramp up their cross-channel game plans. What is cross-channel retailing?

Channel 61

Channel Games Payment Services Shipping Costs 61

Ecommerce Platforms

AUGUST 6, 2022

This outsourcing of the fulfillment process works by sending products to the 3PL, where they store, pick, package, and ship the items as orders come in through your store. This is particularly important for ecommerce brands with specific needs such as Amazon fulfillment, cold storage, or omnichannel fulfillment.

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Fulfillment Shipping Costs Merchant Services Shipping 104

Fabric

MARCH 14, 2023

Source ] Dropshipping allows retailers to offer and test a wider variety of products without the upfront costs of purchasing and managing inventory. Companies must update their operating models and adjust their strategies for supply chain, sales channels, and digital marketing in order to keep up. What Is Dropshipping?

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Apparel Fashion Shipping Costs eCommerce 130

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Loyalty is far more complex for Gen Z and millennials than older generations due to fixed values and price points, and as a result is much harder to earn. So given their finicky loyalty, failing to personalize when it counts may cost you a customer for life. Your business can’t afford to lose the loyalty of young shoppers.

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Shipping Costs Marketing Channel B2C 150

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2022

They offer the greatest flexibility and visibility in the network and reduce systemwide inventory carrying costs; and. They are becoming omnipresent in the supply chain due to their affordability and the ease of programming. Warehouses have become their own ecosystems within the supply chain that serves our modern world.

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Management Order Fulfillment Fulfillment Shipping Costs 276

OrderDynamics

APRIL 30, 2019

FAQ: Retail Ship-To-Store. Retail ship-to-store is an option merchants can use to provide in-store pickup services. In a basic form, retail ship-to-store resembles a full BOPIS (buy online pickup in-store) offering. BOSS is the short form for buy online ship-to-store (BOSS). by Supply Chain Dive. Q: What is BOSS?

Shipping Costs 61

Shipping Costs Shipping Merchant Services Retail 61

ESW

JULY 6, 2023

But as retailers and brands with DTC ecommerce channels know, meeting online customer expectations in an Amazon-dominated environment is challenging to say the least. While this was good news for brands that had or could set up ecommerce channels, it may have accelerated and intensified The Amazon Effect. Omnichannel is here to stay.

eCommerce 139

eCommerce Payment Services Customer Shipping Costs 139

Ecommerce Platforms

MAY 3, 2023

As standard, the Shopify service is offered across four pricing plans (we’ll cover those later). It’s the enterprise version of the Shopify platform, priced on a per-company basis. Unfortunately, even the most expensive core Shopify plan (Shopify Advanced) only permits vendors to create up to 15 staff accounts.

Shopify 104

Shopify Merchant Services Shipping Costs Payment Services 104

Korona

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And especially during the holiday season, free shipping is undoubtedly a great hook to convert visitors into customers. However, we understand that inflation and supply chain issues are hitting everyone hard. Rising prices and lack of availability impact everything from groceries to clothing. offer free shipping on all orders.

Shipping Costs 52

Shipping Costs Shipping Merchant Services Customer 52

Kibo

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Retailers now have multiple channels to interact with customers, such as online stores, mobile apps, customer service, buy online, pick up in store/curbside, and buy online, ship from store/distribution centers (DCs) scenarios. The Ultimate Guide to Order Management. Benefits of Real-Time Inventory Visibility.

Customer Experience 90

Customer Experience Improvements Customer Shipping Costs 90

GetElastic

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A headline recently caught my eye, which highlighted the rising cost of delivering an ecommerce experience and how the days of going online for better deals may be shifting as retailers and branded manufactures start to raise prices online to improve margins. Returns/Exchanges.

Shipping Costs 140

Shipping Costs eCommerce Customer Multi-channel 140

Pivotree Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Customers’ expectations for efficiency and personalized experiences have drastically changed, and will continue to evolve at a rapid pace, so it’s essential for commerce platforms to have the agility to respond to these changing needs at speed, and support businesses in meeting them across all channels.”

Supplies 52

Supplies Management eCommerce Platforms Shipping Costs 52

ESW

JUNE 1, 2023

The brand sought to capture existing demand for their products and cultivate direct consumer relationships by leveraging their existing US inventory and website to open a frictionless ecommerce channel for Canadian shoppers. This approach both increased efficiency and enabled the brand to offer a wider array of items, sizes and price points.

Fashion 60

Fashion Shipping Costs Merchant Services Omnichannel 60

OrderDynamics

JULY 9, 2019

FAQ: Retail Ship-from-Store. For this post, we answer frequently asked questions that have come from readers and Google search queries around Retail Ship-from Store. Retail ship-from-store is a smart way retail chains can fulfill customer orders. Q: Why is Retail Ship-from-Store Important?

Shipping Costs 50

Shipping Costs Shipping Merchant Services Retail 50

ROI Revolution

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Ongoing supply chain concerns. Climbing advertising costs. In 2023, brands that have historically focused on growing their direct-to-consumer business may shift resources to expand their retail and marketplace channels. Exploring additional paid search channels will help brands navigate higher costs.

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Shipping Costs eCommerce Marketing Merchant Services 78